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Beta L.

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Beta L., Sp. Pl. 222 (1753)
Beta L.

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Exotic
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New Zealand
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L.
L.
1753
222
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Beta L.
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Beta

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Beta L.

Annual, biennial or perennial herbs, glabrous or nearly so. Stems green, yellowish or red. Lvs alternate, flat or rugose, entire or nearly so; basal lvs long-petiolate, often large. Fls ☿, 1-few in cymes; cymes in spicate infls. Bracteoles 2. Perianth segments 5, usually green, incurved, thickening and hardening towards base at fruiting. Stamens 5. Ovary semi-inferior. Stigmas 2-3. Frs often adhering together by the enlarged perianth, the whole fruiting mass or glomerule forming a hard mass. Seed 1, horizontal, tightly enclosed in covering mainly formed by perianth.

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7977108e-e0a5-4162-9c37-72680cf8e0d5
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1 January 2000
3 September 2008
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