Biology:Gleditsia japonica

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Short description: Species of plant in the family Fabaceae

Gleditsia japonica
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Flowers
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Seed pod
Scientific classification edit
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]

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. velutina L.C.Li – southeastern China

References

  1. 1.0 1.1 1.2 "Gleditsia japonica Miq." (in en). Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. http://www.plantsoftheworldonline.org/taxon/496595-1. 
  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. doi:10.1111/geb.13169. 

Wikidata ☰ Q855963 entry