The Wych Elm U. glabra cultivar Rubra was listed in the Simon-Louis (Metz, France) Catalogue , p. 97, 1869, as U. campestris rubra. Krussmann, in Handb. Laubgeh. 2: 535, 1962 identified it as a cultivar.

The probable Smooth-leaved Elm U. minor subsp. minor cultivar Rubra was listed in the Louis de Smet (Ghent, Belgium) catalogue 10, p. 59, 1877 as U. campestris foliis rubris. Later described as having small leaves with a reddish-green tinge. Considered "probably U. carpinifolia" (: minor) by Green (1964).