Glycyrrhiza glabra L.

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Status: Accepted
Genus: Glycyrrhiza L.
Tribe: Galegeae
References: [1847][801][454][754]

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Other names:

• Glycyrrhiza glabra L. Var. glabra [Synonym] 
  
• Glycyrrhiza glabra L. Subsp. glandulifera (Waldst. & Kit.)Ponert [Synonym] [454]
  
• Glycyrrhiza glabra L. Var. glandulifera (Waldst. & Kit.)Regel & Herd. [Synonym] 
  
• Glycyrrhiza glabra L. Var. typica L. [Synonym] 
  
• Glycyrrhiza glabra L. Var. violacea (Boiss. & Noe)Boiss. [Synonym] 
  
• Glycyrrhiza glandulifera Waldst. & Kit. [Synonym] [454][754]
  
• Glycyrrhiza pallida Boiss. & Noe [Synonym] [454]
  
• Glycyrrhiza violacea Boiss. & Noe [Synonym] [454]
  

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Common Names:

• Common Licorice [1862] [1902]
  
• Common Liquorice [1862]
  
• Kahles S�ssholz [2205]
  
• Licorice [1847]
  
• Spanish Liquorice [1862]
  

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Descriptors:

• Habit:
  • Herb
• Lifespan:
  • Perennial
• Stems:
  • Not climbing
• Source(s):
  • 1988(Africa)Lock JM
  • 1988(Americas)Zarucchi JL
  • 1988(Europe)ESFEDS
  • 1991(W Asia)Lock JM & Simpson K
  • 1993 Adams BR
  • 1995(Europe)Adams BR
• Conservation Status:
  • Not Threatened

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Uses:

• Domestic [1862]
  
• Food and Drink [368] [754]
  
• Medicine [1862]
  
• Weed [2014]
  
• Wood [1862]
  

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Geographical Distribution:

• Africa [454]
  • Algeria [454]
  • Egypt [454]
  • Libya [454]

• Asia [1179] [1861] [1938] [2014]
  • Afghanistan [1861]
  • China [1179]
  • India [1861]
  • Iran [1861]
  • Iraq [1861]
  • Pakistan [1938]
  • USSR [2014]

• Australasia [1880]
  • Australia [1880]

• Europe [454] [754] [1883] [2205] [2306] [2309] [2363]
  • Albania [454] [754]
  • Austria [754]
  • Bulgaria [454] [754] [2309]
  • Czechoslovakia [754]
  • France [454] [754]
  • Greece [454] [754]
  • Hungary [754]
  • Italy [454] [754] [1883]
  • Kriti [454] [2306]
  • Portugal [454] [754]
  • Romania [754]
  • Sardegna [454] [754]
  • Sicilia [454]
  • Spain [454] [754] [2363]
  • Switzerland [754] [2205]
  • USSR:C-F.E. [754]
  • USSR:E-F.E. [754]
  • USSR:K-F.E. [754]
  • USSR:W-F.E. [754]
  • Yugoslavia [454] [754]

• Middle East [454] [1861]
  • Cyprus [454]
  • East Aegean Is(Greek) [454]
  • Israel [1861]
  • Jordan [1861]
  • Lebanon [1861]
  • Syria [1861]
  • Turkey in Asia [454]

• North America [1847]
  • United States [1847]

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Notes:

• Reported in error from Turkey in Europe [454]
  
• Cultivated as a source of liquorice [754]
  

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Last Update: 14/06/2001 13:18:57