Glycyrrhiza
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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.<ref name=FOC>Template:Citation</ref>
The genus is best known for liquorice (British English; licorice in American English), G. glabra, a species native to Eurasia and North Africa,<ref>Template:Citation</ref> from which most confectionery liquorice is produced.
Species
17 species are accepted:<ref name = powo/><ref>ILDIS home page</ref>
- Glycyrrhiza acanthocarpa Template:Small
- Glycyrrhiza aspera Template:Small
- Glycyrrhiza astragalina Template:Small
- Glycyrrhiza asymmetrica Template:Small
- Glycyrrhiza bucharica Template:Small
- Glycyrrhiza echinata Template:Small
- Glycyrrhiza foetida Template:Small
- Glycyrrhiza glabra Template:Small – liquorice, licorice
- Glycyrrhiza gontscharovii Template:Small
- Glycyrrhiza inflata Template:Small
- Glycyrrhiza lepidota Template:Small – American licorice
- Glycyrrhiza pallidiflora Template:Small
- Glycyrrhiza squamulosa Template:Small
- Glycyrrhiza triphylla Template:Small
- Glycyrrhiza uralensis Template:Small – Chinese licorice, Chinese liquorice
- Glycyrrhiza yunnanensis Template:Small
- Glycyrrhiza zaissanica Template:Small