Abstract:The karyotypes of three species in Glycyrrhiza have been studied. The results showed that the numbers of the somatic chromosome were 16, and the karyotype formulae were as follows:G.pallidiflara k(2n)=2x=16=4M+8m+4sm; G.glabra k(2n)=2x=16=10M+6m; G.inflata k(2n)=2x=16=6M+6m+4sm.