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honey locusts
Gleditsia
Gleditsia /ɡlɪˈdɪtsiə/ (locust) is a genus of trees in the family Fabaceae, subfamily Caesalpinioideae, native to North America and Asia. The Latin name commemorates Johann Gottlieb Gleditsch, director of the Berlin Botanical Garden, who died in 1786.
13 branches of this genus, most-observed first
honey locust
speciesGleditsia triacanthos
Water locust
speciesGleditsia aquatica
Gleditsia amorphoides
speciesGleditsia amorphoides
Chinese honey locust
speciesGleditsia sinensis
Gleditsia rolfei
speciesGleditsia rolfei
Japanese honey locust
speciesGleditsia japonica
Gleditsia microphylla
speciesGleditsia microphylla
Caspian locust
speciesGleditsia caspica
Gleditsia australis
speciesGleditsia australis
Gleditsia fera
speciesGleditsia fera
Gleditsia saxatilis
speciesGleditsia saxatilis
Gleditsia assamica
speciesGleditsia assamica
Texas honey locust
hybridGleditsia × texana
Where it lives
Recorded sightings
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This page is assembled live from iNaturalist, GBIF, Wikipedia, the Source Library and the Internet Archive. It is not yet part of the hand-edited codex. iNaturalist taxon 48498.