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Glycyrrhiza
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Glycyrrhiza is a genus of about 20 accepted species in the legume family (Fabaceae), with a subcosmopolitan distribution in Asia, Australia, Europe, and the Americas.[1]
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Glycyrrhiza | |
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Glycyrrhiza glabra | |
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Kingdom: | Plantae |
Clade: | Tracheophytes |
Clade: | Angiosperms |
Clade: | Eudicots |
Clade: | Rosids |
Order: | Fabales |
Family: | Fabaceae |
Subfamily: | Faboideae |
Clade: | Inverted repeat-lacking clade |
Genus: | Glycyrrhiza L. |
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The genus is best known for liquorice (British English; licorice in American English), G. glabra, a species native to Eurasia and North Africa,[3] from which most confectionery liquorice is produced.