Glycyrrhiza echinata

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Glycyrrhiza echinata
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Scientific classification OOjs UI icon edit-ltr.svg
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Rosids
Order: Fabales
Family: Fabaceae
Subfamily: Faboideae
Genus: Glycyrrhiza
Species:
G. echinata
Binomial name
Glycyrrhiza echinata
L.   [1]
Synonyms [2]
  • Glycyrrhiza inermisBoros
  • Glycyrrhiza macedonicaBoiss. & Orph.

Glycyrrhiza echinata is a species of flowering plant in the genus Glycyrrhiza , with various common names that include Chinese licorice, [3] German licorice, [3] [4] and hedgehog licorice, [3] Eastern European licorice, [5] Hungarian licorice, [6] Prickly licorice, [7] and Roman licorice. [8]

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Taxonomy

Glycyrrhiza echinata was one of the species described by Carl Linnaeus in his 1753 work Species Plantarum , the starting point for botanical nomenclature. The Latin specific epithet of echinata refers to hedgehog, from echinus, meaning 'prickly'. [9]

Distribution

Glycyrrhiza echinata is native to Southeastern Europe, adjacent parts of West Asia and East Asia. [8]

Uses

It is used as a flavoring and medicinally, and to produce Russian and German licorice. [10]

References

  1. ↑ "Glycyrrhiza echinata L." Integrated Taxonomic Information System . Retrieved November 8, 2013.
  2. ↑ The Plant List: A Working List of All Plant Species , retrieved 7 March 2017
  3. 1 2 3 USDA GRIN Taxonomy , retrieved 7 March 2017
  4. ↑ BSBI List 2007 (xls). Botanical Society of Britain and Ireland. Archived from the original (xls) on 2015-06-26. Retrieved 2014-10-17.
  5. ↑ Zoë Gardner & Michael McGuffin (2013). "Glycyrrhiza spp.". American Herbal Products Association's Botanical Safety Handbook (2nd ed.). CRC Press. pp. 417–422. ISBN   9781466516946.
  6. ↑ Debra Rayburn (2007). "Licorice". Let's Get Natural with Herbs. Ozark Mountain Publishing. pp. 265–266. ISBN   9781886940956.
  7. ↑ Shmida, Avi (2005). MAPA's Dictionary of Plants and Flowers in Israel (in Hebrew). Tel-Aviv: MAPA. p. 362. OCLC   716569354.
  8. 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.
  9. ↑ Stearn, William (2004). Botanical Latin. Portland, Oregon: Timber Press. ISBN   9780881926279.
  10. ↑ Plants for a Future , retrieved 8 March 2017
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