Glycyrrhiza is a genus of flowering plants, family Fabaceae, comprising about 20 accepted species, 17 of which appear on its own current species list, with a subcosmopolitan distribution across Asia, Australia, Europe and the Americas. The genus is best known for liquorice, called licorice in American English; its most prominent member, Glycyrrhiza glabra, is native to Eurasia and North Africa and is the source of most confectionery liquorice, and the plant is also used in traditional Chinese medicine and herbology.
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Living or Extinct Taxonomic Rank In the Other Atlases
- Also in Geography Atlas: Africa, found in there.
- Also in Geography Atlas: Asia, found in there.
- Also in Geography Atlas: Australia, found in there.
- Also in Geography Atlas: Europe, found in there.
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1. Wikidata (taxon extant/extinct status)
Wikimedia Foundation / Wikidata contributorsQ157830, descriptionView the Source 2. Wikipedia: Glycyrrhiza
Taxonomic rank (Wikipedia confirms the entity; rank from slug/structure-wave classification)View the Source Wikidata: Glycyrrhiza
Wikidata Q157830, class allow-list match (w-wdresolver-0926)View the Source Reader Challenges (0)
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