Kingdom Plantae Family Fabaceae Rank Species | Order Fabales Genus Glycyrrhiza | |
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Similar Licorice, Glycyrrhiza korshinskyi, Glycyrrhiza inflata, Galegeae, Astragalus glycyphyllos | ||
Glycyrrhiza echinata is a species of flowering plant in the genus Glycyrrhiza, with various common names that include Chinese licorice, German liquorice, and hedgehog liquorice, Eastern European licorice, Hungarian licorice, and Roman licorice. It is used as a flavouring and medicinally, and to produce Russian and German liquorice.
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Distribution
Glycyrrhiza echinata is native to south-eastern Europe, adjacent parts of West Asia and East Asia.
Taxonomy
Glycyrrhiza echinata was one of the species described by Carl Linnaeus in his 1753 work Species Plantarum, the starting point for botanical nomenclature.
References
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