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Taxon:  Glycyrrhiza uralensis Fisch. ex DC.



Summary
Genus:
Glycyrrhiza
Family:
Fabaceae (alt. Leguminosae)
Subfamily:
Faboideae
Tribe:
Galegeae
Subtribe:
Glycyrrhizinae
Nomen number:
17824
Place of publication:
Prodr. 2:248. 1825
Verified:
03/23/2010 ARS Systematic Botanists.
Accessions:
10 (8  active, 0  available) in Australian Pastures Genebank.  (Map it)
Other conspecific taxa
Autonyms (not in current use), synonyms and invalid designations
Heterotypic Synonym(s)
Glycyrrhiza korshinskyi Grig.
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Reference(s)
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  13. McGuffin, M., J. T. Kartesz, A. Y. Leung, & A. O. Tucker. Herbs of commerce, ed. 2. 2000
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Common names
English
Chinese licorice –
Transcribed Korean
gamcho –
Distribution
order_codeStatusContinentSubcontinentCountryStateNote
1NativeAsia-TemperateChinaChinaGansu 
1NativeAsia-TemperateChinaChinaHebei 
1NativeAsia-TemperateChinaChinaHeilongjiang 
1NativeAsia-TemperateChinaChinaLiaoning 
1NativeAsia-TemperateChinaChinaNei Monggol 
1NativeAsia-TemperateChinaChinaNingxia 
1NativeAsia-TemperateChinaChinaQinghai 
1NativeAsia-TemperateChinaChinaShaanxi 
1NativeAsia-TemperateChinaChinaShandong 
1NativeAsia-TemperateChinaChinaShanxi 
1NativeAsia-TemperateChinaChinaXinjiang 
1NativeAsia-TemperateMiddle AsiaKazakhstan  
1NativeAsia-TemperateMiddle AsiaKyrgyzstan  
1NativeAsia-TemperateMiddle AsiaTajikistan  
1NativeAsia-TemperateMongoliaMongolia  
1NativeAsia-TemperateSiberiaRussian FederationAltay 
1NativeAsia-TemperateSiberiaRussian FederationBuryatia 
1NativeAsia-TemperateSiberiaRussian FederationChita 
1NativeAsia-TemperateSiberiaRussian FederationGorno-Altay 
1NativeAsia-TemperateSiberiaRussian FederationIrkutsk 
1NativeAsia-TemperateSiberiaRussian FederationKemerovo 
1NativeAsia-TemperateSiberiaRussian FederationKrasnoyarsk 
1NativeAsia-TemperateSiberiaRussian FederationKurgan 
1NativeAsia-TemperateSiberiaRussian FederationNovosibirsk 
1NativeAsia-TemperateSiberiaRussian FederationOmsk 
1NativeAsia-TemperateSiberiaRussian FederationTuva 
1NativeAsia-TemperateSiberiaRussian FederationTyumen 
1NativeAsia-TemperateWestern AsiaAfghanistan  
1NativeAsia-TropicalIndian SubcontinentPakistan  
1NativeEuropeEast EuropeRussian FederationOrenburg 
2Cultivated     
Native
Asia-Temperate
  • CHINA: China [Gansu, Hebei, Heilongjiang, Liaoning, Nei Monggol, Ningxia, Qinghai, Shaanxi, Shandong, Shanxi, Xinjiang]
  • MIDDLE ASIA: Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan
  • MONGOLIA: Mongolia
  • SIBERIA: Russian Federation [Altay, Buryatia, Chita, Gorno-Altay, Irkutsk, Kemerovo, Krasnoyarsk, Kurgan, Novosibirsk, Omsk, Tuva, Tyumen]
  • WESTERN ASIA: Afghanistan
Asia-Tropical
  • INDIAN SUBCONTINENT: Pakistan
Europe
  • EAST EUROPE: Russian Federation [Orenburg]
Cultivated ()
Economic Uses
UsageTypeNoteReference
Medicinesfolklore McGuffin, M., J. T. Kartesz, A. Y. Leung, & A. O. Tucker. Herbs of commerce, ed. 2. 2000
Cite as: USDA, Agricultural Research Service, National Plant Germplasm System. 2025. Germplasm Resources Information Network (GRIN Taxonomy). National Germplasm Resources Laboratory, Beltsville, Maryland.
URL: https://apg.pir.sa.gov.au/gringlobal/taxon/taxonomydetail?id=17824. Accessed 18 July 2025.


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