Biology:Glycyrrhiza

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Glycyrrhiza
Glycyrrhiza glabra - Köhler–s Medizinal-Pflanzen-207.jpg
Glycyrrhiza glabra
Scientific classification e
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]
  • Clidanthera R.Br. (1849)
  • Liquiritia Medik. (1787)
  • Meristotropis Fisch. & C.A.Mey. (1843)
Glycyrrhiza echinata Fruits and Seeds - MHNT
Plant as used in Chinese herbology (crude medicine)

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

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.
  • Glycyrrhiza yunnanensis S.H.Cheng & L.K.Tai ex P.C.Li
  • Glycyrrhiza zaissanica Serg.

References

External links

Wikidata ☰ Q157830 entry