Plant Details

Accepted name:: Beta vulgaris subsp. vulgaris [Amaranthaceae]
Source:: World Checklist ( Medium Taxonomic Confidence )
More about this plant:: Plants of the World Online
Infraspecies of:: Beta vulgaris L.
Infraspecies:: Beta vulgaris subsp. adanensis (Pamukç.) Ford-Lloyd & J.T. Williams

Non-scientific name:	Class of name:	Medicinal source:
acelga	Other	Med. Pl. in N Peruvian Andes (Corroto et al., 2019)
agriolachano	Other	Wild Edible Pls. of Paphos & Larnaca of Cyprus (Della et al., 2006)
agrioteftlo	Other	Wild Edible Pls. of Paphos & Larnaca of Cyprus (Della et al., 2006)
beet root	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Dictionary (Khare, 2007)
beetroot	Other	Med. Pl. of the World (Wyk & Wink, 2004)
betarraga	Other	Med. Pl. in N Peruvian Andes (Corroto et al., 2019)
chard	Other	Herbs of Commerce (McGuffin et al., 2000) Indian Med. Pl. Dictionary (Khare, 2007)
chukandar	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Dictionary (Khare, 2007)
garden beet	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Dictionary (Khare, 2007)
láhano	Other	Med. Pl. Use: Monasteries on Cyprus (Lardos & Heinrich, 2013)
palak	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
palakya	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
palanki	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020) Indian Med. Pl. Dictionary (Khare, 2007)
sea beet	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
shavandar	Other	Tradit. Persian Med. Pl. Database (Rahimi et al., 2018)
swiss chard	Other	Herbs of Commerce (McGuffin et al., 2000) U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016)
αγριολάχανο	Other	Modern Pl. Use in Monasteries on Cyprus, 2006-2012 (Lardos, 2016)
αγριοσπανάσιιν	Other	Modern Pl. Use in Monasteries on Cyprus, 2006-2012 (Lardos, 2016)
αγριοτεύτλο	Other	Modern Pl. Use in Monasteries on Cyprus, 2006-2012 (Lardos, 2016)
λάχανο	Other	Modern Pl. Use in Monasteries on Cyprus, 2006-2012 (Lardos, 2016)
شوندر	Other	Tradit. Persian Med. Pl. Database (Rahimi et al., 2018)
甜草	Other	Polyglot Asian Med.: Chinese Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
红牛皮菜	Other	Polyglot Asian Med.: Chinese Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
莙荙子	Other	Polyglot Asian Med.: Chinese Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)

Part(s) of plant used:	Drug form:	Medicinal source:
Root		Tradit. Persian Med. Pl. Database (Rahimi et al., 2018)
leaves		Wild Edible Pls. of Paphos & Larnaca of Cyprus (Della et al., 2006)
leaf, stalk		Med. Pl. Use: Monasteries on Cyprus (Lardos & Heinrich, 2013)
leaf, stem		Modern Pl. Use in Monasteries on Cyprus, 2006-2012 (Lardos, 2016)
leaf, root		Med. Pl. in N Peruvian Andes (Corroto et al., 2019)
leaves, tuber, seed, root	seed oil	Indian Med. Pl. Dictionary (Khare, 2007)
root		Med. Pl. of the World (Wyk & Wink, 2004)

Kew's taxonomic resources include 117 scientific synonym(s) for this plant:

Beta bengalensis Roxb. Fl. Ind., ed. 1832. 2: 59 (1832).
Beta foliosa Ehrenb. ex Steud. Nomencl. Bot., ed. 2, 1: 200 (1840), pro syn.
Beta maritima L. Sp. Pl., ed. 2.: 322 (1762).
Beta rapa Dumort. Fl. Belg.: 21 (1827).
Beta vulgaris var. altissima Döll Rhein. Fl.: 293 (1843).
Beta vulgaris subsp. cicla (L.) Schübl. & G.Martens Fl. Würtemberg: 206 (1834).
Beta vulgaris var. cicla L. Sp. Pl.: 222 (1753).
Beta vulgaris var. conditiva Alef. Landw. Fl.: 279 (1866).
Beta vulgaris convar. cruenta Alef. Landw. Fl.: 279 (1866).
Beta vulgaris subsp. maritima (L.) Arcang. Comp. Fl. Ital.: 593 (1882).
Beta vulgaris f. rapa (Dumort.) Backer Fl. Males. 4: 100 (1949).
Beta vulgaris var. saccharifera Alef. Landw. Fl.: 281 (1866).
Beta alba DC. in J.B.A.M.de Lamarck & A.P.de Candolle, Fl. Franç., éd. 3, 3: 383 (1805).
Beta altissima Steud. Nomencl. Bot., ed. 2, 1: 200 (1840).
Beta atriplicifolia Rouy Rev. Sci. Nat. (Montpellier), sér. 3, 1: 246 (1883).
Beta brasiliensis Scheidw. J. Hort. Prat. Belgique 2: 16 (1844).
Beta braziliensis J.McNab Gard. Chron. 1844: 591 (1844), orth. var.
Beta carnulosa Gren. in J.C.M.Grenier & D.A.Godron, Fl. France Corse 3: 16 (1855).
Beta cicla (L.) L. Syst. Nat., ed. 12. 2: 195 (1767).
Beta cicla var. argentea Krassochkin & Burenin Sborn. Nauchn. Trudov Prikl. Bot. Genet. Selekts. 145: 118 (1991).
Beta cicla var. brasiliensis Bosse Vollst. Handb. Bl.-Gärtn., ed. 2, 1: 374 (1840).
Beta cicla variegata Rob. Subtrop. Gard.: 80 (1871).
Beta cicla var. viridis Krassochkin & Burenin Sborn. Nauchn. Trudov Prikl. Bot. Genet. Selekts. 145: 118 (1991).
Beta crispa Tratt. Arch. Gewächsk. Leopold Trattinick 7: 117 (1819).
Beta decumbens Moench Methodus: 332 (1794).
Beta esculenta Salisb. Prodr. Stirp. Chap. Allerton: 152 (1796).
Beta hortensis Mill. Gard. Dict., ed. 8.: n.° 2 (1768).
Beta hybrida Andrz. Izv. Univ. Kiev 7: 132 (1862).
Beta incarnata Steud. Nomencl. Bot., ed. 2, 1: 200 (1840).
Beta lutea Steud. Nomencl. Bot., ed. 2, 1: 200 (1840).
Beta marina Crantz Inst. Rei Herb. 1: 120 (1766).
Beta maritima var. atriplicifolia Krassochkin Trudy Prikl. Bot. 32(3): 27 (1959).
Beta maritima subsp. atriplicifolia (Rouy) Burenin Nauchno-Tekhn. Byull. Vsesoyuzn. Ordena Lenina Ordena Druzhby Narodov Nauchno-Issl. Inst. Rasteniev. N. I. Vavilova 130: 66 (1983).
Beta maritima subsp. danica Krassochkin Trudy Prikl. Bot. 32(3): 34 (1959).
Beta maritima var. erecta Krassochkin Trudy Prikl. Bot. 32(3): 28 (1959).
Beta maritima var. glabra Delile Descr. Egypte, Hist. Nat. 2(Mém.): 57 (1813), nom. nud.
Beta maritima subsp. marcosii (O.Bolòs & Vigo) Juan & M.B.Crespo Acta Bot. Malac. 24: 226 (1999).
Beta maritima subsp. orientalis (Roth) Burenin Nauchno-Tekhn. Byull. Vsesoyuzn. Ordena Lenina Ordena Druzhby Narodov Nauchno-Issl. Inst. Rasteniev. N. I. Vavilova 130: 66 (1983).
Beta maritima var. pilosa Delile Descr. Egypte, Hist. Nat. 2(Mém.): 57 (1813), nom. nud.
Beta maritima var. prostrata Krassochkin Trudy Prikl. Bot. 32(3): 27 (1959).
Beta noeana Bunge ex Boiss. Fl. Orient. 4: 899 (1879), pro syn.
Beta orientalis Roth Nov. Pl. Sp.: 181 (1821).
Beta perennis (L.) Halácsy Consp. Fl. Graec. 3: 41 (1904).
Beta purpurea Steud. Nomencl. Bot., ed. 2, 1: 200 (1840).
Beta rapacea Hegetschw. Fl. Schweiz: 256 (1839).
Beta rosea Steud. Nomencl. Bot., ed. 2, 1: 200 (1840).
Beta sativa Bernh. Syst. Verz. Erf.: 162 (1800).
Beta stricta K.Koch Linnaea 22: 180 (1849).
Beta sulcata Gasp. in G.Gussone, Fl. Sicul. Syn. 2: 800 (1845).
Beta triflora Salisb. Prodr. Stirp. Chap. Allerton: 152 (1796).
Beta vulgaris var. alborubens Gray Nat. Arr. Brit. Pl. 2: 279 (1821 publ. 1822).
Beta vulgaris var. annua Graebn. in P.F.A.Ascherson & K.O.R.Graebner, Syn. Mitteleur. Fl. 5(1): 14 (1913).
Beta vulgaris var. asiatica Burenin Nauchno-Tekhn. Byull. Vsesoyuzn. Ordena Lenina Ordena Druzhby Narodov Nauchno-Issl. Inst. Rasteniev. N. I. Vavilova 161: 69 (1986), nom. illeg.
Beta vulgaris subsp. asiatica Krassochkin ex Burenin Nauchno-Tekhn. Byull. Vsesoyuzn. Ordena Lenina Ordena Druzhby Narodov Nauchno-Issl. Inst. Rasteniev. N. I. Vavilova 130: 67 (1983).
Beta vulgaris var. atra Alef. Landw. Fl.: 279 (1866).
Beta vulgaris var. atriplicifolia (Rouy) Krassochkin Fl. Cult. Pl. 19: 30 (1971).
Beta vulgaris var. aurantia Burenin Nauchno-Tekhn. Byull. Vsesoyuzn. Ordena Lenina Ordena Druzhby Narodov Nauchno-Issl. Inst. Rasteniev. N. I. Vavilova 130: 67 (1983).
Beta vulgaris var. bassana Alef. Landw. Fl.: 279 (1866).
Beta vulgaris f. cicla (L.) Backer Fl. Males. 4: 100 (1949).
Beta vulgaris convar. cicla (L.) Alef. Landw. Fl.: 278 (1866).
Beta vulgaris var. coniciformis Burenin Nauchno-Tekhn. Byull. Vsesoyuzn. Ordena Lenina Ordena Druzhby Narodov Nauchno-Issl. Inst. Rasteniev. N. I. Vavilova 130: 67 (1983).
Beta vulgaris convar. crassa Alef. Landw. Fl.: 280 (1866).
Beta vulgaris var. crispa Alef. Landw. Fl.: 279 (1866).
Beta vulgaris var. debeauxii Clary Bull. Soc. Hist. Nat. Toulouse 1888: 115 (1888).
Beta vulgaris var. depressalba Alef. Landw. Fl.: 280 (1866).
Beta vulgaris var. depressiflava Alef. Landw. Fl.: 280 (1866).
Beta vulgaris var. depressirubra Alef. Landw. Fl.: 280 (1866).
Beta vulgaris subsp. esculenta Cout. Fl. Portugal: 185 (1913).
Beta vulgaris subsp. foliosa Asch. & Schweinf. Ill. Fl. Égypte: 125 (1887).
Beta vulgaris var. foliosa (Asch. & Schweinf.) Aellen Ber. Schweiz. Bot. Ges. 48: 474 (1938).
Beta vulgaris var. glabra (Delile) Aellen Ber. Schweiz. Bot. Ges. 48: 479 (1938), not validly publ.
Beta vulgaris var. globosalba Alef. Landw. Fl.: 280 (1866).
Beta vulgaris var. globosiflava Alef. Landw. Fl.: 280 (1866).
Beta vulgaris var. globosirubra Alef. Landw. Fl.: 280 (1866).
Beta vulgaris var. grisea Burenin Nauchno-Tekhn. Byull. Vsesoyuzn. Ordena Lenina Ordena Druzhby Narodov Nauchno-Issl. Inst. Rasteniev. N. I. Vavilova 130: 67 (1983), nom. illeg.
Beta vulgaris var. grisea Aellen Notes Roy. Bot. Gard. Edinburgh 28: 30 (1967).
Beta vulgaris var. hortensis (Mill.) Alef. Landw. Fl.: 278 (1866).
Beta vulgaris var. leucopleura Alef. Landw. Fl.: 279 (1866).
Beta vulgaris subsp. lomatogonoides Aellen Ber. Schweiz. Bot. Ges. 48: 478 (1938).
Beta vulgaris var. longalba Alef. Landw. Fl.: 280 (1866).
Beta vulgaris var. longiflava Alef. Landw. Fl.: 280 (1866).
Beta vulgaris var. longirubra Alef. Landw. Fl.: 280 (1866).
Beta vulgaris var. lutea DC. in J.B.A.M.de Lamarck & A.P.de Candolle, Fl. Franç., éd. 3, 3: 383 (1805).
Beta vulgaris var. macropleura Alef. Landw. Fl.: 279 (1866).
Beta vulgaris var. marcosii O.Bolòs & Vigo Butl. Inst. Catalana Hist. Nat., Secc. Bot. 38(1): 88 (1974).
Beta vulgaris var. maritima (L.) Moq. in A.P.de Candolle, Prodr. 13(2): 56 (1849), nom. superfl.
Beta vulgaris var. mediasiatica Burenin Nauchno-Tekhn. Byull. Vsesoyuzn. Ordena Lenina Ordena Druzhby Narodov Nauchno-Issl. Inst. Rasteniev. N. I. Vavilova 130: 67 (1983).
Beta vulgaris var. morina Alef. Landw. Fl.: 279 (1866).
Beta vulgaris var. naudariana Alef. Landw. Fl.: 279 (1866).
Beta vulgaris subsp. orientalis (Roth) Aellen Ber. Schweiz. Bot. Ges. 48: 479 (1938).
Beta vulgaris var. orientalis (Roth) Moq. in A.P.de Candolle, Prodr. 13(2): 56 (1849).
Beta vulgaris var. ovaliformis Burenin Nauchno-Tekhn. Byull. Vsesoyuzn. Ordena Lenina Ordena Druzhby Narodov Nauchno-Issl. Inst. Rasteniev. N. I. Vavilova 130: 67 (1983).
Beta vulgaris subsp. perennis (L.) Aellen in G.Hegi, Ill. Fl. Mitt.-Eur., ed. 2, 3(1-2): 554 (1960).
Beta vulgaris var. perennis L. Sp. Pl.: 222 (1753).
Beta vulgaris var. phoenicopleura Alef. Landw. Fl.: 279 (1866).
Beta vulgaris var. pilosa Moq. in A.P.de Candolle, Prodr. 13(2): 56 (1849).
Beta vulgaris var. praecox Alef. Landw. Fl.: 279 (1866).
Beta vulgaris var. purpurea André Pl. Feuill. Ornem.: 106 (1866).
Beta vulgaris var. pusilla Alef. Landw. Fl.: 280 (1866).
Beta vulgaris var. rapacea W.D.J.Koch Syn. Fl. Germ. Helv.: 606 (1837).
Beta vulgaris var. raposa Gray Nat. Arr. Brit. Pl. 2: 279 (1821 publ. 1822).
Beta vulgaris var. rhodopleura Alef. Landw. Fl.: 279 (1866).
Beta vulgaris var. rubidus Burenin Nauchno-Tekhn. Byull. Vsesoyuzn. Ordena Lenina Ordena Druzhby Narodov Nauchno-Issl. Inst. Rasteniev. N. I. Vavilova 130: 67 (1983).
Beta vulgaris var. rubra L. Sp. Pl.: 222 (1753).
Beta vulgaris var. rubra Burenin Nauchno-Tekhn. Byull. Vsesoyuzn. Ordena Lenina Ordena Druzhby Narodov Nauchno-Issl. Inst. Rasteniev. N. I. Vavilova 161: 70 (1986), nom. illeg.
Beta vulgaris var. rubricaulis Gray Nat. Arr. Brit. Pl. 2: 279 (1821 publ. 1822).
Beta vulgaris var. rubrifolia Krassochkin ex Burenin Nauchno-Tekhn. Byull. Vsesoyuzn. Ordena Lenina Ordena Druzhby Narodov Nauchno-Issl. Inst. Rasteniev. N. I. Vavilova 161: 69 (1986).
Beta vulgaris var. ruficeps Alef. Landw. Fl.: 280 (1866).
Beta vulgaris var. scotica Alef. Landw. Fl.: 280 (1866).
Beta vulgaris var. sicula Klett & Richt. Fl. Leipzig: 255 (1830), nom. superfl.
Beta vulgaris var. subrosea Krassochkin ex Burenin Nauchno-Tekhn. Byull. Vsesoyuzn. Ordena Lenina Ordena Druzhby Narodov Nauchno-Issl. Inst. Rasteniev. N. I. Vavilova 161: 70 line 12 (1986), contrary to ICBN(1983) Art. 64.3.
Beta vulgaris var. subrosea Krassochkin ex Burenin Nauchno-Tekhn. Byull. Vsesoyuzn. Ordena Lenina Ordena Druzhby Narodov Nauchno-Issl. Inst. Rasteniev. N. I. Vavilova 161: 70 line 22 (1986), contrary to ICBN(1983) Art. 64.3.
Beta vulgaris var. variocicla Alef. Landw. Fl.: 279 (1866).
Beta vulgaris var. virescens Burenin Nauchno-Tekhn. Byull. Vsesoyuzn. Ordena Lenina Ordena Druzhby Narodov Nauchno-Issl. Inst. Rasteniev. N. I. Vavilova 130: 67 (1983).
Beta vulgaris var. viridifolia Krassochkin ex Burenin Nauchno-Tekhn. Byull. Vsesoyuzn. Ordena Lenina Ordena Druzhby Narodov Nauchno-Issl. Inst. Rasteniev. N. I. Vavilova 130: 67 (1983).
Beta vulgaris var. xantha Alef. Landw. Fl.: 280 (1866).
Beta vulgaris var. xanthopleura Alef. Landw. Fl.: 279 (1866).

This plant is cited in medicinal sources using the following names:

Name as published:	Medicinal source:
Beta benghalensis Roxb.	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
Beta folliosa	Tradit. Persian Med. Pl. Database (Rahimi et al., 2018)
Beta maritima L.	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
Beta rapa	Substances in Meds., Australia (TGA, 2007)
Beta vulgaris L. Var. Cruenta Alef.	Polyglot Asian Med.: Chinese Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
Beta vulgaris L. Var. Saccharifera Alef.	Polyglot Asian Med.: Chinese Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
Beta vulgaris L. ssp. maritima (L.) Arcang.	Wild Edible Pls. of Paphos & Larnaca of Cyprus (Della et al., 2006)
Beta vulgaris L. subsp. cicla (L.) Koch	Herbs of Commerce (McGuffin et al., 2000)
Beta vulgaris L. subsp. maritima (L.) Arcang	Med. Pl. in the Med.: Project Rubia (Gonzalez-Tejero et al., 2008)
Beta vulgaris L. var. altissima Döll	Checklist of Korean Cult. Plants (Mun-Chan et al., 1986)
Beta vulgaris L. var. cicla L.	Med. Pl. in N Peruvian Andes (Corroto et al., 2019) Polyglot Asian Med.: Chinese Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022) Zhonghua Bencao: Materia Medica of China (1998)
Beta vulgaris L. var. cida Moquin	Pl. Med. Totius Mundi (Penso & Proserpio, 1997)
Beta vulgaris L. var. cruenta Alef.	Zhonghua Bencao: Materia Medica of China (1998)
Beta vulgaris L. var. rapa Dum.	Med. Pl. in N Peruvian Andes (Corroto et al., 2019)
Beta vulgaris L. var. saccharifera Alef.	Zhonghua Bencao: Materia Medica of China (1998)
Beta vulgaris Linn. subsp. cicla (L.) Moq.	Indian Med. Pl. Dictionary (Khare, 2007)
Beta vulgaris ssp. cicla (L.) Alef.	Med. Pl. Use: Monasteries on Cyprus (Lardos & Heinrich, 2013)
Beta vulgaris ssp. maritima (L.) Arcang.	Modern Pl. Use in Monasteries on Cyprus, 2006-2012 (Lardos, 2016)
Beta vulgaris subsp. cicla (L.) Koch	U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016)
Beta vulgaris subsp. vulgaris	WHODrug Herbal Substances, Suppl. 2023 (WHO-UMC, 2023)
Beta vulgaris var. cicla L.	Modern Pl. Use in Monasteries on Cyprus, 2006-2012 (Lardos, 2016)
Beta vulgaris var. conditiva	Med. Pl. of the World (Wyk & Wink, 2004)

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