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25 November 2019

Beta vulgaris (beetroot)

Identity

Preferred Scientific Name
Beta vulgaris L.
Preferred Common Name
beetroot
Other Scientific Names
Beta altissima Steud
Beta vulgaris subsp. vulgaris L.
Beta vulgaris var. altissima Doll
Beta vulgaris var. conditiva Alef.
Beta vulgaris var. crassa Alef.
International Common Names
English
beet
garden beet
red beet
spinach beet
Spanish
betarraga
remolacha
French
betterave
Arabic
bangar
salq
Portuguese
beterraba
Local Common Names
Germany
Beiskohl
Rube
Runkelrübe
Italy
bieta a foglia
bietola
bietola bianca
Netherlands
beetwortel
biet
snijbiet
Sweden
beta
mangold
EPPO code
BEAVV (Beta vulgaris subsp. vulgaris)
EPPO code
BEAVX (Beta vulgaris)

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Mature sugarbeet.
Sugarbeet
Mature sugarbeet.
©AgrEvo
Beta vulgaris (beetroot); harvested beetroot, at the Fort Mason farmers market in San Francisco, USA. January 2014.
Harvested beetroot
Beta vulgaris (beetroot); harvested beetroot, at the Fort Mason farmers market in San Francisco, USA. January 2014.
Public Domain - Released by Frank Schulenburg/via wikipedia - CC0 1.0
Farmer holding mature sugarbeet.
Farmer with beet
Farmer holding mature sugarbeet.
©AgrEvo
Beta vulgaris (beetroot); bundle of harvested organic beetroot.
Harvested beetroot
Beta vulgaris (beetroot); bundle of harvested organic beetroot.
Public Domain - Released by Evan Amos/via wikipedia - CC0 1.0
Beta vulgaris (beetroot); 1, habit cv. group Garden Beet; 2, inflorescence. Reproduced from the series 'Plant Resources of South-East Asia', Vols 1-20 (1989-2000), by kind permission of the PROSEA Foundation, Bogor, Indonesia.
Line drawing of B. vulgaris
Beta vulgaris (beetroot); 1, habit cv. group Garden Beet; 2, inflorescence. Reproduced from the series 'Plant Resources of South-East Asia', Vols 1-20 (1989-2000), by kind permission of the PROSEA Foundation, Bogor, Indonesia.
©PROSEA Foundation
Gerald Holmes, California Polytechnic State University at San Luis Obispo, bugwood.org
Beta vulgaris ssp. vulgaris (sugar beet group)
Gerald Holmes, California Polytechnic State University at San Luis Obispo, bugwood.org
Refer to Bugwood: http://www.bugwood.org/ImageUsage.html
Gerald Holmes, California Polytechnic State University at San Luis Obispo, bugwood.org
Beta vulgaris ssp. vulgaris (sugar beet group)
Gerald Holmes, California Polytechnic State University at San Luis Obispo, bugwood.org
Refer to Bugwood: http://www.bugwood.org/ImageUsage.html
Gerald Holmes, California Polytechnic State University at San Luis Obispo, bugwood.org
Beta vulgaris ssp. vulgaris (sugar beet group)
Gerald Holmes, California Polytechnic State University at San Luis Obispo, bugwood.org
Refer to Bugwood: http://www.bugwood.org/ImageUsage.html
Gerald Holmes, California Polytechnic State University at San Luis Obispo, bugwood.org
Beta vulgaris ssp. vulgaris (sugar beet group)
Gerald Holmes, California Polytechnic State University at San Luis Obispo, bugwood.org
Refer to Bugwood: http://www.bugwood.org/ImageUsage.html
Gerald Holmes, California Polytechnic State University at San Luis Obispo, bugwood.org
Beta vulgaris ssp. vulgaris (sugar beet group)
Gerald Holmes, California Polytechnic State University at San Luis Obispo, bugwood.org
Refer to Bugwood: http://www.bugwood.org/ImageUsage.html

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