Beta (Betoideae)

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

Sectiones: B. sect. Beta – B. sect. Corollinae – B. sect. Macrocarpae

Overview of species

Accepted species: B. corolliflora – B. lomatogona – B. macrocarpa – B. macrorhiza – B. nana – B. patula – B. trigyna – B. trojana – B. vulgaris

Unresolved: B. chilensis – B. intermedia – B. palonga – B. rubra – B. trigynia

Names in synonymy: B. adanensis – B. alba – B. altissima – B. atriplicifolia – B. bengalensis – B. bourgaei – B. brasiliensis – B. campanulata – B. carnulosa – B. cicla – B. crispa – B. cycla – B. decumbens – B. diffusa – B. esculenta – B. foliosa – B. hastata – B. hortensis – B. hybrida – B. incarnata – B. longespicata – B. lutea – B. marina – B. maritima – B. monodiana – B. noeana – B. orientalis – B. patellaris – B. procumbens – B. pumila – B. purpurea – B. rapa – B. rapacea – B. rosea – B. sativa – B. stricta – B. sulcata – B. sylvestris – B. triflora – B. webbiana

Name

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

Type species: Beta vulgaris L.

References

Primary references

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.

Additional references

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. Pp. 20–21 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.
Shultz, L.M.
eFloras 2008. Beta (Betoideae) in Flora of North America. Missouri Botanical Garden, St. Louis, MO & Harvard University Herbaria, Cambridge, MA.

Links

Govaerts, R. et al. 2024. Beta in Kew Science Plants of the World Online. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published online. Accessed: 2024 Mar. 12. Reference page.
Hassler, M. 2024. Beta. 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 Mar. 12. Reference page.
International Plant Names Index. 2024. Beta. Published online. Accessed: Mar. 12 2024.

Vernacular names

azərbaycanca: Çuğundur
беларуская: Буракі
dansk: Bede-slægten
Deutsch: Rüben
English: Beets
Esperanto: Beto
suomi: Juurikkaat
Nordfriisk: Rööwen
français: Bettes, Poirées, Betterave
עברית: סֶלֶק
hornjoserbsce: Rěpa
magyar: Répa (növénynemzetség)
հայերեն: Բազուկ
日本語: フダンソウ属
қазақша: Ас қызылшасы
lietuvių: Runkelis
Nederlands: Biet
norsk nynorsk: Beteslekta
norsk: Beter
polski: Burak
português: Beterraba
română: Sfeclă
русский: Свёкла
svenska: Betor
українська: Буряк (рід)
Tiếng Việt: Chi Củ cải ngọt
中文: 菾屬

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