New York Metropolitan Flora

Genus: Gleditsia

Gleditsia triacanthos L.
Gleditsia triacanthos L.

Honey-Locust

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Nomenclature

Gleditsia L., Sp. Pl. 2: 1056. 1753. Gen. Pl. ed. 5. 476. 1754. Caesalpiniodes Kuntze, Revis. Gen. Pl. 1: 166. 1891, nom. illeg. (Art. 52.1). TYPE: Gleditsia triacanthos L.

Melilobus Mitch. ex Raf., Sylva Tellur. 121. 1838. TYPE: Melilobus heterophyla Raf. (=Gleditsia triacanthos L.).

Key to the species of Gleditsia

 

List of Gleditsia Species

Gleditsia triacanthos

References to Gleditsia

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  • Fordham, A. J. 1965. Germination of woody legume seeds with impermeable seed coats. Arnoldia (Jamaica Plain) 25: 1-8.
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