Glycyrrhiza

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