Beta (plant)

Beta (plant)

Taxobox
name = "Beta"


image_width = 240px
image_caption = Beetroots (cultivated "Beta vulgaris")
regnum = Plantae
divisio = Magnoliophyta
classis = Magnoliopsida
ordo = Caryophyllales
familia = Amaranthaceae
genus = "Beta"
genus_authority = L.
subdivision_ranks = Species
subdivision = (not necessarily a complete list)
"Beta adanensis"
"Beta atriplicifolia"
"Beta lomatogona"
"Beta nana"
"Beta patellaris"
"Beta patula"
"Beta procumbens"
"Beta trigyna"
"Beta trojana "
"Beta vulgaris"

"Beta" is a genus in the flowering plant family Amaranthaceae. The best known member is the common Beet, "Beta vulgaris", but several other species are recognised. Almost all have the common name of "Beet".


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