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Beet genus, distributed in
Europe
,
Asia
And northern Africa, among which beet B. Vulgaris L. widely planted all over the world, there are many varieties, the original roots of the thick, fleshy, for sugar use, all over the north of China are cultivated, its variant seale var.cicla L. For vegetables, common cultivation in central and southern China.
- Chinese name
- Beet L.
- Latin name
- Beta L.
- world
- plantae
- The door
- angiospermophyta
- The outline
- Dicotyledonous plants
- subclass
- Primitive perianth
- Orders,
- Centrospermata
- Families,
- chenopodiaceae
- subfamily
- Cycloblastinae
- The family
- betaeae
- Number of species
- About 10 kinds
- Flora of China
- 25 (2) : 10
Annual, biennial or perennial herbs, smooth without hair. Stems erect or slightly prostrate, arrowed. Leaves alternate, subwhole. Flowers bisexual, without bracteolate, solitary or 2-3 clusters, arranged in terminal spikes above branches; Perianth bedded, 5-lobed, base connate with ovary, fruit stiff, lobes erect or incurved, abaxially with longitudinal ridge;
stamen
5, periposition, filament-like, anther moment round; Stigma 2-3, rarely more, medial lateral papillae;
ovule
Almost sessile. The lower part of the fruit is conjunctive with the base of the perianth, the upper part is thick and succulent or sclerotic. Seed apex flat, rounded, transverse; The seed coat is crusty, shiny, separated from the pericarp; Embryo annular or subannular, with more endosperm.
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About 10 species of this genus are found in Europe, Asia and northern Africa. 1 species (including 4 varieties) from China, all cultivated plants.
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