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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.
18 branches of this genus, most-observed first
Wild Licorice
speciesGlycyrrhiza lepidota
cultivated licorice
speciesGlycyrrhiza glabra
Chinese Liquorice
speciesGlycyrrhiza uralensis
German Liquorice
speciesGlycyrrhiza echinata
Native Liquorice
speciesGlycyrrhiza acanthocarpa
Glycyrrhiza aspera
speciesGlycyrrhiza aspera
Glycyrrhiza triphylla
speciesGlycyrrhiza triphylla
Glycyrrhiza pallidiflora
speciesGlycyrrhiza pallidiflora
Glycyrrhiza korshinskyi
speciesGlycyrrhiza korshinskyi
Glycyrrhiza yunnanensis
speciesGlycyrrhiza yunnanensis
Glycyrrhiza astragalina
speciesGlycyrrhiza astragalina
Glycyrrhiza soongorica
speciesGlycyrrhiza soongorica
Glycyrrhiza inflata
speciesGlycyrrhiza inflata
Glycyrrhiza asymmetrica
speciesGlycyrrhiza asymmetrica
Glycyrrhiza foetida
speciesGlycyrrhiza foetida
Glycyrrhiza squamulosa
speciesGlycyrrhiza squamulosa
Glycyrrhiza shiheziensis
speciesGlycyrrhiza shiheziensis
Glycyrrhiza eglandulosa
speciesGlycyrrhiza eglandulosa
Where it lives
Recorded sightings
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geo-referenced records in GBIF, from museums, herbaria and field observers.
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In the old herbals & bestiaries
The Great Herbary with all the figures of the herbs
1532 · p.186
Notable Commentaries on the History of Plants
Leonhart Fuchs · 1542 · p.226
Notable Commentaries on the History of Plants
Leonhart Fuchs · 1549 · p.224
On Medical Materials in Six Books
Dioscorides · 1550 · p.357
Commentaries on the Six Books of Dioscorides on Medical Matter
Pietro Andrea Mattioli · 1563 · p.454
Treasury of Medical Matters of New Spain
Francisco Hernández · 1651 · p.288
In the stacks
Searching the stacks…
Every page naming Glycyrrhiza in the Biodiversity Heritage Library →
This page is assembled live from iNaturalist, GBIF, Wikipedia, the Source Library and the Internet Archive. It is not yet part of the hand-edited codex. iNaturalist taxon 58897.