| Common Names - Elm Family | Synonyms - |
| Authority - Mirbel. | Total Number of genera - 16 |
| Gymnosperm or Angiosperm? - Angiosperm | Total Number of species - 200 |
| Plant forms - Tree/Shrub |
| World Distribution - Tropical to temperate climates, esp. N. climates. Widely distributed throughout the north temperate zone, and have a scattered distribution elsewhere except for Australasia. |
| Comments -
Usually considered in Urticales. 15 genera with 150 species are trees.
Important timber trees especially in Ulmus but also ins Aphananthe, Celtis, Chaetachme, Chaetoptelea, Gironniera, Holoptelea, Phyllostylon, Trema, & Zelkova |