Glycyrrhiza

Life-forms

Classification System: APG IV

Superregnum: Eukaryota
Regnum: Plantae
Cladus: Angiosperms
Cladus: Eudicots
Cladus: Core eudicots
Cladus: Rosids
Cladus: Eurosids I
Ordo: Fabales

Familia: Fabaceae
Subfamilia: Faboideae
Tribus: Galegeae
Genus: Glycyrrhiza
Species: G. acanthocarpa – G. alalensis – G. alaschanica – G. aspera – G. astragalina – G. asymmetrica – G. bucharica – G. echinata – G. eglandulosa – G. flavescens – G. foetida – G. foetidissima – G. glabra – G. gobica – G. grandiflora – G. hispida – G. inflata – G. krasnoborovii – G. laxiflora – G. laxissima – G. lepidota – G. macrophylla – G. michajloviana – G. nadezhinae – G. orientalis – G. pallidiflora – G. purpureiflora – G. sergievskiana – G. shiheziensis – G. soongorica – G. squamulosa – G. subechinata – G. uralensis – G. viscida – G. yunnanensis – G. zaissanica
Source(s) of checklist:
Name

Glycyrrhiza Tourn. ex L., 1753

Type species: Glycyrrhiza echinata L. LT designated by N. L. Britton & A. Brown, Ill. Fl. N. U.S. ed. 2. 2: 391 (1913)

Synonyms

Clidanthera R.Br.
Glycyrrhizopsis Boiss.
Liquiritia Medik.

Distribution
Native distribution areas:

Continental: Cosmopolita
Afghanistan, Albania, Alberta, Algeria, Altay, Argentina Northeast, Argentina Northwest, Argentina South, Arizona, Arkansas, British Columbia, Bulgaria, Buryatiya, California, Central European Russia, Chile Central, China North-Central, China South-Central, China Southeast, Chita, Colorado, Connecticut, Cyprus, East Aegean Is., East European Russia, Greece, Hungary, Idaho, Illinois, Indiana, Inner Mongolia, Iowa, Iran, Iraq, Irkutsk, Italy, Kansas, Kazakhstan, Khabarovsk, Kirgizstan, Krasnoyarsk, Krym, Lebanon-Syria, Maine, Manchuria, Manitoba, Massachusetts, Mexico Northeast, Minnesota, Missouri, Mongolia, Montana, Morocco, Nebraska, Nevada, New Mexico, New South Wales, New York, North Caucasus, North Dakota, Northwest European Russia, Oklahoma, Ontario, Oregon, Pakistan, Palestine, Pennsylvania, Primorye, Qinghai, Queensland, Rhode I., Romania, Sardegna, Saskatchewan, Saudi Arabia, Sicilia, South Australia, South Dakota, South European Russia, Spain, Tadzhikistan, Texas, Tibet, Transcaucasus, Tunisia, Turkey, Turkey-in-Europe, Turkmenistan, Tuva, Ukraine, Utah, Uzbekistan, Victoria, Virginia, Washington, West Siberia, Western Australia, Wisconsin, Wyoming, Xinjiang, Yugoslavia
Introduced into:
Austria, Bangladesh, Cape Provinces, Czechoslovakia, Egypt, France, Korea, Maldives, Portugal, Switzerland
Doubtfully present in:
Libya

References: Brummitt, R.K. 2001. TDWG – World Geographical Scheme for Recording Plant Distributions, 2nd Edition
References
Primary references

Tournefort in Linnaeus, C., 1753. Species Plantarum 741

Links

Govaerts, R. et al. 2021. Glycyrrhiza in Kew Science Plants of the World online. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published on the internet. Accessed: 2021 Jan 05. Reference page.
International Plant Names Index. 2021. 05. Published online. Accessed: Jan 2021.
Tropicos.org 2021. Glycyrrhiza. Missouri Botanical Garden. Published on the internet. Accessed: 2021 Jan 05.
Catalogue of Life: 2020 Annual Checklist

Vernacular names
беларуская: Салодка
suomi: Lakritsikasvit
magyar: Édesgyökér
русский: Солодка

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,[2] from which most confectionery liquorice is produced.
Species

Species include:[3]

Glycyrrhiza acanthocarpa
Glycyrrhiza aspera
Glycyrrhiza astragalina
Glycyrrhiza bucharica
Glycyrrhiza echinata
Glycyrrhiza eglandulosa
Glycyrrhiza foetida
Glycyrrhiza foetidissima
Glycyrrhiza glabra – liquorice, licorice
Glycyrrhiza gontscharovii
Glycyrrhiza iconica
Glycyrrhiza inflata
Glycyrrhiza korshinskyi
Glycyrrhiza lepidota – American licorice
Glycyrrhiza pallidiflora
Glycyrrhiza squamulosa
Glycyrrhiza triphylla
Glycyrrhiza uralensis
Glycyrrhiza yunnanensis

References

Bojian Bao and Kai Larsen, "Glycyrrhiza Linnaeus, Sp. Pl. 2: 741. 1753", Flora of China
Bojian Bao and Kai Larsen, "Glycyrrhiza glabra Linnaeus, Sp. Pl. 2: 742. 1753", Flora of China
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