Glycyrrhizeae Rydb., Fl. Rocky Mts. 454. 1917., 2021

Duan, Lei, Han, Li-Na, Sirichamorn, Yotsawate, Wen, Jun, Compton, James A., Deng, Shuang-Wen, Arslan, Emine, Ertugrul, Kuddisi, Schrire, Brian & Chen, Hong-Feng, 2021, Proposal to recognise the tribes Adinobotryeae and Glycyrrhizeae (Leguminosae subfamily Papilionoideae) based on chloroplast phylogenomic evidence, PhytoKeys 181, pp. 65-77 : 65

Glycyrrhizeae Rydb., Fl. Rocky Mts. 454. 1917.

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≡ Glycyrrhizinae Rydb., N. Amer. Fl. 24(3): 156. 1923.

Type.

Glycyrrhiza L., Sp. Pl. 2: 741. 1753.

Distribution and habitat.

Mediterranean, warm temperate and continental temperate grasslands, shrublands, deserts and forest edges in the Old World [from the western Mediterranean region (Iberian peninsula in Europe and Algeria in North Africa), through the Russian Far East, Mongolia and northern China (plus Sichuan and Yunnan of south-western China) to Australia ( Glycyrrhiza acanthocarpa J.M.Black), including the States of Queensland, New South Wales, Victoria, South Australia and Western Australia] and the New World [in western temperate Canada and the United States ( G. lepidota Pursh) and in the temperate region of Argentina and Chile (around 40°S; G. astragalina Gillies)].

Note.

The tribe includes two genera, Glycyrrhiza and Glycyrrhizopsis , with the latter confined in S. Anatolia. The root of Glycyrrhiza is widely used as medicine and in the food industry (see Duan et al. 2020).

Figures

Figure 1. Representative plants of Adinobotryeae and Glycyrrhizeae. Inflorescences (A) and fruits (B) of Adinobotrys atropurpureus; inflorescence (C) and infructescence (D) of Glycyrrhiza pallidiflora; inflorescence (E) and infructescence (F) of Glycyrrhiza uralensis; fruits (G) of Glycyrrhiza inflata; inflorescence (H) and part of dried infructescence [I; photographed on herbarium specimen: A. Eustace 31 (E!)] of Glycyrrhizopsis flavescens.