Ulmus kunmingensis W. C. Cheng, Sci. Silv. Sin. 8(1): 12. 1963; U. kunmingensis var. qingchengshanensis T. P. Yi.

Branches of sprout sometimes with swelling and irregularly longitudinally fissured corky layer. Leaf blade abaxially with tufted hairs in axil of veins. Flowers from mixed buds, scattered in basal or subbasal bract axil of young branches. Fl. and fr. same as for autonym variety but slightly earlier in season.

* Montane forests; 600-1800 m. Guangxi, Guizhou, Sichuan, Yunnan.