Ulmus campestris Linnaeus, Species Plantarum 1: 225. 1753.

"Habitat in Europa ad pagos." RCN: 1845.

Lectotype (Armstrong & Sell in Bot. J. Linn. Soc. 120: 42. 1996): Herb. Linn. No. 321.1 (LINN) .

Generitype of Ulmus Linnaeus.

Current name: Ulmus scabra Mill. ( Ulmaceae).

Note: The name has long been treated as a nomen ambiguum, and Armstrong & Sell indicated that they were proposing the name for formal rejection. However, no proposal appears to have been published.