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Gleditsia
''Gleditsia'' (honey 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. Species There are 12 species: *'' Gleditsia amorphoides'' (Griseb.) Taubert *'' Gleditsia aquatica'' Marshall – water locust or swamp locust *'' Gleditsia assamica'' Bor *'' Gleditsia australis'' F. B. Forbes & Hemsley *''Gleditsia caspica'' Desf. – Caspian locust or Persian honeylocust *'' Gleditsia fera'' (Lour.) Merr. *''Gleditsia japonica'' Miq. – Japanese honey locust *'' Gleditsia medogensis'' Z.C.Ni *'' Gleditsia microphylla'' D.Gordon ex Y.T.Lee *'' Gleditsia rolfei'' S.Vidal *'' Gleditsia sinensis'' Lam. – Chinese honey locust *''Gleditsia triacanthos'' L. – thorny honey locust Hybrids * ''Gleditsia'' × ''texana'' Sarg. – Texas honey locust (=''G. aquatica'' × ''triacanthos)'' All the species are woody ex ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Gleditsia Australis
''Gleditsia'' (honey 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. Species There are 12 species: *''Gleditsia amorphoides'' (Griseb.) Taubert *'' Gleditsia aquatica'' Marshall – water locust or swamp locust *'' Gleditsia assamica'' Bor *'' Gleditsia australis'' F. B. Forbes & Hemsley *''Gleditsia caspica'' Desf. – Caspian locust or Persian honeylocust *'' Gleditsia fera'' (Lour.) Merr. *''Gleditsia japonica'' Miq. – Japanese honey locust *'' Gleditsia medogensis'' Z.C.Ni *'' Gleditsia microphylla'' D.Gordon ex Y.T.Lee *'' Gleditsia rolfei'' S.Vidal *'' Gleditsia sinensis'' Lam. – Chinese honey locust *''Gleditsia triacanthos'' L. – thorny honey locust Hybrids * ''Gleditsia'' × ''texana'' Sarg. – Texas honey locust (=''G. aquatica'' × ''triacanthos)'' All the species are woody except ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Gleditsia Fera
''Gleditsia'' (honey 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. Species There are 12 species: *''Gleditsia amorphoides'' (Griseb.) Taubert *'' Gleditsia aquatica'' Marshall – water locust or swamp locust *'' Gleditsia assamica'' Bor *''Gleditsia australis'' F. B. Forbes & Hemsley *''Gleditsia caspica'' Desf. – Caspian locust or Persian honeylocust *'' Gleditsia fera'' (Lour.) Merr. *''Gleditsia japonica'' Miq. – Japanese honey locust *'' Gleditsia medogensis'' Z.C.Ni *'' Gleditsia microphylla'' D.Gordon ex Y.T.Lee *'' Gleditsia rolfei'' S.Vidal *'' Gleditsia sinensis'' Lam. – Chinese honey locust *''Gleditsia triacanthos'' L. – thorny honey locust Hybrids * ''Gleditsia'' × ''texana'' Sarg. – Texas honey locust (=''G. aquatica'' × ''triacanthos)'' All the species are woody except ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Gleditsia
''Gleditsia'' (honey 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. Species There are 12 species: *'' Gleditsia amorphoides'' (Griseb.) Taubert *'' Gleditsia aquatica'' Marshall – water locust or swamp locust *'' Gleditsia assamica'' Bor *'' Gleditsia australis'' F. B. Forbes & Hemsley *''Gleditsia caspica'' Desf. – Caspian locust or Persian honeylocust *'' Gleditsia fera'' (Lour.) Merr. *''Gleditsia japonica'' Miq. – Japanese honey locust *'' Gleditsia medogensis'' Z.C.Ni *'' Gleditsia microphylla'' D.Gordon ex Y.T.Lee *'' Gleditsia rolfei'' S.Vidal *'' Gleditsia sinensis'' Lam. – Chinese honey locust *''Gleditsia triacanthos'' L. – thorny honey locust Hybrids * ''Gleditsia'' × ''texana'' Sarg. – Texas honey locust (=''G. aquatica'' × ''triacanthos)'' All the species are woody ex ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Gleditsia Triacanthos
The honey locust (''Gleditsia triacanthos''), also known as the thorny locust or thorny honeylocust, is a deciduous tree in the family Fabaceae, native to central North America where it is mostly found in the moist soil of river valleys. Honey locust is highly adaptable to different environments, has been introduced worldwide, and can be an aggressive, invasive species outside of its native range. Description The honey locust, ''Gleditsia triacanthos'', can reach a height of . They exhibit fast growth, but live a medium life span of about 120 years. The leaves are pinnately compound on older trees but bipinnately compound on vigorous young trees. The leaflets are (smaller on bipinnate leaves) and bright green. They turn yellow in the autumn. Honey locusts leaf out relatively late in spring, but generally slightly earlier than the black locust (''Robinia pseudoacacia''). The strongly scented, cream-colored flowers appear in late spring, in clusters emerging from the base o ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Gleditsia Microphylla
''Gleditsia'' (honey 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. Species There are 12 species: *''Gleditsia amorphoides'' (Griseb.) Taubert *'' Gleditsia aquatica'' Marshall – water locust or swamp locust *'' Gleditsia assamica'' Bor *''Gleditsia australis'' F. B. Forbes & Hemsley *''Gleditsia caspica'' Desf. – Caspian locust or Persian honeylocust *''Gleditsia fera'' (Lour.) Merr. *''Gleditsia japonica'' Miq. – Japanese honey locust *'' Gleditsia medogensis'' Z.C.Ni *'' Gleditsia microphylla'' D.Gordon ex Y.T.Lee *'' Gleditsia rolfei'' S.Vidal *'' Gleditsia sinensis'' Lam. – Chinese honey locust *''Gleditsia triacanthos'' L. – thorny honey locust Hybrids * ''Gleditsia'' × ''texana'' Sarg. – Texas honey locust (=''G. aquatica'' × ''triacanthos)'' All the species are woody except f ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Gleditsia Medogensis
''Gleditsia'' (honey 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. Species There are 12 species: *''Gleditsia amorphoides'' (Griseb.) Taubert *'' Gleditsia aquatica'' Marshall – water locust or swamp locust *'' Gleditsia assamica'' Bor *''Gleditsia australis'' F. B. Forbes & Hemsley *''Gleditsia caspica'' Desf. – Caspian locust or Persian honeylocust *''Gleditsia fera'' (Lour.) Merr. *''Gleditsia japonica'' Miq. – Japanese honey locust *'' Gleditsia medogensis'' Z.C.Ni *''Gleditsia microphylla'' D.Gordon ex Y.T.Lee *'' Gleditsia rolfei'' S.Vidal *'' Gleditsia sinensis'' Lam. – Chinese honey locust *''Gleditsia triacanthos'' L. – thorny honey locust Hybrids * ''Gleditsia'' × ''texana'' Sarg. – Texas honey locust (=''G. aquatica'' × ''triacanthos)'' All the species are woody except fo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Gleditsia Sinensis
''Gleditsia sinensis'', known as zào jiá (皂荚) or Chinese honey locust and black locust in English, is a species of flowering plant native to Asia. Description Zao jia grows as a tree up to 30 m tall. Spines are often branching and are robust, terete, conical and up to 16 cm in length. Leaves are pinnate. Flowers are yellowish-white and polygamous with male flowers being 9-10 mm in diameter and bisexual flowers being 10-12 mm in diameter with slightly longer petals and sepals. Flowers have 4 petals and 4 sepals. Etymology In China, ''Gleditsia sinensis'' is commonly known as ''zào jiá'' (). The English equivalents include Chinese honey locust (or Chinese honeylocust), soap bean and soap pod. Taxonomy Zao jia is one of 14 species in the ''Gleditsia'' genus in the ''Caesalpinioideae'' subfamily of the legume family. Of these, ''Gleditsia caspica'' is the closest phylogenetic relative of ''G. sinensis''. Traditional medicine It is one of the "50 fundamental herbs" used i ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Gleditsia Japonica
''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. It is used as a street tree Urban forestry is the care and management of single trees and tree populations in urban settings for the purpose of improving the urban environment. Urban forestry involves both planning and management, including the programming of care and ... in a number of cities in China and Europe. Subtaxa The following varieties are accepted: *''Gleditsia japonica'' var. ''delavayi'' – eastern Himalayas, south-central China *''Gleditsia japonica'' var. ''japonica'' – southeastern China, north-central China, Manchuria, Korea, Japan *''Gleditsia japonica'' var. ''stenocarpa'' – Korea *''Gleditsia japonica'' var. ''velutina'' – southeastern China References japonica Flora of East Himalaya Flora of Southeast China Flora of South-Ce ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Gleditsia × Texana
''Gleditsia'' × ''texana'', the Texas honey locust, is a tree native to America. It is a naturally occurring hybrid of '' Gleditsia aquatica'' × ''Gleditsia triacanthos The honey locust (''Gleditsia triacanthos''), also known as the thorny locust or thorny honeylocust, is a deciduous tree in the family Fabaceae, native to central North America where it is mostly found in the moist soil of river valleys. Honey ...''. References External links * texana Plant nothospecies {{Caesalpinioideae-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Gleditsia Aquatica
''Gleditsia aquatica'', commonly called water locust or swamp locust after its habitat of river swamps and slough margins, is a tree native to the Southeastern United States and adjacent regions. Description ''Gleditsia aquatica'' often grows 50 to 60 feet. It is commonly found in swamps and prefers partial sun. Like the other plants in its family ( Fabaceae) it produces a flat legume (pod). However, these pods usually only hold one seed. The leaves are usually simple-compounded, but sometimes appears Acacia . /sup> Range and habitat This water locust is found mainly in the southern regions of the United States. It is native to the Southeast, from Florida west to eastern Texas, north to Illinois. It can be found as far north as Ohio, southern New York and southwestern Connecticut. It is hardy to zones 6–9. Natural hybrids have been found to occur where ''G. aquatica'' overlaps with the range of ''Gleditsia triacanthos.'' References External links Water Locust ''Gleditsi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Gleditsia Caspica
''Gleditsia caspica'', the Caspian locust or Persian honeylocust, is a species of ''Gleditsia'' native to western Asia, in the Caucasus region of Azerbaijan and northern Iran, close to the Caspian Sea.Huxley, A., ed. (1992). ''New RHS Dictionary of Gardening''. Macmillan . It is a medium-sized deciduous tree growing to 12 m tall, with the trunk covered in numerous, 10–20 cm long branched spines. The leaves are pinnate or bipinnate, up to 25 cm long, with 12–20 leaflets; bipinnate leaves have six to eight pinnae. The leaflets are up to 5 cm long and 2 cm broad. The flowers are greenish, produced in racemes up to 10 cm long. The fruit is a pod 20 cm long and 3 cm broad.Cirrusimage''Gleditsia caspica''/ref> It is closely related to ''Gleditsia japonica'' (syn. ''G. horrida'') from eastern Asia, and is treated as a subspecies of it by some botanists, ''Gleditsia horrida'' subsp. ''caspica'' (Desf.) J.Paclt.Paclt, J. (1982). Gleditsia caspia, No ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Gleditsia Amorphoides
''Gleditsia amorphoides'' is a tree in the family Fabaceae. It is native to South America South America is a continent entirely in the Western Hemisphere and mostly in the Southern Hemisphere, with a relatively small portion in the Northern Hemisphere at the northern tip of the continent. It can also be described as the southe .... References {{Caesalpinioideae-stub amorphoides ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
