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:ILDIS home page Glycyrrhiza acanthocarpa Glycyrrhiza aspera Glycyrrhiza astragalina Glycyrrhiza asymmetrica Glycyrrhiza bucharica Glycyrrhiza echinata Glycyrrhiza foetida Glycyrrhiza glabra – liquorice, licorice Glycyrrhiza gontscharovii Glycyrrhiza inflata Glycyrrhiza lepidota – American licorice Glycyrrhiza pallidiflora Glycyrrhiza squamulosa Glycyrrhiza triphylla Glycyrrhiza uralensis – Chinese licorice, Chinese liquorice Glycyrrhiza yunnanensis Glycyrrhiza zaissanica
References
External links Jepson Manual Treatment USDA Plants Profile: North American Species