Beta vulgaris

species of the genus beet
Taxon taxon Q165191
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Summary

Beta vulgaris is a taxon[1]. It ranks in the top 0.66% of taxon entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (10,315 views/month, #1,297 of 195,241).[2]

Key Facts

  • Taxon rank: species[3]
  • Parent taxon: Beta sect. Beta[4], Beta subsect. Beta[5]
  • Taxon name: Beta vulgaris[6]
  • Has use: fodder[7], medicinal plant[8], food[9]
  • Commons category: Beta vulgaris[10]
  • Topic's main category: Category:Beta vulgaris[11]
  • Commons gallery: Beta vulgaris[12]
  • Described by source: Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary[13], Great Soviet Encyclopedia (1926–1947)[14], Flora Reipublicae Popularis Sinicae, volume 25(2)[15], GGIR: A Research Community–Driven Open Source R Package for Generating Physical Activity and Sleep Outcomes From Multi-Day Raw Accelerometer Data[16]
  • GRIN URL: https://npgsweb.ars-grin.gov/gringlobal/taxonomydetail.aspx?id=300073[17]
  • This taxon is source of: beet[18]
  • Short name: B. vulgaris[19]
  • Taxon common name: Beta-Rübe[20], common beet[21], 根菾菜[22], 甜菜[23], Strandbiet en Biet[24], řepa obecná[25], strandbiet[26], betterave[27], ruokajuurikas[28], свёкла обыкновенная[29], bleda-rave[30], 菾菜[31], 红牛皮菜[32], 莙荙子[33]
  • Different from: Burak[34]
  • NatureServe conservation status: secure[35]

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Identifiers

Recorded iNaturalist taxon ID include 54498[36], 468452[37], and 54517[38]. Beta vulgaris's NCBI taxonomy ID is recorded as 161934[39]. Beta vulgaris's Encyclopedia of Life ID is recorded as 585884[40]. Beta vulgaris's GBIF taxon ID is recorded as 8971274[41]. Beta vulgaris's ITIS TSN is recorded as 20681[42].

Why It Matters

Beta vulgaris has Wikipedia articles in 24 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[43] It is known by 57 alternative names across languages and contexts.[44]

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

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Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [43] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [44] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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  1. 29d ago · Dactylantha · 2026-09-19 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Nzpcn id → beta-vulgaris
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  2. 11w ago · Montenegro Marcella · 2026-07-30 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Reflora id → FB139866
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  3. 14w ago · Nyuhn · 2026-07-10 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    P14541 → 1ETyQ3
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  4. 18w ago · Jindřich Rubeš · 2026-06-12 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Described at url → —
    Svkkl authority id → 0425751-repa-obecna
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