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Taxon:  Beta vulgaris L.



Summary
Genus:
Beta
Section:
Beta
Family:
Chenopodiaceae
Subfamily:
Betoideae
Tribe:
Beteae
Nomen number:
300073
Place of publication:
Sp. pl. 1:222. 1753
Verified:
02/06/1987 ARS Systematic Botanists.
Accessions:
4 (4  active, 1  available) in National Plant Germplasm System.  (Map it)
Other conspecific taxa
Beta vulgaris L. subsp. adanensis (Pamukc. ex Aellen) Ford-Lloyd & J. T. Williams (0 active accession[s])
Beta vulgaris L. subsp. maritima (L.) Arcang. (10 active accession[s])
Beta vulgaris L. subsp. vulgaris (14 active accession[s])
Autonyms (not in current use), synonyms and invalid designations
No images
Reference(s)
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    • based on Alden, B. & S. Ryman. 2005-: SKUD (Swedish Utility and Cultivated Plants Database)
    • http://www.skud.info
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  5. Davis, P. H., ed. Flora of Turkey and the east Aegean islands. 1965-1988
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  7. Duke, J. A. et al. CRC Handbook of medicinal herbs. 2002
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  13. Ford-Lloyd, B. V. & J. T. Williams. 1975. A revision of Beta section Vulgares (Chenopodiaceae), with new light on the origin of cultivated beets. Bot. J. Linn. Soc. 71:89-102.
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Common names
English
beet –
Distribution
Native
Africa
  • MACARONESIA: Spain [Canary Islands], Portugal [Azores, Madeira Islands]
  • NORTHERN AFRICA: Algeria, Egypt, Libya, Morocco, Tunisia
Asia-Temperate
  • CAUCASUS: Armenia, Azerbaijan, Georgia
  • WESTERN ASIA: Cyprus, Egypt [Sinai], Iran, Iraq, ******, Jordan, Lebanon, Syria, Turkey
Europe
  • EAST EUROPE: Ukraine [Krym]
  • MIDDLE EUROPE: Belgium, Germany (n.), Netherlands, Slovakia
  • NORTHERN EUROPE: Denmark, United Kingdom, Ireland, Sweden (s.w.)
  • SOUTHEASTERN EUROPE: Albania, Bulgaria, Greece (incl. Crete), Croatia, Italy (incl. Sardinia, Sicily), Montenegro
  • SOUTHWESTERN EUROPE: Spain (incl. Baleares), France (incl. Corsica), Portugal
Cultivated (widely cult.)
Adventive
Europe
  • EAST EUROPE: Latvia
  • MIDDLE EUROPE: Poland
  • NORTHERN EUROPE: Finland
Naturalized
Africa
  • SOUTHERN AFRICA: South Africa [Eastern Cape, Western Cape]
Australasia
  • AUSTRALIA: Australia [New South Wales, South Australia, Victoria]
  • NEW ZEALAND: New Zealand
Europe
  • EAST EUROPE: Russian Federation-European part [European part], Belarus, Estonia, Lithuania, Moldova
  • NORTHERN EUROPE: Denmark, Norway, Sweden
  • SOUTHEASTERN EUROPE: Slovenia
  • SOUTHWESTERN EUROPE: Spain
Northern America
  • NORTHEASTERN U.S.A.: United States [Connecticut, Maine, Massachusetts, New Hampshire, New Jersey, New York, Pennsylvania, Rhode Island, Vermont, West Virginia]
  • SOUTHEASTERN U.S.A.: United States [Alabama, North Carolina, South Carolina, Virginia]
  • SOUTHWESTERN U.S.A.: United States [California]
Southern America
  • SOUTHERN SOUTH AMERICA: Argentina [Buenos Aires, Rio Negro], Chile
  • WESTERN SOUTH AMERICA: Ecuador
Economic Uses


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