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]

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

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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