Fabaceae |
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Glycyrrhiza L. |
G. glabra L.. Sp. PL 742 (1753). Sparsely pubescent. erect perennial, 30-60 cm. Leaflets 5-9-paired, 15-45 1O-20 mm, elliptic. Inflorescence 5-9 cm, lax, elongate. Calyx teeth c. 3 mm. Corolla 9-11 mm, blue to violet. Legume 15-25 × 4-5 mm. - terete, red-brown,glandular (sometimes bristly) or eglandular. '-6-seeded. Fl. 6-7. Cultivated ground, alluvial river valleys, sand dunes, etc., s. l.-1800 m. 1. Legume and ovary eglandular var. glabra 1. Legume and ovary with at least a few stalked or sessile glands var. glandulifera var. glabra (including var. violacea Boiss. Fl. Or. 2:202, 1872). Ic: Reichb., Ic. Fl. Germ. 22: t. 177 (1903). Described from Germany, France, Spain, Italy (Hb. Linn. 916/3, photo!). Scattered in Anatolia. A6 Samsun: Kirazlik, 5 m, Tobey 402! A9 Kars: Kağiz-man, Pamukçııoğlu 98. B8 Siirt: Korky to Zok. 1 viii 1906, B. Post! Muş: 25 km E of Muş, D. 24780! 39 Bitlis: Tatvan to Tug, 1800 m, D. 22335! B1O Kars: 3-4 km W of lğdir, 800 m, D. 43596! C6 Maraş: Maraş, Hausskn.; Gaziantep: Battal, 710 m, Oğuz 64. C7 Urfa: Birecik, Mezre,450 m,Oğuz 65.C8 Diyar-bakir: Diyarbakir, 600 m. Oğuz 74; Siirt: Kurtalan, Oğuz 72. Is: Samos, d'Ur-ville; Rodhos, viii 1923, Fiori. var. glandulifera (Waldst. & Kit.) Boiss., Fl. Or. 2:202 (1872). Syn: G. glanduli-fera Waldst. & Kit., PL Rar. Hung. 1:20, t. 21 (1800). Type: [Hungary] in insula Danubii. Widespread in Anatolia, except in the North. A4 Çankiri: 5 km S of Çankiri, 700 m, Hub.-Mor. 15033. A5 Amasya: Amasya, by Yeşilirmak, 500 m, Bornm. 1889:950; A6 Samsun: Kirazli, Oğuz 90. A7 Sivas: Altintepe nr. Suşeheri, 1030 m, Oğuz 93. A9 Kars: Kağizman, Oğuz 81. C1 Aydin: 19 km from Aydin to Muğla, 50 m, Dudley, D. 35372! C2 Antalya: Suraddiye, Kasapligil 32! C3 lsparta: W. shore of Beyşehir G., 1200 m, Sorger 67-14-3. C4 lçel: Silifke, Oğuz 12. C5 Hatay: Çinaroluk nr. Arsuz, 10 m, Oğuz 16. C6 Hatay: Antakya, Oğuz. 17. C8 Urfa: Urfa to Akçakale, 500 m, D. 28092! C9 Mardin: Yafizköy, nr. Cizre, 350 m, Oğuz 69. C10 Hakkari: Zap gorge, 25 km from Hakkari to Van, 1300 m, D. 44945! Bl Izmir: Menemen, Oğuz 84. B2 Manisa: Salihli, Oğuz2. B4 Ankara: above Tuz G., 25 km N of Koçhisar, c. 900 m. McNeill 328! B5 Kirşehir: Kir-şehir, Oğuz 99. 36 Malatya: Gürün, 1000 m, D. 21889! B7 Malatya: 27 km E of Malatya, 750 m, Huh.-Mor. 10427. B8 Erzurum: 28 km from Varto to Hinis, 1700 m, D. 46261! Tunceli: 16 km from Tunceli to Pülümür, 1000 m, D. 29225! B9 Van: Hoşap to Havasor, D. 23307! Distribution of species: S. Europe, Crimea, S. Russia, N. Africa, S.W., C. & E. Asia. The varieties are difficult to distinguish when not in fruit, though the ovary of var. glandulifera does have at least one or two glands. Specimens from Bl Izmir: (Troad), AS Amasya (Bornm. 1889:950) and C2 Antalya (Baytop 11149) are too young to place in a variety. Liquorice is extracted from the rhizome of this species in W. Anatolia, being processed in the factory at Söke (Prov. Aydin). |