Synonyms

• Heterotypic (ref. Uotila 2011):
  • Beta cicla L., Syst. Nat., ed. 12, 2: 195. (1767)
  • Beta crispa Tratt., Arch. Gewächsk., uncoloured ed.: 101. (1811)
  • Beta esculenta Salisb., Prodr. Stirp. Chap. Allerton: 152. (1796), nom. illeg.
  • Beta sulcata Gasp., in Gussone, Fl. Sicul. Syn. 2: 800. (1845)
  • Beta vulgaris subsp. esculenta Cout., Fl. Portugal: 185. (1913)

(further synonyms see The Plant List and Hassler)

Primary references

• Linnaeus, C. 1753. Species Plantarum, Tomus I: 222.

Additional references

• Kadereit, G., Hohmann, S. & Kadereit, J.W. 2006. A synopsis of Chenopodiaceae subfam. Betoideae and notes on the taxonomy of Beta. Willdenowia 36: 9–19. DOI: 10.3372/wi.36.36101 . Reference page. 
• Hedge, I.C. 1997. Beta vulgaris. In: Hedge, I.C., Akhani, H., Freitag, H., Kothe-Heinrich, G., Podlech, D., Rilke, S. & Uotila, P. 1997. Chenopodiaceae. In: Rechinger, K.H. (ed.): Flora Iranica no. 172. Akademische Druck- u. Verlagsanstalt Graz, 371 pp., 212 tab. Reference page. : 21–22.
• Uotila, P. 2011. Beta vulgaris. In: Chenopodiaceae (pro parte majore). Euro+Med Plantbase – the information resource for Euro-Mediterranean plant diversity.

• Letschert, J.P.W., Lange, W., Frese, L. & Van Den Berg, R.G. 1994. Taxonomy of Beta section Beta. Journal of Sugar Beet Research 31: 69–85. Reference page. 

Links

• Hassler, M. 2018. Beta vulgaris. World Plants: Synonymic Checklists of the Vascular Plants of the World (2019). In: Roskov Y., Abucay L., Orrell T., Nicolson D., Bailly N., Kirk P., Bourgoin T., DeWalt R.E., Decock W., De Wever A., Nieukerken E. van, Zarucchi, J., Penev L., eds. 2018. Species 2000 & ITIS Catalogue of Life. Published on the internet. Accessed: 2018 May 28.
• International Plant Names Index. 2017. Beta vulgaris. Published online. Accessed 14 Feb. 2017.
• The Plant List 2013. Beta vulgaris in The Plant List Version 1.1. Published on the internet. Accessed: 2017 Feb. 14.
• Tropicos.org 2017. Beta vulgaris. Missouri Botanical Garden. Published on the internet. Accessed: 14 Feb. 2017.
• USDA, ARS, Germplasm Resources Information Network. Beta vulgaris in the Germplasm Resources Information Network (GRIN), U.S. Department of Agriculture Agricultural Research Service.