Texas honey locust
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Rosids
Order: Fabales
Family: Fabaceae
Subfamily: Caesalpinioideae
Genus: Gleditsia
Species:
G. × texana
Binomial name
Gleditsia × texana
Synonyms[1]
  • Gleditsia brachycarpa Nutt. nom. illeg. 1821[2]
  • Gleditsia hebecarpa S.McCoy 1959[3]

Gleditsia × texana, the Texas honey locust, is a tree native to America. It is a naturally occurring hybrid of Gleditsia aquatica × Gleditsia triacanthos.

References

  1. The Plant List: A Working List of All Plant Species, retrieved 30 November 2016
  2. Tropicos.org [homonym of Gleditsia brachycarpa (Michx.) Pursh 1813]
  3. The International Plant Names Index, retrieved 30 November 2016


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