Taxonomy and cultonomy of beet (Beta vulgaris L.)

Abstract

A new classification for the cultivated and weed forms of beet is proposed. The paper includes a short description of concept and rules of the new system for the nomenclature of cultivated plants, as published in the 1995 International Code ofNamenclaturefor Cultivated Plants or Cultivated Plant Code. The classification has an open character, and is formed around the basic elements called culta (singular culton). Culta need not be grouped in a hierarchical way, as in botanical classification (basic elements taxa, singular taxon), but may be grouped according to cultivar. The rclevant culta for beet are the named cultivars and the newly formed cultivar groups.

FREE RADICALS AND ANTIOXIDANTS: ANTIOXIDATIVE AND OTHER PROPERTIES OF SWISS CHARD (Beta vulgaris L. subsp. cicla)

“…It is a member of the family Chenopodiaceae, genus Beta, which in the cultivated group comprises sugar beets (Beta vulgaris saccharifera), fodder beets (Beta vulgaris crassa), leaf beets (Beta vulgaris cicla) and garden beets (Beta vulgaris rubra) (Lange et al, 1999;Ninfali and Angelino, 2013). Swiss chard (Beta vulgaris subspecies cicla) is sometimes also called stem chard because of its broad and flat stalks (Pyo et al, 2004).…”

A synopsis ofChenopodiaceaesubfam.Betoideaeand notes on the taxonomy ofBeta

“…Beta either grow in coastal or in saline habitats (Ford-Lloyd & Williams 1975, Jalas & Suominen 1980, Greuter & al. 1984, Lange & al. 1999 and that inland plants from other than saline habitats are either cultivated or feral.…”

High Degree of Genetic Variation of Winter Hardiness in a Panel of Beta vulgaris L.

“…maritima (L.) Arcang. (BVM) (Letschert, 1993;Lange et al, 1999). The latter is a wild relative of sugar beet, can be easily crossed, and is a major source of resistance genes against biotic and abiotic stresses (Scholten et al, 1999;Frese et al, 2001;Biancardi et al, 2002;Panella and Lewellen, 2007).…”