Glycyrrhiza
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Glycyrrhiza | |
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Glycyrrhiza glabra | |
Scientific classification ![]() | |
Kingdom: | Plantae |
Clade: | Tracheophytes |
Clade: | Angiosperms |
Clade: | Eudicots |
Clade: | Rosids |
Order: | Fabales |
Family: | Fabaceae |
Subfamily: | Faboideae |
Clade: | Inverted repeat-lacking clade |
Genus: | Glycyrrhiza L. |
Synonyms[1][2] | |
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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.[1]
The genus is best known for liquorice (British English; licorice in American English), G. glabra, a species native to Eurasia and North Africa,[3] from which most confectionery liquorice is produced.
Species
[edit]17 species are accepted:[2][4]
- Glycyrrhiza acanthocarpa (Lindl.) J.M.Black
- Glycyrrhiza aspera Pall.
- Glycyrrhiza astragalina Gillies ex Hook. & Arn.
- Glycyrrhiza asymmetrica Hub.-Mor.
- Glycyrrhiza bucharica Regel
- Glycyrrhiza echinata L.
- Glycyrrhiza foetida Desf.
- Glycyrrhiza glabra L. – liquorice, licorice
- Glycyrrhiza gontscharovii Maslenn.
- Glycyrrhiza inflata Batalin
- Glycyrrhiza lepidota Pursh – American licorice
- Glycyrrhiza pallidiflora Maxim.
- Glycyrrhiza squamulosa Franch.
- Glycyrrhiza triphylla Fisch. & C.A.Mey.
- Glycyrrhiza uralensis Fisch. ex DC. – Chinese licorice, Chinese liquorice
- Glycyrrhiza yunnanensis S.H.Cheng & L.K.Tai ex P.C.Li
- Glycyrrhiza zaissanica Serg.
References
[edit]- ^ a b Bojian Bao; Kai Larsen, "Glycyrrhiza Linnaeus, Sp. Pl. 2: 741. 1753", Flora of China
- ^ a b Glycyrrhiza Tourn. ex L. Plants of the World Online. Retrieved 31 August 2023.
- ^ Bojian Bao; Kai Larsen, "Glycyrrhiza glabra Linnaeus, Sp. Pl. 2: 742. 1753", Flora of China
- ^ ILDIS home page