Gleditsia japonica

Gleditsia japonica
Flowers
Seed pod
Scientific 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 Miq.
Synonyms [1]
List Caesalpiniodes japonicum(Miq.) Kuntze Fagara horridaThunb. Gleditsia coccineaKoehne Gleditsia delavayiFranch. Gleditsia horrida subsp. delavayi(Franch.) Paclt Gleditsia horrida subsp. velutina(L.C.Li) Paclt Gleditsia koraiensisNakai Gleditsia vestitaChun & 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]

Subtaxa

The following varieties are accepted: ^[1]

• Gleditsia japonica var. delavayi(Franch.) L.C.Li – eastern Himalayas, south-central China
• Gleditsia japonica var. japonica – southeastern China, north-central China, Manchuria, Korea, Japan
• Gleditsia japonica var. stenocarpa(Nakai) Nakai – Korea
• Gleditsia japonica var. velutinaL.C.Li – southeastern China

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  At a shrine in Kyushu, Japan
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  Unripe pods
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  A young individual in Korea
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  Thorns

References

1. "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. Bibcode:2020GloEB..29.1907O. doi:10.1111/geb.13169. S2CID   225429443.