Taxon:  Beta vulgaris L. subsp. vulgaris



Summary
Genus:
Beta
Section:
Beta
Family:
Chenopodiaceae
Subfamily:
Betoideae
Tribe:
Beteae
Nomen number:
7057
Comment:
[treated here to include Beta vulgaris Fodder Beet, Garden Beet, Leaf Beet, and Sugar Beet Groups]
Verified:
03/24/2009 ARS Systematic Botanists.
Accessions:
0 (0  active, 0  available) in Nordic Baltic Genebanks. 
Other conspecific taxa
Beta vulgaris L. (263 active accession[s])
Beta vulgaris L. subsp. adanensis (Pamukç. ex Aellen) Ford-Lloyd & J. T. Williams (0 active accession[s])
Beta vulgaris L. subsp. maritima (L.) Arcang. (18 active accession[s])
Reference(s)
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  2. Allan, H. H. B. et al. 1961-. Flora of New Zealand.
  3. Botanical Society of the British Isles. BSBI taxon database (on-line resource).
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  7. Davis, P. H., ed. 1965-1988. Flora of Turkey and the east Aegean islands.
  8. Encke, F. et al. 1984. Zander: Handwörterbuch der Pflanzennamen, 13. Auflage
  9. Encke, F. et al. 1993. Zander: Handwörterbuch der Pflanzennamen, 14. Auflage Note: = Beta vulgaris var. cicla
  10. Eriksson, O. et al. 1979. Flora of Macaronesia: checklist of vascular plants, ed. 2.
  11. Euro+Med Editorial Committee. Euro+Med Plantbase: the information resource for Euro-Mediterranean plant diversity (on-line resource).
  12. FNA Editorial Committee. 1993-. Flora of North America.
  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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  21. Komarov, V. L. et al., eds. 1934-1964. Flora SSSR.
  22. Lange, W. et al. 1999. Taxonomy and cultonomy of beet (Beta vulgaris L.). Bot. J. Linn. Soc. 130:81-96.
  23. Letschert, J. P. W. et al. 1994. Taxonomy of Beta section Beta. J. Sugar Beet Res. 31:80.
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  39. 1998. Federal Seed Act and Regulations, Agricultural and Vegetable Kind Lists, United States Department of Agriculture, Agricultural Marketing Service, Seed Regulatory and Testing Branch.
Common names
LANGUAGENAMEALTERNATE NAMENOTESEQCITATION
English beet 1 Wiersema, J. H. & B. León. 1999. World economic plants: a standard reference CRC Press, Boca Raton, FL.
English beetroot 1 Liberty Hyde Bailey Hortorium. 1976. Hortus third. A concise dictionary of plants cultivated in the United States and Canada
English field beet 1 1998. Federal Seed Act and Regulations, Agricultural and Vegetable Kind Lists, United States Department of Agriculture, Agricultural Marketing Service, Seed Regulatory and Testing Branch.
English fodder beet 1 Rehm, S. 1994. Multilingual dictionary of agronomic plants
English foliage beet as B. vulgaris var. cicla 1 Rehm, S. 1994. Multilingual dictionary of agronomic plants
English garden beet 1 Rehm, S. 1994. Multilingual dictionary of agronomic plants
English leaf beet as B. vulgaris var. cicla 1 Erhardt, W. et al. 2008. Der große Zander: Enzyklopädie der Pflanzennamen
English mangel 1 Liberty Hyde Bailey Hortorium. 1976. Hortus third. A concise dictionary of plants cultivated in the United States and Canada
English mangold 1 Liberty Hyde Bailey Hortorium. 1976. Hortus third. A concise dictionary of plants cultivated in the United States and Canada
English red beet 1 Rehm, S. 1994. Multilingual dictionary of agronomic plants
English root beet 1 Botanical Society of the British Isles. BSBI taxon database (on-line resource).
English Sicilian broad-rib beet as B. vulgaris var. flavescens 1 Davis, P. H., ed. 1965-1988. Flora of Turkey and the east Aegean islands.
English spinach beet as B. vulgaris var. cicla 1 Wiersema, J. H. & B. León. 1999. World economic plants: a standard reference CRC Press, Boca Raton, FL.
English spinach chard 1 FNA Editorial Committee. 1993-. Flora of North America.
English sugarbeet 1 Wiersema, J. H. & B. León. 1999. World economic plants: a standard reference CRC Press, Boca Raton, FL.
English Swiss chard as B. vulgaris var. flavescens 1 Wiersema, J. H. & B. León. 1999. World economic plants: a standard reference CRC Press, Boca Raton, FL.
English yellow beet 1 Liberty Hyde Bailey Hortorium. 1976. Hortus third. A concise dictionary of plants cultivated in the United States and Canada
Arabic shamandar 2 Norton, J. et al. 2009. Illustrated checklist of the flora of Qatar.
French betterave 2 Demilly, D. et al. 2001. Liste alphabétique des principales espèces de plantes cultivées et de mauvaises herbes. Noms latins et noms français, ed. 7 GEVES-SNES, Beaucouzé, France.
French betterave fourragère 2 Rehm, S. 1994. Multilingual dictionary of agronomic plants
French betterave jaune 2 Rehm, S. 1994. Multilingual dictionary of agronomic plants
French betterave potagère 2 Rehm, S. 1994. Multilingual dictionary of agronomic plants
French betterave rouge 2 Rehm, S. 1994. Multilingual dictionary of agronomic plants
French betterave sucrière 2 Rehm, S. 1994. Multilingual dictionary of agronomic plants
French poirée à carde as B. vulgaris var. flavescens 2 Rehm, S. 1994. Multilingual dictionary of agronomic plants
French poirée à couper as B. vulgaris var. cicla 2 Rehm, S. 1994. Multilingual dictionary of agronomic plants
French poirée bette 2 Demilly, D. et al. 2001. Liste alphabétique des principales espèces de plantes cultivées et de mauvaises herbes. Noms latins et noms français, ed. 7 GEVES-SNES, Beaucouzé, France.
German Blatt-Mangold as B. vulgaris var. cicla 2 Erhardt, W. et al. 2008. Der große Zander: Enzyklopädie der Pflanzennamen
German Futterrübe 2 Rehm, S. 1994. Multilingual dictionary of agronomic plants
German mangel Wurzel 2 Rehm, S. 1994. Multilingual dictionary of agronomic plants
German Mangold as B. vulgaris var. cicla 2 Erhardt, W. et al. 2008. Der große Zander: Enzyklopädie der Pflanzennamen
German römische Bete as B. vulgaris var. flavescens 2 Erhardt, W. et al. 2008. Der große Zander: Enzyklopädie der Pflanzennamen
German rote Bete 2 Rehm, S. 1994. Multilingual dictionary of agronomic plants
German rote Rübe 2 Rehm, S. 1994. Multilingual dictionary of agronomic plants
German Runkelrübe 2 Rehm, S. 1994. Multilingual dictionary of agronomic plants
German Schnittmangold as B. vulgaris var. cicla 2 Rehm, S. 1994. Multilingual dictionary of agronomic plants
German Stielmangold as B. vulgaris var. flavescens 2 Rehm, S. 1994. Multilingual dictionary of agronomic plants
German Zuckerrübe 2 Rehm, S. 1994. Multilingual dictionary of agronomic plants
Italian barbabietola 2 International Seed Testing Association. 1982. A Multilingual Glossary of Common Plant-Names 1. Field crops, grasses and vegetables, ed. 2.
Italian barbabietola da foraggio 2 International Seed Testing Association. 1982. A Multilingual Glossary of Common Plant-Names 1. Field crops, grasses and vegetables, ed. 2.
Italian barbabietola da zucchero 2 International Seed Testing Association. 1982. A Multilingual Glossary of Common Plant-Names 1. Field crops, grasses and vegetables, ed. 2.
Italian bietola da coste 2 International Seed Testing Association. 1982. A Multilingual Glossary of Common Plant-Names 1. Field crops, grasses and vegetables, ed. 2.
Italian bietola da orto 2 International Seed Testing Association. 1982. A Multilingual Glossary of Common Plant-Names 1. Field crops, grasses and vegetables, ed. 2.
Portuguese acelga as B. vulgaris var. cicla 2 Rehm, S. 1994. Multilingual dictionary of agronomic plants
Portuguese beterraba 2 Rehm, S. 1994. Multilingual dictionary of agronomic plants
Portuguese beterraba-açucareira 2 Rehm, S. 1994. Multilingual dictionary of agronomic plants
Portuguese beterraba-forrageira 2 Rehm, S. 1994. Multilingual dictionary of agronomic plants
Portuguese beterraba-sacarina 2 Rehm, S. 1994. Multilingual dictionary of agronomic plants
Spanish acelga as B. vulgaris var. cicla 2 Rehm, S. 1994. Multilingual dictionary of agronomic plants
Spanish acelga cardo as B. vulgaris var. flavescens 2 Rehm, S. 1994. Multilingual dictionary of agronomic plants
Spanish betarraga azucarera 2 Rehm, S. 1994. Multilingual dictionary of agronomic plants
Spanish betarraga forrajera 2 Rehm, S. 1994. Multilingual dictionary of agronomic plants
Spanish remolacha amarilla 2 Rehm, S. 1994. Multilingual dictionary of agronomic plants
Spanish remolacha azucarera 2 Office of the Union. 2009. UPOV: International Union for the Protection of New Varieties of Plants. List of the taxa protected by the members of the Union
Spanish remolacha colorada 2 Rehm, S. 1994. Multilingual dictionary of agronomic plants
Spanish remolacha de mesa 2 Office of the Union. 2009. UPOV: International Union for the Protection of New Varieties of Plants. List of the taxa protected by the members of the Union
Spanish remolacha forrajera 2 Rehm, S. 1994. Multilingual dictionary of agronomic plants
Spanish remolacha roja 2 Rehm, S. 1994. Multilingual dictionary of agronomic plants
Swedish beta 2 Aldén, B., S. Ryman, & M. Hjertson. 2012. Svensk Kulturväxtdatabas, SKUD (Swedish Cultivated and Utility Plants Database; online resource)
Transcribed Chinese tian cai 2 Wu Zheng-yi & P. H. Raven et al., eds. 1994-. Flora of China (English edition).
Transcribed Korean geundae 2 Mun-Chan, B. et al. 1986. A checklist of the Korean cultivated plants. Kulturpflanze 34:84.
Distribution
order_codeStatusContinentSubcontinentCountryStateNote
2Cultivated    widely cult.
3AdventiveAfricaNorthern AfricaLibya  
3AdventiveEuropeEastern EuropeLatvia  
3AdventiveEuropeNorthern EuropeDenmark  
3AdventiveEuropeNorthern EuropeFinland  
3AdventiveEuropeNorthern EuropeNorway  
3AdventiveEuropeNorthern EuropeSweden  
3AdventiveEuropeNorthern EuropeUnited Kingdom  
3AdventiveEuropeSouthwestern EuropeFrance incl. Corsica
4Naturalized    occasionally natzd. elsewhere
4NaturalizedAfricaMacaronesiaPortugalMadeira Islands 
4NaturalizedAfricaSouthern AfricaSouth AfricaEastern Cape 
4NaturalizedAfricaSouthern AfricaSouth AfricaWestern Cape 
4NaturalizedAustralasiaNew ZealandNew Zealand  
4NaturalizedEuropeSoutheastern EuropeItaly incl. Sicily
4NaturalizedNorthern AmericaNortheastern U.S.A.United StatesConnecticut 
4NaturalizedNorthern AmericaNortheastern U.S.A.United StatesMaine 
4NaturalizedNorthern AmericaNortheastern U.S.A.United StatesMassachusetts 
4NaturalizedNorthern AmericaNortheastern U.S.A.United StatesNew Hampshire 
4NaturalizedNorthern AmericaNortheastern U.S.A.United StatesNew York 
4NaturalizedNorthern AmericaNortheastern U.S.A.United StatesPennsylvania 
4NaturalizedNorthern AmericaNortheastern U.S.A.United StatesRhode Island 
4NaturalizedNorthern AmericaNortheastern U.S.A.United StatesVermont 
4NaturalizedNorthern AmericaNortheastern U.S.A.United StatesWest Virginia 
4NaturalizedNorthern AmericaSoutheastern U.S.A.United StatesAlabama 
4NaturalizedNorthern AmericaSoutheastern U.S.A.United StatesNorth Carolina 
4NaturalizedNorthern AmericaSoutheastern U.S.A.United StatesSouth Carolina 
4NaturalizedNorthern AmericaSoutheastern U.S.A.United StatesVirginia 
4NaturalizedSouthern AmericaWestern South AmericaEcuador  
Cultivated (widely cult.)
Adventive
Africa
  • NORTHERN AFRICA: Libya
Europe
  • NORTHERN EUROPE: Denmark, Finland, United Kingdom, Norway, Sweden
  • EASTERN EUROPE: Latvia
  • SOUTHWESTERN EUROPE: France (incl. Corsica)
Naturalized

  • REGION:
Africa
  • MACARONESIA: Portugal [Madeira Islands]
  • SOUTHERN AFRICA: South Africa [Eastern Cape, Western Cape]
Australasia
  • NEW ZEALAND: New Zealand
Europe
  • SOUTHEASTERN EUROPE: Italy (incl. Sicily)
Northern America
  • NORTHEASTERN U.S.A.: United States [Connecticut, Maine, Massachusetts, New Hampshire, New York, Pennsylvania, Rhode Island, Vermont, West Virginia]
  • SOUTHEASTERN U.S.A.: United States [Alabama, North Carolina, South Carolina, Virginia]
Southern America
  • WESTERN SOUTH AMERICA: Ecuador
Economic Uses
UsageTypeNoteReference
Animal foodfodder Liberty Hyde Bailey Hortorium. 1976. Hortus third. A concise dictionary of plants cultivated in the United States and Canada
Environmentalornamentalas Beta vulgaris Cicla GroupLiberty Hyde Bailey Hortorium. 1976. Hortus third. A concise dictionary of plants cultivated in the United States and Canada
Food additivescoloring Leung, A. Y. & S. Foster. 1996. Encyclopedia of common natural ingredients used in food, drugs, and cosmetics, ed. 2
Fuelspotential as petroleum substitute/alcoholfide http://www.iea.org/textbase/nppdf/free/2004/biofuels2004.pdf,International Energy Agency. 2004. Biofuels for transport: an international perspective. Website.1-216.
Human foodsugar Rehm, S. & G. Espig. 1991. The cultivated plants of the tropics and subtropics
Human foodvegetable Rehm, S. & G. Espig. 1991. The cultivated plants of the tropics and subtropics
Medicinesfolkloreas Beta vulgaris subsp. ciclaMcGuffin, M., J. T. Kartesz, A. Y. Leung, & A. O. Tucker. 2000. Herbs of commerce, ed. 2 American Herbal Products Association, Silver Spring, Maryland.
Vertebrate poisonsmammals Kingsbury, J. M. 1964. Poisonous plants of the United States and Canada. Note: poisonous
Vertebrate poisonsmammals Cooper, M. R. & A. W. Johnson. 1998. Poisonous plants and fungi in Britain: animal and human poisoning Note: poisonous
Weed  Lange, W. et al. 1999. Taxonomy and cultonomy of beet (Beta vulgaris L.). Bot. J. Linn. Soc. 130:81-96.
Cite as: USDA, Agricultural Research Service, National Plant Germplasm System. 2024. Germplasm Resources Information Network (GRIN Taxonomy). National Germplasm Resources Laboratory, Beltsville, Maryland.
URL: http://nordic-baltic-genebanks.org/gringlobal/taxon/taxonomydetail?id=7057. Accessed 21 November 2024.