List of elm species

Classification of Ulmus is based primarily on Whittemore et al 2021.^[1] Previous Ulmus classifications include Wiegrefe et al 1994,^[2] and Melville & Heybroek 1971.^[3]

• Subgenus Indoptelea
  • Ulmus villosa - marn or cherry bark elm
• Subgenus Oreoptelea
  • U. section Blepharocarpus
    • Ulmus americana - American elm, white elm
    • Ulmus laevis - European white elm, fluttering elm, spreading elm, (US) Russian elm
      • Ulmus laevis var. celtidea
      • Ulmus laevis var. laevis
      • Ulmus laevis var. parvifolia
      • Ulmus laevis var. simplicidens
  • U. section Chaetoptelea
    • Ulmus alata - winged elm, Wahoo
    • Ulmus crassifolia - cedar elm
    • Ulmus elongata - long raceme elm
    • Ulmus ismaelis
    • Ulmus mexicana - Mexican elm
    • Ulmus serotina - September elm
    • Ulmus thomasii - rock elm, cork elm
• Subgenus Ulmus
  • U. section Foliaceae
    • Ulmus castaneifolia - chestnut-leafed elm, multi-nerved elm
    • Ulmus changii - Hangzhou elm
      • Ulmus changii var. changii
      • Ulmus changii var. kunmingensis
    • Ulmus chenmoui - Chenmou elm, Langya Mountain elm
    • Ulmus chumlia
    • Ulmus davidiana - David Elm, Father David's elm
      • Ulmus davidiana var. davidiana
      • Ulmus davidiana var. japonica - Japanese elm, Wilson's elm
    • Ulmus harbinensis - Harbin elm
    • Ulmus microcarpa - Tibetan elm
    • Ulmus minor - field elm
      • Ulmus minor subsp. canescens - grey elm, grey-leafed elm, hoary elm
      • Ulmus minor var. italica - Mediterranean elm
    • Ulmus prunifolia - cherry-leafed elm
    • Ulmus pumila - Siberian elm
    • Ulmus szechuanica - Szechuan elm
  • U. section Microptelea
    • Ulmus lanceifolia - Vietnam elm
    • Ulmus parvifolia - Chinese elm, lacebark elm
      • Ulmus parvifolia var. coreana - Korean lacebark elm
      • Ulmus parvifolia var. parvifolia
  • U. section Trichocarpus
    • Ulmus glaucescens - Gansu elm
      • Ulmus glaucescens var. glaucescens
      • Ulmus glaucescens var. lasiocarpa
    • Ulmus lamellosa - Hebei elm
    • Ulmus macrocarpa - large-fruited elm
      • Ulmus macrocarpa var. glabra
      • Ulmus macrocarpa var. macrocarpa
  • U. section Ulmus
    • Ulmus bergmanniana - Bergmann's elm
      • Ulmus bergmanniana var. bergmanniana
      • Ulmus bergmanniana var. lasiophylla
    • Ulmus glabra - wych elm, Scots elm
    • Ulmus laciniata - Manchurian elm, cut-leaf elm
      • Ulmus laciniata var. laciniata
      • Ulmus laciniata var. nikkoensis - Nikko elm
    • Ulmus rubra - slippery elm, red elm
    • Ulmus uyematsui - Alishan elm
    • Ulmus wallichiana - Himalayan elm, Kashmir elm
      • Ulmus wallichiana subsp. xanthoderma
      • Ulmus wallichiana subsp. wallichiana
  • Section Incertae sedis
    • Ulmus gaussenii - Anhui elm
    • Ulmus pseudopropinqua - Harbin spring elm

• List of elm cultivars, hybrids and hybrid cultivars