The hybrid cultivar Ulmus × hollandica 'Etrusca' was first mentioned by Nicholson in Kew Hand-List Trees & Shrubs 2: 139. 1896, as var. , but without description. The tree at Kew, judged by Henry to be "not distinct enough to deserve a special name", was later identified as of hybrid origin, U. glabra × U. minor 'Plotii', by Melville.
Description The Kew specimen was a small tree with ascending branches. Herbarium specimens show oval or near orbicular leaves (the latter with an abrupt, longish tip, without tapering), and a short petiole."Herbarium specimen 295090, herbariaunited.org" Sheet labelled Ulmus montana var. etrusca (Kew Gardens Specimen, 1909; A. Ley); Sheet labelled U. glabra etrusca (Kew Gardens specimen)
Etymology The tree was possibly named for its resemblance to Tuscan cypress. Melville photographed a mature, roughly conical elm at Bulby, Lincolnshire, labelling the photograph U. glabra × U. plotii [:U.minor 'Plotii'], but the tree is otherwise unconnected with 'Etrusca'.plot-elms.co.uk/ Lincolnshire/Plot hybrids
Cultivation 'Etrusca' was present in The Hague in the 1930s.Christine Buisman, 'Verslag van de onderzoekingen over de iepenziekte, verricht in het phytopathologisch laboratorium Willie Commelin scholten te Baarn, gedurende 1932 (1)', Tijdschrift over Planteziekte, Vol 39 Iss 4, April 1933, p.85 No specimens are known to survive.
Synonymy var. : Nicholson in Kew Hand-List Trees & Shrubs 2: 139. 1896.
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