Gleditsia
Gleditsia 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.Species
There are 12 species:
- Gleditsia amorphoides Taubert
- Gleditsia aquatica Marshall – water locust or swamp locust
- Gleditsia australis F. B. Forbes & Hemsley
- Gleditsia caspica Desf. – Caspian locust or Persian honeylocust
- Gleditsia delavayi Franchet
- Gleditsia fera 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. – thorny honey locust
Hybrids
G. sinensis is one of the 50 fundamental herbs used in Chinese herbology, where it is called zào jiá.
