Gleditsia

Taxobox
name = "Gleditsia"


image_width = 270px
image_caption = Honey Locust ("Gleditsia triacanthos")
regnum = Plantae
divisio = Magnoliophyta
classis = Magnoliopsida
ordo = Fabales
familia = Fabaceae
subfamilia = Caesalpinioideae
genus = "Gleditsia"
subdivision_ranks = Species
subdivision = See text.

"Gleditsia" is a genus of locust trees in the family Fabaceae, subfamily Caesalpinioideae, native to North America and Asia. The Latin name commemorates Gottlieb Gleditsch, director of the Berlin Botanical Gardens, who died in 1786.

There are 12 species:
*"Gleditsia amorphoides" (Griseb.) Taubert
*"Gleditsia aquatica" Marshall - Water locust
*"Gleditsia australis" F. B. Forbes & Hemsley
*"Gleditsia caspica" Desf. - Caspian locust
*"Gleditsia delavayi" Franchet
*"Gleditsia fera" (Lour.) 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. - Honey locust Hybrids
*"Gleditsia × texana" Sarg. - Texas Honey locust ("G. aquatica" × "G. triacanthos")

Medicinal use

"G. sinensis" is one of the 50 fundamental herbs used in Chinese herbology, where it is called "zào jiá" ().