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{{Taxobox
| color = lightgreen
| name = Ulmaceae
| image = Ulmus rubra leaf.jpg
| image_width = 240px
| image_caption = Asymmetrical leaf base of ''[[Ulmus rubra]]''
| regnum = [[Plant]]ae
| divisio = [[Flowering plant|Magnoliophyta]]
| classis = [[Dicotyledon|Magnoliopsida]]
| ordo = [[Rosales]]
| familia = '''Ulmaceae'''
| familia_authority = [[Charles-François Brisseau de Mirbel|Mirb.]]
| subdivision_ranks = Genera
| subdivision =
''[[Ampelocera]]'' [[Johann Friedrich Klotzsch|Klotzsch]]<br/>
''[[Chaetachme]]'' Planch.</br>
''[[Hemiptelea]]'' Planch.</br>
''[[Holoptelea]]'' Planch.</br>
''[[Phyllostylon]]'' Benth.</br>
''[[Planera aquatica]]'' J.F.Gmel. - [[Planera aquatica|Water Elm]]<br/>
''[[Ulmus]]'' [[Carolus Linnaeus|L.]] - [[Elm]]s<br/>
''[[Zelkova]]'' [[Édouard Spach|Spach]]
}}
'''Ulmaceae''' is a [[family (biology)|family]] of [[flowering plants|flowering plant]] that includes the [[elm]]s (genus ''Ulmus''), and the [[zelkova]]s (genus ''Zelkova'').<ref>{{cite journal|
last = Denk|
first = T|
coauthors = GW Grimm|
title = Phylogeny and biogeography of Zelkova (Ulmaceae sensu stricto) as inferred from leaf morphology, ITS sequence data and the fossil record |
journal = Botanical Journal of the Linnean Society|
volume = 147 |
issue = 2|
pages = 129–157|
publisher = Linnean Society of London|
date = February 2005 |
doi = 10.1111/j.1095-8339.2005.00354.x |
accessdate = 2007-06-12}}</ref> Members of the family are widely distributed throughout the [[Temperate|north temperate zone]], and have a scattered distribution elsewhere except for [[Australasia]].<ref>{{cite web|last = Watson|first = L.|coauthors = Dallwitz, M. J.|title = The Families of Flowering Plants: Ulmaceae Mirb.|date = 1992 onwards|url = http://delta-intkey.com/angio/www/ulmaceae.htm|accessdaymonth = 21 November | accessyear=2006}}</ref><ref name="stevens">{{cite web|last = Stevens|first = P|title = Angiosperm Phylogeny Website|publisher = Missouri Botanical Garden|date = 2001 onwards|url = http://www.mobot.org/mobot/research/APweb/welcome.html|accessdaymonth = 21 November | accessyear=2006}}</ref>
The family is sometimes also treated to include the [[hackberry|hackberries]], (''Celtis'' and allies), but analysis by the [[Angiosperm Phylogeny Group]] members suggests that these genera are better placed in the related family [[Cannabaceae]]. The circumscription included in the taxobox is the one suggested by P. Stevens on his Missouri Botanical Garden Angiosperm Phylogeny Website and includes information from the [[Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew]] Vascular Plant Families and Genera list.<ref name="stevens"/> Some classifications also include the genus ''[[Ampelocera]]''.<ref>{{cite journal|
last = Uedal|
first = Kunihiko |
coauthors = K Kosuge and H Tobe|
title = A molecular phylogeny of celtidaceae and ulmaceae (Urticales) based onrbcL Nucleotide sequences |
journal = Journal of Plant Research |
volume = 110|
issue = 2|
pages = 171-178|
publisher = Springer Japan|
date = June, 1997|
accessdate = 2007-06-12}}</ref>
===Description===
The family is a group of evergreen or deciduous trees and shrubs with [[mucilage]]nous substances in leaf and bark tissue. [[Leaf|Leaves]] are usually alternate on the stems. The leaf blades are simple (not compound), with entire (smooth) or variously toothed margins, and often have an asymmetrical base. The flowers are small and either bisexual or unisexual.<ref>{{cite journal|
last = Sytsma|
first = KJ|
coauthors = J Morawetz, C Pires, M Nepokroeff, E Conti, M Zjhra,
JC Hall, and MW Chase|
title = Urticalean rosids: Circumscription, rosid ancestry, and phylogenetics based on ''RBCL'', ''TRNL-F'', and ''NDHF'' sequences|
journal = American Journal of Botany|
volume = 89|
issue = 9|
pages = 1531-1546|
publisher = Botanical Society of America|
date = 2002|
accessdate = 2007-06-12}}</ref> The [[fruit]] is an indehiscent [[Samara (fruit)|samara]], [[Nut (fruit)|nut]], or [[drupe]]. ''Ulmus'' provides important [[Timber|timber trees]] mostly for [[furniture]], and ''U. rubra'', the [[Slippery elm]] is a [[Medical herbalism|medicinal plant]] known for the [[Demulcent|demulcent property]] of its inner bark. ''Planera aquatica'' is also a timber species. ''Planera'', ''Ulmus'', and ''Zelkova'' are all grown as [[Ornamental plant|ornamental trees]].
==References==
<references />
[[Category:Ulmaceae| ]]
[[Category:Plant families]]
[[Category:Rosales]]
[[Category:Trees]]
{{fruit-tree-stub}}
| color = lightgreen
| name = Ulmaceae
| image = Ulmus rubra leaf.jpg
| image_width = 240px
| image_caption = Asymmetrical leaf base of ''[[Ulmus rubra]]''
| regnum = [[Plant]]ae
| divisio = [[Flowering plant|Magnoliophyta]]
| classis = [[Dicotyledon|Magnoliopsida]]
| ordo = [[Rosales]]
| familia = '''Ulmaceae'''
| familia_authority = [[Charles-François Brisseau de Mirbel|Mirb.]]
| subdivision_ranks = Genera
| subdivision =
''[[Ampelocera]]'' [[Johann Friedrich Klotzsch|Klotzsch]]<br/>
''[[Chaetachme]]'' Planch.</br>
''[[Hemiptelea]]'' Planch.</br>
''[[Holoptelea]]'' Planch.</br>
''[[Phyllostylon]]'' Benth.</br>
''[[Planera aquatica]]'' J.F.Gmel. - [[Planera aquatica|Water Elm]]<br/>
''[[Ulmus]]'' [[Carolus Linnaeus|L.]] - [[Elm]]s<br/>
''[[Zelkova]]'' [[Édouard Spach|Spach]]
}}
'''Ulmaceae''' is a [[family (biology)|family]] of [[flowering plants|flowering plant]] that includes the [[elm]]s (genus ''Ulmus''), and the [[zelkova]]s (genus ''Zelkova'').<ref>{{cite journal|
last = Denk|
first = T|
coauthors = GW Grimm|
title = Phylogeny and biogeography of Zelkova (Ulmaceae sensu stricto) as inferred from leaf morphology, ITS sequence data and the fossil record |
journal = Botanical Journal of the Linnean Society|
volume = 147 |
issue = 2|
pages = 129–157|
publisher = Linnean Society of London|
date = February 2005 |
doi = 10.1111/j.1095-8339.2005.00354.x |
accessdate = 2007-06-12}}</ref> Members of the family are widely distributed throughout the [[Temperate|north temperate zone]], and have a scattered distribution elsewhere except for [[Australasia]].<ref>{{cite web|last = Watson|first = L.|coauthors = Dallwitz, M. J.|title = The Families of Flowering Plants: Ulmaceae Mirb.|date = 1992 onwards|url = http://delta-intkey.com/angio/www/ulmaceae.htm|accessdaymonth = 21 November | accessyear=2006}}</ref><ref name="stevens">{{cite web|last = Stevens|first = P|title = Angiosperm Phylogeny Website|publisher = Missouri Botanical Garden|date = 2001 onwards|url = http://www.mobot.org/mobot/research/APweb/welcome.html|accessdaymonth = 21 November | accessyear=2006}}</ref>
The family is sometimes also treated to include the [[hackberry|hackberries]], (''Celtis'' and allies), but analysis by the [[Angiosperm Phylogeny Group]] members suggests that these genera are better placed in the related family [[Cannabaceae]]. The circumscription included in the taxobox is the one suggested by P. Stevens on his Missouri Botanical Garden Angiosperm Phylogeny Website and includes information from the [[Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew]] Vascular Plant Families and Genera list.<ref name="stevens"/> Some classifications also include the genus ''[[Ampelocera]]''.<ref>{{cite journal|
last = Uedal|
first = Kunihiko |
coauthors = K Kosuge and H Tobe|
title = A molecular phylogeny of celtidaceae and ulmaceae (Urticales) based onrbcL Nucleotide sequences |
journal = Journal of Plant Research |
volume = 110|
issue = 2|
pages = 171-178|
publisher = Springer Japan|
date = June, 1997|
accessdate = 2007-06-12}}</ref>
===Description===
The family is a group of evergreen or deciduous trees and shrubs with [[mucilage]]nous substances in leaf and bark tissue. [[Leaf|Leaves]] are usually alternate on the stems. The leaf blades are simple (not compound), with entire (smooth) or variously toothed margins, and often have an asymmetrical base. The flowers are small and either bisexual or unisexual.<ref>{{cite journal|
last = Sytsma|
first = KJ|
coauthors = J Morawetz, C Pires, M Nepokroeff, E Conti, M Zjhra,
JC Hall, and MW Chase|
title = Urticalean rosids: Circumscription, rosid ancestry, and phylogenetics based on ''RBCL'', ''TRNL-F'', and ''NDHF'' sequences|
journal = American Journal of Botany|
volume = 89|
issue = 9|
pages = 1531-1546|
publisher = Botanical Society of America|
date = 2002|
accessdate = 2007-06-12}}</ref> The [[fruit]] is an indehiscent [[Samara (fruit)|samara]], [[Nut (fruit)|nut]], or [[drupe]]. ''Ulmus'' provides important [[Timber|timber trees]] mostly for [[furniture]], and ''U. rubra'', the [[Slippery elm]] is a [[Medical herbalism|medicinal plant]] known for the [[Demulcent|demulcent property]] of its inner bark. ''Planera aquatica'' is also a timber species. ''Planera'', ''Ulmus'', and ''Zelkova'' are all grown as [[Ornamental plant|ornamental trees]].
==References==
<references />
[[Category:Ulmaceae| ]]
[[Category:Plant families]]
[[Category:Rosales]]
[[Category:Trees]]
{{fruit-tree-stub}}
