Beta vulgaris

Beta vulgaris
Beta vulgaris subsp. vulgaris
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Order: Caryophyllales
Family: Amaranthaceae
Genus: Beta
Species:
B. vulgaris
Binomial name
Beta vulgaris
Synonyms[1]
List
    • Beta alba DC.
    • Beta altissima Steud.
    • Beta atriplicifolia Rouy
    • Beta bengalensis Roxb.
    • Beta brasiliensis Scheidw.
    • Beta carnulosa Gren.
    • Beta cicla (L.) L.
    • Beta cicla var. argentea Krassochkin & Burenin
    • Beta cicla var. viridis Krassochkin & Burenin
    • Beta crispa Tratt.
    • Beta decumbens Moench
    • Beta esculenta Salisb.
    • Beta hortensis Mill.
    • Beta hybrida Andrz.
    • Beta incarnata Steud.
    • Beta lutea Steud.
    • Beta marina Crantz
    • Beta maritima L.
    • Beta maritima subsp. atriplicifolia (Rouy) Burenin
    • Beta maritima subsp. marcosii (O.Bolòs & Vigo) Juan & M.B.Crespo
    • Beta maritima subsp. orientalis (Roth) Burenin
    • Beta noeana Bunge ex Boiss.
    • Beta orientalis Roth
    • Beta purpurea Steud.
    • Beta rapa Dumort.
    • Beta rapacea Hegetschw.
    • Beta rosea Steud.
    • Beta sativa Bernh.
    • Beta stricta K.Koch
    • Beta sulcata Gasp.
    • Beta triflora Salisb.
    • Beta vulgaris var. aurantia Burenin
    • Beta vulgaris var. coniciformis Burenin
    • Beta vulgaris var. marcosii O.Bolòs & Vigo
    • Beta vulgaris var. maritima (L.) Moq.
    • Beta vulgaris var. mediasiatica Burenin
    • Beta vulgaris var. ovaliformis Burenin
    • Beta vulgaris var. rapacea W.D.J.Koch
    • Beta vulgaris var. rubidus Burenin
    • Beta vulgaris var. rubrifolia Krassochkin ex Burenin
    • Beta vulgaris var. virescens Burenin
    • Beta vulgaris var. viridifolia Krassochkin ex Burenin

Beta vulgaris (beet) is a species of flowering plant in the subfamily Betoideae of the family Amaranthaceae. Economically, it is the most important crop of the large order Caryophyllales.[2] It has several cultivar groups: the sugar beet, of greatest importance to produce table sugar; the root vegetable known as the beetroot or garden beet; the leaf vegetable known as chard or spinach beet or silverbeet; and mangelwurzel, which is a fodder crop. Three subspecies are typically recognised. All cultivars, despite their quite different morphologies, fall into the subspecies Beta vulgaris subsp. vulgaris. The wild ancestor of the cultivated beets is the sea beet (Beta vulgaris subsp. maritima).

  1. ^ "Beta vulgaris L." Plants of the World Online. Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. 2017. Retrieved 12 July 2020.
  2. ^ Cite error: The named reference Romeiras was invoked but never defined (see the help page).