Beta macrocarpa

Taxonavigation[edit]

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

Familia: Amaranthaceae s.l.
Cladus: Chenopodiaceae s.str.
Subfamilia: Betoideae
Tribus: Beteae
Genus: Beta
Sectio: Beta sect. Beta
Species: Beta macrocarpa

Beta macrocarpa Guss., Fl. Sicul. Prodr. 1: 302 (1827).

(Tropicos: Index Seminum [Palermo] 1826: 2 1826.)

Homotypic
- Beta vulgaris var. macrocarpa (Guss.) Moq., Chenop. Monogr. Enum.: 14. (1840)
- Beta vulgaris subsp. macrocarpa (Guss.) Thell., Mém. Soc. Sci. Nat. Cherbourg 38: 190 (1912)
Heterotypic
- Beta bourgaei Coss., Notes Pl. Crit. 44. (1849)
  - Type locality: Spain: "In arenosis maritimis subhumidis agri Gaditani, prope Puerto Santa Maria loco dicto Coto cum Mesembryanthemo nodifloro crescens."
  - Holotype 1849-06-08, E. Bourgeau #425. G G-G-183465/2, Isotypes: G-G-183465/1, K K000898513.

Native distribution areas:

Continental: Europe
- Regional: Northern Europe
  - Sweden (casual)
- Regional: Southwestern Europe
  - Baleares (Ibiza-Formentera, Mallorca, Menorca), France (naturalized), Portugal, Sardegna (doubtfully present), Spain.
- Regional: Southeastern Europe
  - Greece, Italy, Kriti, Sicilia (Sicily).
Continental: Africa
- Regional: Northern Africa
  - Algeria, Libya, Morocco, Tunisia.
- Regional: Macaronesia
  - Canary Islands (Gran Canaria, Fuerteventura, Lanzarote, La Palma, Tenerife; doubtfully native).
Continental: Asia-Temperate
- Regional: Western Asia
  - Cyprus, East Aegean Islands, Palestine (Jordan), Turkey.

Gussone, G. 1827. Florae Siculae Prodromus (sive, Plantarum in Sicilia ulteriori nascentium enumeratio secundum systema Linnaeanum disposita). Vol. 1. 592 + 11 pp., Neapoli, ex regia typographia. Hathitrust Google. Reference page.
Moquin-Tandon, A. 1840. Chenopodearum Monographica Enumeratio. P.-J. Loss, Paris. BHL Reference page.
Thellung, A. 1912. La flore adventice de Montpellier. Mémoires de la Société des Sciences Naturelles de Cherbourg 38: 57–728. BHL Reference page.
Cosson, E. 1849–1852. Notes sur quelques plantes critiques, rares ou nouvelles (6 parts). Paris, Victor Masson. Biblioteca Digital. 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.
Uotila, P. 2011. Beta macrocarpa in: Chenopodiaceae (pro parte majore). Euro+Med Plantbase - the information resource for Euro-Mediterranean plant diversity.
Tan, K. 1997. Beta. Pp. 110–112 in Strid, A. & Tan, K. (eds.), Flora Hellenica. Volume One (Gymnospermae to Caryophyllaceae). Koeltz Scientific Books, Königstein, 547 pp. ISBN 3-87429-391-2. Reference page.

Flore du Maroc 2017. Beta macrocarpa. Accessed 2017-02-14.
Govaerts, R. et al. 2022. Beta macrocarpa in Kew Science Plants of the World Online. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published online. Accessed: 2022 Apr 28. Reference page.
Hassler, M. 2019. Beta macrocarpa. 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. 2019. Species 2000 & ITIS Catalogue of Life. Published online. Accessed: 2019 Nov. 27. Reference page.
International Plant Names Index. 2019. Beta macrocarpa. Published online. Accessed: Nov. 27 2019.

Tropicos.org 2019. Beta macrocarpa. Missouri Botanical Garden. Published online. Accessed: 27 Nov. 2019.

català: Bleda macrocarpa
español: Acelga de fruto grande
français: Betterave à gros fruits

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