Beta vulgaris subsp. vulgaris

Beta vulgaris subsp. vulgaris, sugar beet

Taxonavigation

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 vulgaris
Subspecies: Beta vulgaris subsp. vulgaris

• Cultivar groups:
  • Fodder Beet Group (= Crassa Group)
  • Garden Beet Group (= Conditiva Group)
  • Leaf Beet Group (= Cicla Group + Flavescens Group)
  • Sugar Beet Group (= Altissima Group)

Name

Beta vulgaris L. subsp. vulgaris (autonym)

Synonyms

• Heterotypic (ref. Uotila 2011)
  • Beta cicla L., Syst. Nat., ed. 12. 2: 195. (1767)
  • Beta vulgaris subsp. cicla (L.) Arcang., Comp. Fl. Ital.: 593. (1882)
  • Beta vulgaris var. cicla (L.) Voss, Vilm. Blumengärtn., ed. 3. 1: 874. (1895)
  • Beta vulgaris var. rapacea W.D.J.Koch, Syn. Fl. Germ. Helv. 1(2): 608. (1837)
  • Beta vulgaris subsp. rapacea (W.D.J.Koch) Döll, Rhein. Fl.: 293. (1843)
  • Beta rapacea Hegetschw., Fl. Schweiz [Hegetschweiler] 256. (1839)

References

Primary references

• Linnaeus, C. 1767. Systema naturae per regna tria naturae, secundum classes, ordines, genera, species, cum characteribus, differentiis, synonymis, locis. Editio duodecima, reformata. Tomus 2 (Regnum vegetabile): 736 + 15 pp. Holmiæ [Stockholm]. Impensis Direct Laurentii Salvii. BHL. Reference page. : 195.
• Arcangeli, G. 1882. Compendio della Flora Italiana: ossia manuale per la determinazione delle piante che trovansi selvatiche od inselvatichite nell'Italia e nelle Isole Adiacenti. xx + 889 pp., Torino: E. Loescher. BHL Biblioteca Digital Reference page. : 1: 593.
• Siebert, A. & Voss, A. 1894–1896. Vilmorin’s Blumengärtnerei. Beschreibung, Kultur und Verwendung des gesamten Pflanzenmaterials für deutsche Gärten. Dritte Aufl. [3^rd ed.] Band I. VIII+78+1264 pp. Verlagsbuchhandlung Paul Parey, Berlin. German. BHL Reference page. : 874.
• Koch, W.D.J. 1835–1837. Synopsis Florae Germanicae et Helveticae. LX + 844 pp., Francofurti ad Moenum, F. Wilmans. BHL Reference page. : 1(2): 608.
• Döll, J.C. 1843. Rheinische Flora. Beschreibung der wildwachsenden und cultivirten Pflanzen des Rheingebietes vom Bodensee bis zur Mosel und Lahn, mit besonderer Berücksichtigung des Grossherzogthums Baden. Frankfurt a.M., H.L. Brönner. BHL Reference page. : 293.
• Hegetschweiler, J.J. 1838–1840. Flora der Schweiz. Zürich, F. Schulthess. BHL. Reference page. : 256.

Additional references

• 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. 
• Uotila, P. 2011. Beta vulgaris subsp. vulgaris – In: Chenopodiaceae (pro parte majore). Euro+Med Plantbase – the information resource for Euro-Mediterranean plant diversity.
• Shultz, L.M.
• eFloras 2008. Beta vulgaris subsp. vulgaris in Flora of North America . Missouri Botanical Garden, St. Louis, MO & Harvard University Herbaria, Cambridge, MA.

Links

• Hassler, M. 2018. Beta vulgaris 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. 2018. Species 2000 & ITIS Catalogue of Life. Published online. Accessed: 2018 May 28. Reference page. 
• International Plant Names Index. 2017. Beta vulgaris subsp. vulgaris. Published online. Accessed: 15 February 2017.
• Tropicos.org 2017. Beta vulgaris subsp. vulgaris. Missouri Botanical Garden. Published online. Accessed: 15 February 2017.
• USDA, ARS, Germplasm Resources Information Network. Beta vulgaris subsp. vulgaris in the Germplasm Resources Information Network (GRIN), U.S. Department of Agriculture Agricultural Research Service.

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