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]

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 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.

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. velutina L.C.Li – southeastern China

References

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