[8] Glycyrrhiza echinata was one of the species described by Carl Linnaeus in his 1753 work Species Plantarum, the starting point for botanical nomenclature.

The Latin specific epithet of echinata refers to hedgehog, from echinus, meaning 'prickly'.

[9] Glycyrrhiza echinata is native to Southeastern Europe, adjacent parts of West Asia and East Asia.

[8] It is used as a flavoring and medicinally, and to produce Russian and German licorice.

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