Field of beets
The species Beta vulgaris includes many different varieties, including: beetroot, sugar beet, mangelwurzel, and spinach beet. Most of these varieties are grown for the root, but some are leaf vegetables. All cultivated varieties fall into the subspecies Beta vulgaris subsp. vulgaris. This subspecies is divided in the Cicla group (the Leaf beets) and the Vulgaris group (the Tuberous beets).
Names
Scientific
Beta vulgaris
English
Beet
Dutch
Biet
Spanish
Remolacha
French
Betterave
German
Rübe
Italian
Barbabietola
Taxonomy
Genus
Beta
Family
Chenopodiaceae
Order
Caryophyllales
Crop categories
Vegetables
Leaf vegetables
Root vegetables
Food crops
Temperate crops
Forage and fodder crops
Pictures
Field of beets
Beets
Beet
Beets