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Gleditsia Scientific classification Kingdom: Plantae Division: Magnoliophyta Class: Magnoliopsida Order: Fabales Family: Fabaceae Subfamily: Caesalpinioideae Genus: Gleditsia Species See text Gleditsia is a genus of locust trees in the family Fabaceae, subfamily Caesalpinioideae, native to North America and Asia. The latin name commemorates Gottlieb Gleditsch, director of the Berlin Botanical Gardens, who died in 1786. This genus is related to the Acacias of tropical Africa. There are 12 species: Gleditsia amorphoides (Griseb.) Taubert Gleditsia aquatica Marshall - Water locust Gleditsia australis F. B. Forbes & Hemsley Gleditsia caspica Desf. - Caspian locust Gleditsia delavayi Franchet Gleditsia fera (Lour.) Merr. Gleditsia ferox Desf. Gleditsia japonica Miq. - Japanese honey locust Gleditsia macracantha Desf. Gleditsia microphylla Isely Gleditsia sinensis Lam. - Chinese honey locust Gleditsia triacanthos L. - Honey locust Hybrids Gleditsia x texana Sarg. - Texas Honey locust Categories: Caesalpinioideae | Stub

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	Botany Photo of the Day: Gleditsia japonica var. koraiensis (1086 words) As you might suspect from the name koraiensis, this is the Korean morphological variety of the plant identified as distinct from the rest of the species by Nakai (it also grows in China and Japan). It needs to be noted that clarifying the taxonomic complexity at this resolution was not the main goal of their work, as they were looking at Gleditsia more broadly. UBC BGCPR is a department of the Faculty of Land and Food Systems within The University of British Columbia. Gleditsia triacanthos inermis (1372 words) Gleditsia triacanthos inermis 'Shademaster' - vigorous, vertical growth, vase-shaped in youth and middle age, maturing at 45' tall by 35' wide However, most of these cultivars are actually derived from buds or stem cuttings taken from the upper canopy of physiologically mature trees (that is, they have reached the point in their life cycle where they can flower and fruit in a reproductive growth phase). Gleditsia triacanthos inermis is an urban tolerant tree, excellent for its filtered Summer shade and majestic Winter silhouette coupled with its bold texture.
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