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 (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.