Glycyrrhiza is a genus of about 18 accepted species in the family Fabaceae (Leguminosae), with a subcosmopolitan distribution in Asia, Australia, Europe, and the Americas.

The genus is best known for liquorice (British English; licorice in American English), which is the product of Glycyrrhiza glabra, a species native to the Mediterranean region. Very little Glycyrrhiza glabra is grown in North America, but American Licorice Glycyrrhiza lepidota is a common native species there.

Russian Liquorice (Glycyrrhiza echinata) and Chinese Liquorice (Glycyrrhiza uralensis, also known as gāncǎo, 甘草; lit. "sweet grass" or "sweet herb") are also cultivated, the latter being important in traditional Chinese medicine.

Faboideae | Legumes

Süßhölzer | Glicirizo | Saldymedis | Lukrecja (roślina)