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Taxon:
Beta vulgaris
L. subsp.
vulgaris
Nomenclature
Common Names
Distribution
Economic Uses
Summary
Genus:
Beta
Section:
Beta
Family:
Chenopodiaceae
Subfamily:
Betoideae
Tribe:
Beteae
Nomen number:
7057
Comment:
[treated here to include
B. 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 Australian Pastures Genebank.
Other conspecific taxa
Beta vulgaris
L.
(6 active accession[s])
Beta vulgaris
L. subsp.
adanensis
(Pamukc. ex Aellen) Ford-Lloyd & J. T. Williams
(0 active accession[s])
Beta vulgaris
L. subsp.
maritima
(L.) Arcang.
(0 active accession[s])
Autonyms (not in current use), synonyms and invalid designations
Heterotypic Synonym(s)
Beta brasiliensis
hort. ex Voss, nom. inval.
Beta chilensis
hort.
Beta cicla
(L.) L.
Beta vulgaris
L. var.-gr.
crassa
Alef.
Beta altissima
Steud.
Beta vulgaris
L. var.
cicla
L.
Beta vulgaris
L. var.
flavescens
(Lam.) DC.
Beta vulgaris
L. f.
rhodopleura
(Alef.) Helm
Beta vulgaris
L. var.
saccharifera
Alef.
Beta vulgaris
L. var.
altissima
Doll
Beta vulgaris
L. var.
conditiva
Alef.
Beta vulgaris
L. subsp.
flavescens
Lam.
Beta vulgaris
L. subsp.
cicla
(L.) Schubl. & G. Martens
Beta vulgaris
L. var.
rapacea
W. D. J. Koch
Beta vulgaris
L. var.
rubra
DC.
No images
Reference(s)
Allan, H. H. B. et al.
Flora of New Zealand. 1961-
Botanical Society of the British Isles.
BSBI taxon database (on-line resource).
Bramwell, D. & Z. Bramwell.
Wild flowers of the Canary islands. 1974
Chinese Academy of Sciences.
Flora reipublicae popularis sinicae. 1959-
Cooper, M. R. & A. W. Johnson.
Poisonous plants and fungi in Britain: animal and human poisoning. 1998
Davis, P. H., ed.
Flora of Turkey and the east Aegean islands. 1965-1988
Encke, F. et al.
Zander: Handwörterbuch der Pflanzennamen, 13. Auflage. 1984
Encke, F. et al.
Zander: Handwörterbuch der Pflanzennamen, 14. Auflage. 1993
Eriksson, O. et al.
Flora of Macaronesia: checklist of vascular plants, ed. 2. 1979
Euro+Med Editorial Committee.
Euro+Med Plantbase: the information resource for Euro-Mediterranean plant diversity (on-line resource).
FNA Editorial Committee.
Flora of North America. 1993-
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.
Germishuizen, G. & N. L. Meyer, eds.
Plants of southern Africa: an annotated checklist. Strelitzia 14. 2003
Grellin, J. K. & J. Philpott.
A reference guide to medicinal plants. 1990
Greuter, W. et al., eds.
1984. Med-Checklist. 1984- 1:297.
Hara, H. et al.
An enumeration of the flowering plants of Nepal. 1978-1982
Hegi, G. et al.
1960. Illustrierte Flora von Mittel-Europa. ed. 1:1906-1931; ed. 2:1936-68; ed. 3:1966- 3:555.
International Energy Agency.
2004. Biofuels for transport: an international perspective. (on-line resource). 1-216.
International Seed Testing Association.
A Multilingual Glossary of Common Plant-Names 1. Field crops, grasses and vegetables, ed. 2. 1982
Kingsbury, J. M.
Poisonous plants of the United States and Canada. 1964
Komarov, V. L. et al., eds.
Flora SSSR. 1934-1964
Lange, W. et al.
1999. Taxonomy and cultonomy of beet (
Beta vulgaris
L.). Bot. J. Linn. Soc. 130:81-96.
Letschert, J. P. W. et al.
1994. Taxonomy of
Beta
section
Beta
. J. Sugar Beet Res. 31:80.
Letschert, J. P. W.
1993.
Beta
section
Beta
: biogeographical patterns of variation, and taxonomy. Agric. Univ. Wageningen Pap. 93-1:32.
Leung, A. Y. & S. Foster.
Encyclopedia of common natural ingredients used in food, drugs, and cosmetics, ed. 2. 1996
Liberty Hyde Bailey Hortorium.
Hortus third. 1976
Mansfeld, R.
Die Kulturpflanze, Beiheft 2. 1959
Markle, G. M. et al., eds.
Food and feed crops of the United States, ed. 2. 1998
McGuffin, M., J. T. Kartesz, A. Y. Leung, & A. O. Tucker.
Herbs of commerce, ed. 2. 2000
McGuffin, M., J. T. Kartesz, A. Y. Leung, & A. O. Tucker.
Herbs of commerce, ed. 2. 2000
Mun-Chan, B. et al.
1986. A checklist of the Korean cultivated plants. Kulturpflanze 34:84.
Office of the Union.
UPOV: International Union for the Protection of New Varieties of Plants. List of the taxa protected by the members of the Union. 2009
Porcher, M. H. et al.
Searchable World Wide Web Multilingual Multiscript Plant Name Database (MMPND) (on-line resource).
Quézel, P. & S. Santa.
Nouvelle flore de l'Algerie. 1962-1963
Rehm, S. & G. Espig.
The cultivated plants of the tropics and subtropics. 1991
Rehm, S.
Multilingual dictionary of agronomic plants. 1994
Steenis, C. G. G. J. van, ed.
Flora malesiana. 1948-
Täckholm, V.
Students' flora of Egypt, ed. 2. 1974
Tutin, T. G. et al., eds.
Flora europaea. 1964-1980
Wiersema, J. H. & B. León.
World economic plants: a standard reference (on-line edition) [medicinal plants only].
Federal Seed Act and Regulations, Agricultural and Vegetable Kind Lists, United States Department of Agriculture, Agricultural Marketing Service, Seed Regulatory and Testing Branch. 1998
PROTABASE, the information base of PROTA (Plant Resources of Tropical Africa) (on-line resource).
Common names
English
beet –
Reference(s)
beetroot –
Reference(s)
field beet –
Reference(s)
fodder beet –
Reference(s)
foliage beet –
Reference(s)
garden beet –
Reference(s)
leaf beet –
Reference(s)
mangel –
Reference(s)
mangold –
Reference(s)
red beet –
Reference(s)
root beet –
Reference(s)
Sicilian broad-rib beet –
Reference(s)
spinach beet –
Reference(s)
spinach chard –
Reference(s)
sugarbeet –
Reference(s)
Swiss chard –
Reference(s)
yellow beet –
Reference(s)
Arabic
shamandar –
Reference(s)
French
betterave –
Reference(s)
betterave fourragère –
Reference(s)
betterave jaune –
Reference(s)
betterave potagère –
Reference(s)
betterave rouge –
Reference(s)
betterave sucrière –
Reference(s)
poirée à carde –
Reference(s)
poirée à couper –
Reference(s)
poirée bette –
Reference(s)
German
Blatt-Mangold –
Reference(s)
Futterrübe –
Reference(s)
mangel Wurzel –
Reference(s)
Mangold –
Reference(s)
römische Bete –
Reference(s)
rote Bete –
Reference(s)
rote Rübe –
Reference(s)
Runkelrübe –
Reference(s)
Schnittmangold –
Reference(s)
Stielmangold –
Reference(s)
Zuckerrübe –
Reference(s)
Italian
barbabietola –
Reference(s)
barbabietola da foraggio –
Reference(s)
barbabietola da zucchero –
Reference(s)
bietola da coste –
Reference(s)
bietola da orto –
Reference(s)
Portuguese
acelga –
Reference(s)
beterraba –
Reference(s)
beterraba-açucareira –
Reference(s)
beterraba-forrageira –
Reference(s)
beterraba-sacarina –
Reference(s)
Spanish
acelga –
Reference(s)
acelga cardo –
Reference(s)
betarraga azucarera –
Reference(s)
betarraga forrajera –
Reference(s)
remolacha amarilla –
Reference(s)
remolacha azucarera –
Reference(s)
remolacha colorada –
Reference(s)
remolacha de mesa –
Reference(s)
remolacha forrajera –
Reference(s)
remolacha roja –
Reference(s)
Swedish
beta –
Reference(s)
Transcribed Chinese
tian cai –
Reference(s)
Transcribed Korean
geundae –
Reference(s)
Distribution
Exportable format
order_code
Status
Continent
Subcontinent
Country
State
Note
2
Cultivated
3
Adventive
Africa
Northern Africa
Libya
3
Adventive
Europe
East Europe
Latvia
3
Adventive
Europe
Northern Europe
Denmark
3
Adventive
Europe
Northern Europe
Finland
3
Adventive
Europe
Northern Europe
Norway
3
Adventive
Europe
Northern Europe
Sweden
3
Adventive
Europe
Northern Europe
United Kingdom
3
Adventive
Europe
Southwestern Europe
France
4
Naturalized
4
Naturalized
Africa
Macaronesia
Portugal
Madeira Islands
4
Naturalized
Africa
Southern Africa
South Africa
Eastern Cape
4
Naturalized
Africa
Southern Africa
South Africa
Western Cape
4
Naturalized
Australasia
New Zealand
New Zealand
4
Naturalized
Europe
Southeastern Europe
Italy
4
Naturalized
Northern America
Northeastern U.S.A.
United States
Connecticut
4
Naturalized
Northern America
Northeastern U.S.A.
United States
Maine
4
Naturalized
Northern America
Northeastern U.S.A.
United States
Massachusetts
4
Naturalized
Northern America
Northeastern U.S.A.
United States
New Hampshire
4
Naturalized
Northern America
Northeastern U.S.A.
United States
New York
4
Naturalized
Northern America
Northeastern U.S.A.
United States
Pennsylvania
4
Naturalized
Northern America
Northeastern U.S.A.
United States
Rhode Island
4
Naturalized
Northern America
Northeastern U.S.A.
United States
Vermont
4
Naturalized
Northern America
Northeastern U.S.A.
United States
West Virginia
4
Naturalized
Northern America
Southeastern U.S.A.
United States
Alabama
4
Naturalized
Northern America
Southeastern U.S.A.
United States
North Carolina
4
Naturalized
Northern America
Southeastern U.S.A.
United States
South Carolina
4
Naturalized
Northern America
Southeastern U.S.A.
United States
Virginia
4
Naturalized
Southern America
Western South America
Ecuador
Cultivated
()
Adventive
Africa
NORTHERN AFRICA:
Libya
Europe
EAST EUROPE:
Latvia
NORTHERN EUROPE:
Denmark
,
Finland
,
United Kingdom
,
Norway
,
Sweden
SOUTHWESTERN EUROPE:
France
Naturalized
REGION:
Africa
MACARONESIA:
Portugal
[Madeira Islands]
SOUTHERN AFRICA:
South Africa
[Eastern Cape, Western Cape]
Australasia
NEW ZEALAND:
New Zealand
Europe
SOUTHEASTERN EUROPE:
Italy
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
Usage
Type
Note
Reference
Animal food
fodder
Liberty Hyde Bailey Hortorium.
Hortus third. 1976
Environmental
ornamental
Liberty Hyde Bailey Hortorium.
Hortus third. 1976
Food additives
coloring
Leung, A. Y. & S. Foster.
Encyclopedia of common natural ingredients used in food, drugs, and cosmetics, ed. 2. 1996
Fuels
potential as petroleum substitute/alcohol
International Energy Agency.
2004. Biofuels for transport: an international perspective. (on-line resource). 1-216.
Human food
sugar
Rehm, S. & G. Espig.
The cultivated plants of the tropics and subtropics. 1991
Human food
vegetable
Rehm, S. & G. Espig.
The cultivated plants of the tropics and subtropics. 1991
Medicines
folklore
McGuffin, M., J. T. Kartesz, A. Y. Leung, & A. O. Tucker.
Herbs of commerce, ed. 2. 2000
Vertebrate poisons
mammals
Cooper, M. R. & A. W. Johnson.
Poisonous plants and fungi in Britain: animal and human poisoning. 1998
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.
2025
. Germplasm Resources Information Network (GRIN Taxonomy). National Germplasm Resources Laboratory, Beltsville, Maryland.
URL:
https://apg.pir.sa.gov.au/gringlobal/taxon/taxonomydetail?id=7057
. Accessed
19 July 2025
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