Glycyrrhiza

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.