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Glycyrrhiza is a genus of about 20 accepted species in the legume family (Fabaceae), with a subcosmopolitan distribution in Asia, Australia, Europe, and the Americas.
The genus is best known for liquorice (British English; licorice in American English), G. glabra, a species native to Eurasia and North Africa, from which most confectionery liquorice is produced.
Species
17 species are accepted:
- Glycyrrhiza acanthocarpa
- Glycyrrhiza aspera
- Glycyrrhiza astragalina
- Glycyrrhiza asymmetrica
- Glycyrrhiza bucharica
- Glycyrrhiza echinata
- Glycyrrhiza foetida
- Glycyrrhiza glabra – liquorice, licorice
- Glycyrrhiza gontscharovii
- Glycyrrhiza inflata
- Glycyrrhiza lepidota – American licorice
- Glycyrrhiza pallidiflora
- Glycyrrhiza squamulosa
- Glycyrrhiza triphylla
- Glycyrrhiza uralensis – Chinese licorice, Chinese liquorice
- Glycyrrhiza yunnanensis
- Glycyrrhiza zaissanica
References
External links
- Jepson Manual Treatment
- USDA Plants Profile: North American Species