Beta patula

Beta patula

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
Subsectio: Beta subsect. Patulae
Species: Beta patula

Name

Beta patula Aiton, Hort. Kew. [W. Aiton] 1: 315. (1789)

• Type locality: Portugal. Madeira.
• Lectotype (designated by Iamonico 2019: 148): PORTUGAL: Madeira, 1776, s.c. s.n., BM BM000083648.

Synonyms

• Homotypic
  • Beta vulgaris subsp. patula (Aiton) Ford-Lloyd & J.T. Williams, Bot. J. Linn. Soc. 71(2): 100. (1975)

Distribution

Native distribution areas:
Africa Macaronesia Madeira archipelago References: Brummitt, R.K. 2001. TDWG – World Geographical Scheme for Recording Plant Distributions, 2nd Edition

References

Primary references

• Aiton, W. 1789. Hortus Kewensis; or, a catalogue of the plants cultivated in the Royal Botanic Garden at Kew. Vol. I. Monandria–Heptandria. XXX+496 pp., tt. 1–6. George Nicol, London. BHL Reference page. 
• Ford-Lloyd, B.V. & Williams, J.T. 1975. A revision of Beta section Vulgares (Chenopodiaceae), with new light on the origin of cultivated beets. Botanical Journal of the Linnean Society 71(2): 89–102. DOI: 10.1111/j.1095-8339.1975.tb02448.x 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. 

Additional references

• Uotila, P. 2011+. Beta patula in: Chenopodiaceae (pro parte majore). Euro+Med Plantbase - the information resource for Euro-Mediterranean plant diversity.

Links

• Govaerts, R. et al. 2024. Beta patula 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 patula. 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 patula. Published online. Accessed: May 15 2024.

• Tropicos.org 2017. Beta patula. Missouri Botanical Garden. Published online. Accessed: 14 Feb. 2017.

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