Cultivated licorice vs German liquorice

Glycyrrhiza glabra compared with Glycyrrhiza echinata

Key Differences

• Cultivated licorice is Least Concern while German liquorice is Not Evaluated.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Cultivated licorice	German liquorice
Kingdom same	Plantae (植物)	Plantae (植物)
Phylum same	Magnoliophyta (被子植物門)	Magnoliophyta (被子植物門)
Class same	Magnoliopsida (モクレン綱)	Magnoliopsida (モクレン綱)
Order same	Fabales (マメ目)	Fabales (マメ目)
Family same	Fabaceae	Fabaceae
Genus same	Glycyrrhiza	Glycyrrhiza
Species	Glycyrrhiza glabra	Glycyrrhiza echinata

Evolutionary Relationship

Cultivated licorice and German liquorice share a common ancestor at the Genus level: Glycyrrhiza.

Conservation Status

Cultivated licorice

LC — Least Concern

German liquorice

NE — Not Evaluated

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Cultivated licorice	German liquorice
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

Cultivated licorice

Habitat

Found across multiple habitat types including tropical and subtropical moist broadleaf forests, tropical and subtropical dry broadleaf forests, and mangrove forests and coastal wetlands within the Indomalayan biogeographic realm.

Range

Widely distributed across Africa (South Africa), Asia (Cyprus, Vietnam), Europe (12 countries), North America (United States), and Oceania and the Pacific (Australia).

German liquorice

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial habitats from tropical forests to temperate regions.

Range

Distributed across Italy and Poland.

Shared Countries

Both species can be found in 1 countries:

🇵🇱 Poland