Plant Details

Accepted name:: Ulmus americana L. [Ulmaceae]
Source:: World Checklist ( Medium Taxonomic Confidence )
More about this plant:: Plants of the World Online

Non-scientific name:	Class of name:	Medicinal source:
american elm	Other	Native American Ethnobot.(Moerman, 1998)

Part(s) of plant used:	Drug form:	Medicinal source:

Kew's taxonomic resources include 22 scientific synonym(s) for this plant:

Ulmus alba Raf. Fl. Ludov.: 115 (1817).
Ulmus americana var. alba Aiton Hort. Kew. 1: 320 (1789).
Ulmus americana f. alba (Aiton) Fernald Rhodora 47: 133 (1945).
Ulmus americana f. ascendens A.D.Slavin Amer. Midl. Naturalist 12: 125 (1931).
Ulmus americana var. aspera Chapm. Fl. South. U.S.: 416 (1860).
Ulmus americana var. aurea F.L.Temple ex Rehder in L.H.Bailey, Cycl. Amer. Hort. 4: 1880 (1902).
Ulmus americana var. bartramii Planch. Ann. Sci. Nat., Bot., sér. 3, 10: 268 (1848).
Ulmus americana f. columnaris Rehder J. Arnold Arbor. 3: 42 (1922).
Ulmus americana var. floridana (Chapm.) Little Phytologia 4: 306 (1953).
Ulmus americana var. glabra Planch. Ann. Sci. Nat., Bot., sér. 3, 10: 268 (1848).
Ulmus americana var. incisa Loudon Arbor. Frutic. Brit. 3: 1406 (1838).
Ulmus americana f. intercedens Fernald Rhodora 47: 133 (1945).
Ulmus americana f. laevior Fernald Rhodora 47: 133 (1945).
Ulmus americana var. pendula Aiton Hort. Kew. 1: 320 (1789).
Ulmus americana f. pendula (Aiton) Fernald Rhodora 47: 133 (1945).
Ulmus americana var. scabra Spach Ann. Sci. Nat., Bot., sér. 2, 15: 264 (1841).
Ulmus americana f. viridis F.Seym. Amer. Midl. Naturalist 48: 249 (1952).
Ulmus dentata Raf. New Fl. 3: 39 (1838).
Ulmus floridana Chapm. Fl. South. U.S.: 416 (1860).
Ulmus fulva pendula Meehan Gard. & Forest 2: 286 (1889).
Ulmus mollifolia Marshall Arbust. Amer.: 156 (1785).
Ulmus obovata Raf. New Fl. 3: 38 (1838).

This plant is cited in medicinal sources using the following names:

Name as published:	Medicinal source:
Ulmus americana	Substances in Meds., Australia (TGA, 2007)
Ulmus americana L.	Native American Ethnobot.(Moerman, 1998) Pl. Med. Totius Mundi (Penso & Proserpio, 1997) U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016) WHODrug Herbal Substances (WHO-UMC, 2019) World Checklist of Useful Pl. Spp. (Diazgranados et al., 2020) World Dictionary of Med. & Pois. Pl. (Quattrocchi, 2012)

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