A genus of thorny trees native to the Americas and Asia, commonly known as honey locusts, characterized by compound leaves and long seed pods.
Named after Johann Gottlieb Gleditsch, an 18th-century German botanist, using the Latinized naming convention where plant genera are often named after naturalists and scholars.
Gleditsia trees were named to honor a botanist, but they're now invasive in some places—it's ironic that species named after scientists can become ecological problems when transplanted.
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