Yang gan cao vs German liquorice

Glycyrrhiza glabra compared with Glycyrrhiza echinata

Key Differences

• Yang gan cao is Least Concern while German liquorice is Not Evaluated.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Yang gan cao	German liquorice
Kingdom same	Plantae (植物)	Plantae (植物)
Phylum same	Magnoliophyta (木兰植物门)	Magnoliophyta (木兰植物门)
Class same	Magnoliopsida (木兰纲)	Magnoliopsida (木兰纲)
Order same	Fabales (豆目)	Fabales (豆目)
Family same	Fabaceae	Fabaceae
Genus same	Glycyrrhiza	Glycyrrhiza
Species	Glycyrrhiza glabra	Glycyrrhiza echinata

Evolutionary Relationship

Yang gan cao and German liquorice share a common ancestor at the Genus level: Glycyrrhiza.

Conservation Status

Yang gan cao

LC — Least Concern

German liquorice

NE — Not Evaluated

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Yang gan cao	German liquorice
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

Yang gan cao

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