Beta vulgaris

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Caryophyllales
Classification System: APG IV Superregnum: Eukaryota Regnum: Plantae Cladus: Angiosperms Cladus: Eudicots Cladus: Core eudicots Ordo: Caryophyllales

Beta vulgaris L., Sp. Pl. 1: 222 (1753).

Type locality: "Habitat in Angliae & Belgii litoribus maris."
Lectotype: (designated by Leschert, Wageningen Agric. Univ. Papers 93(1): 27, 1993): Herb. van Royen 889.213-556 (L L0052857).

Heterotypic (ref. Uotila 2011+):
- Beta cicla L., Syst. Nat., ed. 12, 2: 195 (1767).
- Beta crispa Tratt., Arch. Gewächsk., uncoloured ed.: 101 (1811).
- Beta esculenta Salisb., Prodr. Stirp. Chap. Allerton: 152 (1796), nom. illeg.
- Beta sulcata Gasp. in Gussone, Fl. Sicul. Syn. 2: 800 (1845).
- Beta vulgaris subsp. esculenta Cout., Fl. Portugal: 185 (1913).

(further synonyms see subspecies, Hassler and Govaerts.

Linnaeus, C. 1753. Species plantarum, exhibentes plantas rite cognitas, ad genera relatas, cum differentiis specificis, nominibus trivialibus, synonymis selectis, locis natalibus, secundum systema sexuale digestas. Tomus I. Pp. [I–XII], 1–560. Impensis Laurentii Salvii, Holmiae [Stockholm]. BHL Reference page.

Iamonico, D. 2019. Remarks on the subfam. Betoideae (Chenopodiaceae/Amaranthaceae sensu APGIV). Phytotaxa 400(3): 145–164. DOI: 10.11646/phytotaxa.400.3.3 Reference page.
Kadereit, G., Hohmann, S. & Kadereit, J.W. 2006. A synopsis of Chenopodiaceae subfam. Betoideae and notes on the taxonomy of Beta. Willdenowia 36(1): 9–19. DOI: 10.3372/wi.36.36101 . Reference page.
Hedge, I.C. 1997. Beta vulgaris. Pp. 21–22 in Hedge, I.C., Akhani, H., Freitag, H., Kothe-Heinrich, G., Podlech, D., Rilke, S. & Uotila, P. , Chenopodiaceae. In: Rechinger, K.H. (ed.): Flora Iranica Vol. 172. 371 pp., 212 tab., Akademische Druck- u. Verlagsanstalt Graz. Reference page.
Uotila, P. 2011+. Beta vulgaris. In: Chenopodiaceae (pro parte majore). Euro+Med Plantbase – the information resource for Euro-Mediterranean plant diversity.
Letschert, J.P.W., Lange, W., Frese, L. & Van Den Berg, R.G. 1994. Taxonomy of Beta section Beta. Journal of Sugar Beet Research 31: 69–85. Reference page.

Govaerts, R. et al. 2024. Beta vulgaris in Kew Science Plants of the World Online. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published online. Accessed: 2024 May 15. Reference page.
Hassler, M. 2024. Beta vulgaris. World Plants: Synonymic Checklists of the Vascular Plants of the World In: Roskovh, Y., Abucay, L., Orrell, T., Nicolson, D., Bailly, N., Kirk, P., Bourgoin, T., DeWalt, R.E., Decock, W., De Wever, A., Nieukerken, E. van, Zarucchi, J. & Penev, L., eds. 2024. Species 2000 & ITIS Catalogue of Life. Published online. Accessed: 2024 May 15. Reference page.
International Plant Names Index. 2024. Beta vulgaris. Published online. Accessed: May 15 2024. Reference page.

Tropicos.org 2017. Beta vulgaris. Missouri Botanical Garden. Published online. Accessed: 14 Feb. 2017. Reference page.