Glycyrrhiza echinata

Glycyrrhiza echinata
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Plantae
(unranked): Angiosperms
(unranked): Eudicots
(unranked): Rosids
Order: Fabales
Family: Fabaceae
Genus: Glycyrrhiza
Species: G. echinata
Binomial name
Glycyrrhiza echinata
L. [1]
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Glycyrrhiza echinata is a species of flowering plant in the genus Glycyrrhiza.

Distribution

Glycyrrhiza echinata is native to south-eastern Europe, adjacent parts of West Asia and East Asia.[2]

Taxonomy

Glycyrrhiza echinata was one of the species described by Carl Linnaeus in his 1753 work Species Plantarum, the starting point for botanical nomenclature. It has many common names, including Chinese licorice,[3] Eastern European licorice,[4] German liquorice,[5] Hungarian licorice[6] and Roman licorice.[2]

References

  1. ↑ "Glycyrrhiza echinata L.". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved November 8, 2013.
  2. 1 2 Johannes Seidemann (2005). "Glycyrrhiza L. – licorice, liquorice, sweetwood – Fabaceae (Leguminosae)". World Spice Plants: Economic Usage, Botany, Taxonomy. Springer. pp. 169–170. ISBN 9783540222798.
  3. ↑ "Glycyrrhiza echinata". Natural Resources Conservation Service PLANTS Database. USDA. Retrieved 19 January 2016.
  4. ↑ Zoë Gardner & Michael McGuffin (2013). "Glycyrrhiza spp.". American Herbal Products Association’s Botanical Safety Handbook (2nd ed.). CRC Press. pp. 417–422. ISBN 9781466516946.
  5. ↑ "BSBI List 2007". Botanical Society of Britain and Ireland. Archived from the original (xls) on 2015-02-25. Retrieved 2014-10-17.
  6. ↑ Debra Rayburn (2007). "Licorice". Let's Get Natural with Herbs. Ozark Mountain Publishing. pp. 265–266. ISBN 9781886940956.


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