Gleditsia japonica

Gleditsia japonica
Flowers
Seed pod
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Rosids
Order: Fabales
Family: Fabaceae
Subfamily: Caesalpinioideae
Genus: Gleditsia
Species:
G. japonica
Binomial name
Gleditsia japonica
Synonyms[1]
List
    • Caesalpiniodes japonicum (Miq.) Kuntze
    • Fagara horrida Thunb.
    • Gleditsia coccinea Koehne
    • Gleditsia delavayi Franch.
    • Gleditsia horrida subsp. delavayi (Franch.) Paclt
    • Gleditsia horrida subsp. velutina (L.C.Li) Paclt
    • Gleditsia koraiensis Nakai
    • Gleditsia vestita Chun & F.C.How ex B.G.Li
    • Zanthoxylum horridum (Thunb.) DC.

Gleditsia japonica, the Japanese locust, is a species of flowering plant in the family Fabaceae, native to the eastern Himalayas, central and southern China, Manchuria, Korea, and central and southern Japan.[1] It is used as a street tree in a number of cities in China and Europe.[2]

  1. ^ a b "Gleditsia japonica Miq". Plants of the World Online. Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Retrieved 22 October 2022.
  2. ^ Ossola, Alessandro; Hoeppner, Malin J.; Burley, Hugh M.; Gallagher, Rachael V.; Beaumont, Linda J.; Leishman, Michelle R. (2020). "The Global Urban Tree Inventory: A database of the diverse tree flora that inhabits the world's cities". Global Ecology and Biogeography. 29 (11): 1907–1914. doi:10.1111/geb.13169. S2CID 225429443.