Beta macrocarpa

Beta macrocarpa

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Caryophyllales
Classification System: APG IV Superregnum: Eukaryota Regnum: Plantae Cladus: Angiosperms Cladus: Eudicots Cladus: Core eudicots Ordo: Caryophyllales

Familia: Amaranthaceae s.l.
Cladus: Chenopodiaceae s.str.
Subfamilia: Betoideae
Tribus: Beteae
Genus: Beta
Sectio: Beta sect. Macrocarpae
Species: Beta macrocarpa

Name

Beta macrocarpa Guss., Index Seminum [Palermo] 1826: [2] (1826).

• et in Fl. Sicul. Prodr. 1: 302 (1827).

• Type locality: Sicily. "In argillosis maritimis, et ad vias. Girgenti."
• Type: G. Gussone #s.n. Holotype: NAP; isotype: BR BR0000006991784.
• Neotype (designated by Iamonico 2019: 155): ITALY: Sicily, 15 June 1856, Gussone s.n. (PAL).

Synonyms

• Homotypic
  • Beta vulgaris var. macrocarpa (Guss.) Moq., Chenop. Monogr. Enum.: 14. (1840)
  • Beta vulgaris subsp. macrocarpa (Guss.) Thell., Mém. Soc. Sci. Nat. Cherbourg 38: 190 (1912)
• Heterotypic
  • Beta bourgaei Coss., Notes Pl. Crit. 44. (1849)
    • Type locality: Spain: "In arenosis maritimis subhumidis agri Gaditani, prope Puerto Santa Maria loco dicto Coto cum Mesembryanthemo nodifloro crescens."
    • Lectotype (designated by Iamonico 2019: 155): SPAIN: Sables maritimes au Coto près Santa Maria, 8 June 1849, E. Bourgeau #425 (G G00177360, Isolectotypes: G00177359, K K000898513).

Distribution

Native distribution areas:

Continental: Europe Regional: Northern Europe Sweden (casual) Regional: Southwestern Europe Baleares (Ibiza-Formentera, Mallorca, Menorca), France (naturalized), Portugal, Sardegna (doubtfully present), Spain. Regional: Southeastern Europe Greece, Italy, Kriti, Sicilia (Sicily). Continental: Africa Regional: Northern Africa Algeria, Libya, Morocco, Tunisia. Regional: Macaronesia Canary Islands (Gran Canaria, Fuerteventura, Lanzarote, La Palma, Tenerife; doubtfully native). Continental: Asia-Temperate Regional: Western Asia Cyprus, East Aegean Islands, Palestine (Jordan), Turkey. References: Brummitt, R.K. 2001. TDWG – World Geographical Scheme for Recording Plant Distributions, 2nd Edition

References

Primary references

• Gussone, G. 1827. Florae Siculae Prodromus (sive, Plantarum in Sicilia ulteriori nascentium enumeratio secundum systema Linnaeanum disposita). Vol. 1. 592 + 11 pp., Neapoli, ex regia typographia. Hathitrust Google. Reference page. 
• Moquin-Tandon, A. 1840. Chenopodearum Monographica Enumeratio. P.-J. Loss, Paris. BHL Reference page. 
• Thellung, A. 1912. La flore adventice de Montpellier. Mémoires de la Société des Sciences Naturelles de Cherbourg 38: 57–728. BHL Reference page. 
• Cosson, E. 1849–1852. Notes sur quelques plantes critiques, rares ou nouvelles (6 parts). Paris, Victor Masson. Biblioteca Digital. Reference page. 

Additional references

• Iamonico, D. 2019. Remarks on the subfam. Betoideae (Chenopodiaceae/Amaranthaceae sensu APGIV). Phytotaxa 400(3): 145–164. DOI: 10.11646/phytotaxa.400.3.3 Reference page. 
• Kadereit, G., Hohmann, S. & Kadereit, J.W. 2006. A synopsis of Chenopodiaceae subfam. Betoideae and notes on the taxonomy of Beta. Willdenowia 36(1): 9–19. DOI: 10.3372/wi.36.36101 . Reference page. 
• Uotila, P. 2011. Beta macrocarpa in: Chenopodiaceae (pro parte majore). Euro+Med Plantbase - the information resource for Euro-Mediterranean plant diversity.
• Tan, K. 1997. Beta. Pp. 110–112 in Strid, A. & Tan, K. (eds.), Flora Hellenica. Volume One (Gymnospermae to Caryophyllaceae). Koeltz Scientific Books, Königstein, 547 pp. ISBN 3-87429-391-2. Reference page. 

Links

• Flore du Maroc 2017. Beta macrocarpa. Accessed 2017-02-14.
• Govaerts, R. et al. 2022. Beta macrocarpa in Kew Science Plants of the World Online. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published online. Accessed: 2022 Apr 28. Reference page. 
• Hassler, M. 2019. Beta macrocarpa. World Plants: Synonymic Checklists of the Vascular Plants of the World In: Roskovh, 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. 2019. Species 2000 & ITIS Catalogue of Life. Published online. Accessed: 2019 Nov. 27. Reference page. 
• International Plant Names Index. 2019. Beta macrocarpa. Published online. Accessed: Nov. 27 2019.

• Tropicos.org 2019. Beta macrocarpa. Missouri Botanical Garden. Published online. Accessed: 27 Nov. 2019.

Vernacular names

català: Bleda macrocarpa
español: Acelga de fruto grande
français: Betterave à gros fruits

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