Skip to main content
Home

User account menu

  • Home
  • Blogs
  • News
  • Project Members
  • Resources
    • General project outputs
    • Outreach materials
    • Biodiversity recording on Cyprus
    • Wetland ecology and monitoring
    • CyDAS – Database of Alien Species
    • PoMS-Ký – Pollinator monitoring
    • Mini PoMS-Ký
    • Explore all records
    • Invasive species and biosecurity
  • Contact us
  • Log in
  • Explore Akrotiri

Glycyrrhiza glabra

Linnaeus
Tracheophyta » Fabales » Fabaceae » Glycyrrhiza glabra
Common name (English)
Liquorice
Ηabitat
I1 Arable
X10 Mixed landscapes
D2 Valley mires

Hold Ctrl whilst dragging to view details of selected occurrences.

Habitat detail

Based on Georgiades (1995).

Establishment status
Established
Establishment status detail

Alien: Sandy or marshy fields near sea-level (not seen in undisturbed ground and most probably a relic of cultivation) - no sites listed for Division 3.

An adventive plant [...] is a relict of cultivation (Tsintides et al. 2002).

First detection year
1901
Pathway
2 ESCAPE FROM CONFINEMENT - Agriculture – Ag
Pathway detail

Relict of ancient cultivation.

Based on Georgiades (1995).

References

Meikle RD (1977) Flora of Cyprus, Vol. 1.

Georgiades C (1995) Η επιγενής χλωρίδα της Κύπρου. Ταξινομική, χλωριδικά, φυτογεωγραφική, οικοφυσιολογική μελέτη. [The adventive flora of Cyprus, taxonomic, floristic, phytogeographic, ecophysiological study]. Ph.D. Thesis, Athens University.

Tsintides T, Hadjikyriakou GN, Christodoulou CS (2002) Trees and shrubs in Cyprus. Foundation Anastasios G. Leventis—Cyprus Forest Association, Nicosia, Cyprus.

Hand R (2003) Supplementary notes to the flora of Cyprus III. Willdenowia 33(2): 305-325. https://doi.org/10.3372/wi.33.33209

Hand R (2006) Supplementary notes to the flora of Cyprus V. Willdenowia 36(2): 761-809. https://doi.org/10.3372/wi.36.36211

"UK Centre for Ecology & Hydrology"
Joint Service Health Unit
University of Cyprus - Department of Biological Sciences
Darwin Initiative
Akrotiri Environment

Footer menu

  • Privacy Notice
  • Terms and conditions of use
Copyright © 2025 RIS-ky. Website designed and developed by BRC