Brest
Poljski brest (Ulmus minor)
Znanstvena klasifikacija
Kraljestvo: Plantae (rastline) Deblo: Magnoliophyta (kritosemenke) Razred: Magnoliopsida (dvokaličnice) Red: Rosales (šipkovci) Družina: Ulmaceae (brestovke) Rod: Ulmus L.

Brest (znanstveno ime Ulmus) je rod dreves iz družine brestovk (Ulmaceae). To je drevo, ki zraste od 25 do 30 m višine.

• "gorski bresti": spomladansko cvetenje.
  • Ulmus bergmanniana
  • Ulmus boissieri
  • Ulmus castaneifolia
  • Ulmus changii
  • Ulmus chumlia
  • Ulmus elongata
  • Ulmus gaussenii
  • Ulmus glabra - gorski brest, goli brest
  • Ulmus glaucescens
  • Ulmus laciniata
  • Ulmus lamellosa
  • Ulmus macrocarpa
  • Ulmus mexicana
  • Ulmus microcarpa
  • Ulmus prunifolia
  • Ulmus rubra
  • Ulmus uyematsui
  • Ulmus wallichiana

• "poljski bresti": spomladansko cvetenje.
  • Ulmus canescens - okroglolistni brest
  • Ulmus chenmoui
  • Ulmus davidiana
  • Ulmus harbinensis
  • Ulmus ismaelis
  • Ulmus lanceifolia
  • Ulmus minor - poljski brest
  • Ulmus procera
  • Ulmus pseudopropinqua
  • Ulmus pumila
  • Ulmus szechuanica
  • Ulmus villosa

• "Beli bresti": spomladansko cvetenje.
  • Ulmus alata
  • Ulmus americana
  • Ulmus laevis - dolgopecljati brest
  • Ulmus thomasii

• "Jesensko-cvetoči bresti": jesensko cvetenje.
  • Ulmus crassifolia
  • Ulmus parvifolia - kitajski brest
  • Ulmus serotina

• "Fosilne vrste"

Wikimedijina zbirka ponuja več predstavnostnega gradiva o temi: Brest (drevo)

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