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Details for: Gleditsia triacanthos
Source: ILDIS World Database of Legumes 2010. (copyright © ILDIS).
Name: Gleditsia triacanthos L.
Nomencl. ref.: Sp. Pl.: 1056. 1753
Rank: Species
Status: ACCEPTED
Taxonomy (this taxon is included in): Regnum - Plantae
     Divisio - Tracheophyta
          Subdivisio - Spermatophytina
               Class - Magnoliopsida
                    Superordo - Rosanae
                         Ordo - Fabales Bromhead
                              Familia - Fabaceae Lindl.
                                   Tribus - Caesalpinieae
                                        Genus - Gleditsia L.
                                            
Synonyms: Acacia americana Stokes
Acacia inermis Steud.
Acacia laevis Steud.
Acacia triacanthos Gron.
Caesalpiniodes triacanthum (L.) Kuntze
Gleditsia brachycarpa (Michx.) Pursh
Gleditsia bujotii Neumann
Gleditsia elegans Salisb.
Gleditsia flava Steud.
Gleditsia heterophylla Raf.
Gleditsia horrida Salisb.
Gleditsia inermis L.
Gleditsia laevis G. Don
Gleditsia latifolia Lavallee
Gleditsia latisilique Steud.
Gleditsia meliloba Walter
Gleditsia micracantha Steud.
Gleditsia polysperma Stokes
Gleditsia spinosa Marsh
Gleditsia triacanthus Mill.
Melilobus heterophyla Raf.
Gleditsia bujotii var. pendula Rehder
Gleditsia ferox var. nana Rehder
Gleditsia inermis var. elegantissima Grosdem.
Gleditsia sinensis var. nana Asch. & Graebn.
Gleditsia sinensis var. nana Loudon
Gleditsia triacanthos var. brachycarpos Michx.
Gleditsia triacanthos var. bujotii (Neumann) Rehder
Gleditsia triacanthos var. horrida Aiton
Gleditsia triacanthos var. inermis (L.) Castigl.
Gleditsia triacanthos var. inermis Willd.
Gleditsia triacanthos var. laevis Koch
Gleditsia triacanthos var. macrocarpos Michx.
Gleditsia triacanthos var. nana Henry
Gleditsia triacanthos var. polysperma Aiton
 
Comments: Widely introduced to southern Provinces and sometimes naturalised
Common names: acacia borde (Aragonese), acacia de púas (Aragonese), acacia de tres espinas (Spanish, Castillian), acàcia de tres espines (Catalan), Acacia De Tres Puas (Spanish, Castillian), acacia de tres púas (Spanish, Castillian), acàcia de tres punxes (Catalan), Acacia Negra (), alcazia (Aragonese), algarroba (Spanish, Castillian), algarroba de burros (Spanish, Castillian), Algarroba Turca (), algarrobo borde (Aragonese), algarrobo loco (Spanish, Castillian), arkazia hiruarantza (Euskera), assotacristos (Catalan), azkasi (Euskera), Common Honey-Locust (English), espinheiro da Virginia (Portuguese), espinheiro da Virgínia (Portuguese), espinheiro-da-virginia (Portuguese), espinheiro-da-Virgínia (Portuguese), Fevier Epineux (French), garrofera (Aragonese), gledichia (Spanish, Castillian), Gledichiya Obyknovennaya (Russian), Gledichiya Tryokhkolyuchkovaya (Russian), Gleditschie (German), Honey Locust (English), Honey-chuck (English), Honey-locust (English), Iglicznia (Polish), Sheitan-agadzhy (Azerbaijan), Spino Di Cristo (Italian), Sweet Locust (English), Three-thorned Acacia (English), Tzankanush (Armenian)[Credits]
Conservation Status: Not Threatened
Maps: distribution
Occurrence: dCo [Ab(A) Ar Au(A) Bu By Cr Cz Ga(F) Ge Gg(A D G) Hs(S) It Lu Mo Rf(C CS K S) Rm Si(S) Uk(K U)]
Use: Chemical products, Environmental, Food and Drink, Forage, Medicine, Miscellaneous, Wood