Gleditsia

Gleditsia
Thorny honey locust (Gleditsia triacanthos)
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Rosids
Order: Fabales
Family: Fabaceae
Subfamily: Caesalpinioideae
Genus: Gleditsia
L. (1753)
Synonyms[1]
  • Asacara Raf. (1825)
  • Caesalpiniodes Kuntze (1891), nom. superfl.
  • Garugandra Griseb. (1879)
  • Gleditschia Scop.
  • Garugandra Griseb. (1879)
  • Melilobus Mitch. (1769)
  • Pogocybe Pierre (1899)

Gleditsia /ɡlɪˈdɪtsiə/[2] (honey locust) is a genus of trees in the family Fabaceae, subfamily Caesalpinioideae, native to the Americas and Asia. The Latin name commemorates Johann Gottlieb Gleditsch, director of the Berlin Botanical Garden, who died in 1786.

  1. ^ Gleditsia L. Plants of the World Online. Retrieved 31 August 2023
  2. ^ Sunset Western Garden Book, 1995:606–607