Beta nana
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Order: Caryophyllales
Family: Amaranthaceae
Genus: Beta
Species:
B. nana
Binomial name
Beta nana

Beta nana, the dwarf beet, is a species of flowering plant in the family Amaranthaceae, native to the mountains of central and southern Greece.[1][2] Its resistance to cold has potential in efforts to improve the sugar beet.[3] The plants are small, with rosettes of leaves typically no more than 10 cm across. Flowers are single. Fruit is a hard monogerm seed that contains a single embryo.[4]

References

  1. ↑ "Beta nana Boiss. & Heldr". Plants of the World Online. Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Retrieved 15 April 2022.
  2. ↑ "Beta nana (BEANA)". EPPO Global Database. European and Mediterranean Plant Protection Organization. 2022. Retrieved 15 April 2022.
  3. ↑ Kubis, Sybille; Heslop-Harrison, John Seymour; Schmidt, Thomas (1997). "A Family of Differentially Amplified Repetitive DNA Sequences in the Genus Beta Reveals Genetic Variation in Beta vulgaris Subspecies and Cultivars". Journal of Molecular Evolution. 44 (3): 310–320. Bibcode:1997JMolE..44..310K. doi:10.1007/PL00006148. PMID 9060397. S2CID 40258056.
  4. ↑ Smith, Garry A. "Sugarbeet" (PDF). Retrieved 20 April 2022.


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