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]
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Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Eudicots |
| Order: | Caryophyllales |
| Family: | Amaranthaceae |
| Genus: | Beta |
| Species: | B. nana
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| Beta nana | |
References edit
- ^ "Beta nana Boiss. & Heldr". Plants of the World Online. Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Retrieved 15 April 2022.
- ^ "Beta nana (BEANA)". EPPO Global Database. European and Mediterranean Plant Protection Organization. 2022. Retrieved 15 April 2022.
- ^ 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.
- ^ Smith, Garry A. "Sugarbeet" (PDF). Retrieved 20 April 2022.
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