Licorice ( lat. Glycyrrhíza , from other Greek. Γλυκύ- + ῥίζα “sweet root”) is a genus of herbaceous plants of the legume family ( Fabaceae ).
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 Glycyrrhiza lepidota . General view of a flowering plant | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Glycyrrhiza echinata L. - Licorice bristle | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Representatives of the genus are almost cosmopolitan ; they are found in the temperate and subtropical zones of Eurasia and America , in North Africa and Australia .
Content
- 1 Botanical Description
- 2 Meaning and application
- 3 Types
- 4 notes
- 5 Literature
- 6 References
Botanical Description
Perennial grasses with thickened creeping rhizome .
Leaves are pinnate, often sticky.
The flowers are usually lilac, in axillary hands .
The fruit is a bean with 1-8 seeds.
Meaning and Application
Licorice ( Glycyrrhiza glabra ) is used in medicine in the treatment of respiratory diseases [2] . It has mucolytic (thinning sputum) and antitussive effects. [3]
Views
The genus has about 20 species [4] , some of them [5] :
- Glycyrrhiza acanthocarpa ( Lindl. ) JMBlack
- Glycyrrhiza anthocarpa ( Lindl. ) JMBlack
- Glycyrrhiza aspera Pall. - Rice licorice
- Glycyrrhiza astragalina hook. & Arn.
- Glycyrrhiza bucharica Regel - Licorice Bukhara
- Glycyrrhiza echinata L. typus [6] - Licorice bristle
- Glycyrrhiza eglandulosa XYLi
- Glycyrrhiza eurycarpa PCLi
- Glycyrrhiza foetida Desf.
- Glycyrrhiza foetidissima tausch
- Glycyrrhiza glabra L. - Licorice , or Naked licorice
- Glycyrrhiza gontscharovii Maslenn. - Licorice Goncharova
- Glycyrrhiza iconica Hub.-Mor.
- Glycyrrhiza inflata Batalin
- Glycyrrhiza korshinskyi Grig. - Korzhinsky licorice
- Glycyrrhiza lepidota pursh
- Glycyrrhiza Macedonica Boiss. & Orphanides - Licorice Macedonian
- Glycyrrhiza pallidiflora Maxim.
- Glycyrrhiza squamulosa Franch.
- Glycyrrhiza triphylla Fisch. & CAMey. - Licorice three-leafed
- Glycyrrhiza uralensis Fisch. ex DC. - Ural licorice
In Russia - 7 species, mainly in the steppe , semi-desert and desert zones. The most common licorice ( Glycyrrhiza glabra ) - in the south of the European part , the Caucasus and Ural licorice ( Glycyrrhiza uralensis ) - in the south of the Urals and Western Siberia .
Notes
- ↑ For the conventionality of indicating the class of dicotyledons as a superior taxon for the plant group described in this article, see the APG Systems section of the Dicotyledonous article .
- ↑ Tolstikov, G.A. et al. Licorice: biodiversity, chemistry, medical applications. - Novosibirsk: Geo, 2007 .-- 311 p. - ISBN 5-9747-0060-0 .
- ↑ Comparative efficacy of a new combination drug for cough from licorice root and ambroxol . Young scientist (2015).
- ↑ TPL : Glycyrrhiza
- ↑ According to the GRIN website (see section plant card).
- ↑ Entry for Glycyrrhiza L. (English) . NCU-3e. Names in current use for extant plant genera. Electronic version 1.0 (Sept 24, 1997). Date of treatment December 22, 2010. Archived on June 9, 2012.
Literature
- Licorice // Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary : in 86 volumes (82 volumes and 4 additional). - SPb. , 1890-1907.
- Licorice // Dogs - String. - M .: Soviet Encyclopedia, 1976. - (The Great Soviet Encyclopedia : [in 30 vol.] / Ch. Ed. A. M. Prokhorov ; 1969-1978, vol. 24, Prince I).
- Glycyrrhiza // Flora of China : [ eng. ] = 中国 植物 志 : in 25 vol. / ed. by Z. Wu , PH Raven , . - Beijing: Science Press; St. Louis: Missouri Botanical Garden Press, 2010 .-- Vol. 10: Fabaceae. - P. 509. - 642 p. - ISBN 978-0-915279-34-0 . - ISBN 978-1-930723-91-7 (vol. 10).
Links
- Glycyrrhiza (English) : Tropicos taxon information.