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| − | + | '''''Gleditsia caspica''''' ('''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]].<ref name=grin>Germplasm Resources Information Network: [http://www.ars-grin.gov/cgi-bin/npgs/html/taxon.pl?17630 ''Gleditsia caspica'']</ref><ref name=rhs>Huxley, A., ed. (1992). ''New RHS Dictionary of Gardening''. Macmillan ISBN 0-333-47494-5.</ref> | |
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| + | 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 [[leaf|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 [[flower]]s are greenish, produced in [[raceme]]s up to 10 cm long. The [[fruit]] is a [[legume|pod]] 20 cm long and 3 cm broad.<ref name=rhs/><ref name=cirrusimage>Cirrusimage: [http://www.cirrusimage.com/tree_locust_caspian.htm ''Gleditsia caspica'']</ref> | ||
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| + | 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.<ref name=paclt>Paclt, J. (1982). Gleditsia caspia, Not a Distinct Species (Leguminosae). ''Taxon'' 31 (2): 336-339 [http://links.jstor.org/sici?sici=0040-0262%28198205%2931%3A2%3C336%3AGCNADS%3E2.0.CO%3B2-A&size=LARGE&origin=JSTOR-enlargePage Abstract].</ref> | ||
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Gleditsia caspica (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.[1][2]
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.[2][3]
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.[4]
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References
- ↑ Germplasm Resources Information Network: Gleditsia caspica
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 Huxley, A., ed. (1992). New RHS Dictionary of Gardening. Macmillan ISBN 0-333-47494-5.
- ↑ Cirrusimage: Gleditsia caspica
- ↑ Paclt, J. (1982). Gleditsia caspia, Not a Distinct Species (Leguminosae). Taxon 31 (2): 336-339 Abstract.
External links
- w:Gleditsia caspica. Some of the material on this page may be from Wikipedia, under the Creative Commons license.
- Gleditsia caspica QR Code (Size 50, 100, 200, 500)
