Classification
Class
Magnoliopsida Brongn.
Order
Rosales Bercht. & J.Presl
 Subordinate Taxa
 Nomenclature
Scientific Name:
Ulmaceae
 Description

Trees or shrubs; latex 0. Lvs usually alternate, rarely opposite, simple, often unequal-sided, stipulate. Fls fasciculate, arising from 1 year old branches, ☿ or unisexual, apetalous. Perianth 4–8-merous, subcampanulate; segments imbricate, persistent. Stamens as many as or a few more than perianth segments and erect in bud; anthers 2-celled; rudimentary ovary present in ♂ fls. Ovary superior, of 2 connate carpels, 1–(2)-locular; styles 2; ovule 1, pendulous. Fr. compressed, membranous, dry or thinly fleshy, often winged or appendaged. Seeds usually without endosperm; embryo straight.

[From: Webb et al. (1988) Flora of New Zealand. Volume 4.]

 Biostatus
Exotic
Number of species and named hybrids in New Zealand within Ulmaceae
CategoryNumber
Exotic: Fully Naturalised1
Exotic: Casual1
Total2
 Bibliography
Cronquist, A. 1988: The evolution and classification of flowering plants. The New York Botanic Gardens, New York.
Kubitzki, K. 2004: VI Flowering Plants. Dicotyledons: Celestrales, Oxalidales, Rosales, Cornales, Ericales. Kubitzki, K. (ed.) The Families and Genera of Vascular Plants. Spinger-Verlag, Berlin. Springer-Verlag, Berlin.
Mabberley, D.J. 2008: Mabberley's plant book, a portable dictionary of plants, their classification and uses. Edition 3. Cambridge University Press.