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vulgaris

Taxon

Beta vulgaris L.

Protologue Sp. Pl. 1: 222. 1753 [1 May 1753]BHL pageIPNI
AcceptedGBIF
Predicted not threatened
Beta vulgaris 'Orea', Swiss chard--PA. Longwood Gdn. 25 Jun 03. 086.jpg

Beta vulgaris 'Orea', Swiss chard--PA. Longwood Gdn. 25 Jun 03. 086.jpg

By Christopher Davidson

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Beta vulgaris 'Burpee's rhubarb', Swiss chard--PA. Longwood Gdn. 25 Jun 03. 087.jpg

Beta vulgaris 'Burpee's rhubarb', Swiss chard--PA. Longwood Gdn. 25 Jun 03. 087.jpg

By Christopher Davidson

CC-BY-NC-SA-4.0

Native to 44 botanical countries across Europe, Africa, Temperate Asia, and Tropical Asia; introduced into 70 botanical countries across Europe, Africa, Temperate Asia, Tropical Asia, Australasia, Pacific, Northern America, and Southern America (source: POWO). Flora of the World documents 1 occurrence across 1 country.

Distribution

Showing the global range from POWO; no georeferenced specimens for this taxon.

Distribution from Plants of the World Online (POWO). View the accepted name on POWO

Occurrences

'Burpee's Swiss

June 25, 2003

Location

United States, Pennsylvania (Longwood Gardens)

Location Remarks

1001 Longwood Road, Kennett Square , PA 19348. (See website for detailed directions)

Collectors

No collectors specified

Classification

Kingdom

Plantae

Phylum

Tracheophyta

Class

Magnoliopsida

Order

Caryophyllales

Family

Amaranthaceae

Genus

Beta

Specific Epithet

vulgaris

Authorship

L.

Taxonomic Opinions

GBIFWFOPOWO

Conservation (EDGE)

What is EDGE?

Evolutionary distinctiveness

Lower

ED 1.7

Part of a well-represented branch of the plant tree of life, with many close relatives.

Threat status

Predicted not threatened

Modelled estimate

EDGE score

0.2

Global rank

#208,862 of 335,497

Top 63%

Extinction probability

11%

Source: Flowering plants EDGE assessment →