{"id":1405271,"date":"2011-04-21T05:21:04","date_gmt":"2011-04-21T05:21:04","guid":{"rendered":""},"modified":"2024-12-24T18:47:42","modified_gmt":"2024-12-24T13:17:42","slug":"beta-vulgaris-subsp-maritima","status":"publish","type":"ht_kb","link":"https:\/\/efloraofindia.com\/efi\/beta-vulgaris-subsp-maritima\/","title":{"rendered":"Beta vulgaris subsp. maritima"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Beta<\/i> vulgaris<\/i> L. subsp. maritima<\/i> (L.) Arcang., Comp. fl. ital. 593. 1882\u00a0(Syn:\u00a0(=) Beta atriplicifolia<\/span><\/i><\/a> Rouy;\u00a0(=) Beta bengalensis<\/span><\/i><\/a> Roxb.; (\u2261) Beta maritima<\/span><\/i><\/a> L. (basionym);\u00a0 (=) Beta maritima<\/i> var. atriplicifolia<\/i><\/span><\/a> (Rouy) Krassochkin; (=) Beta maritima<\/i> subsp. danica<\/i><\/span><\/a> Krassochkin; (=) Beta maritima<\/i> var. erecta<\/i><\/span><\/a> Krassochkin; (=) Beta maritima<\/i> var. prostrata<\/i><\/span><\/a> Krassochkin; (=) Beta orientalis<\/span><\/i><\/a> Roth; (=) Beta palonga<\/span><\/i><\/a> R. K. Basu & K. K. Mukh.;\u00a0(=) Beta perennis<\/span><\/i><\/a> (L.) Freyn; (=) Beta trojana<\/span><\/i><\/a> Pamuk\u00e7. ex Aellen; (=) Beta vulgaris<\/i> var. atriplicifolia<\/i><\/span><\/a> (Rouy) Krassochkin; (=) Beta vulgaris<\/i> var. erecta<\/i><\/span><\/a> (Krassochkin) Krassochkin; (=) Beta vulgaris<\/i> var. foliosa<\/i><\/span><\/a> Aellen; (=) Beta vulgaris<\/i> var. glabra<\/i><\/span><\/a> (Delile) Aellen; (=) Beta vulgaris<\/i> var. grisea<\/i><\/span><\/a> Aellen; (=) Beta vulgaris<\/i> subsp. lomatogonoides<\/i><\/span><\/a> Aellen; (\u2261) Beta vulgaris<\/i> var. maritima<\/i><\/span><\/a> (L.) Moq.;\u00a0(=) Beta vulgaris<\/i> subsp. orientalis<\/i><\/span><\/a> (Roth) Aellen;\u00a0(=) Beta vulgaris<\/i> var. orientalis<\/i><\/span><\/a> (Roth) Moq.; (=) Beta vulgaris<\/i> var. perennis<\/i><\/span><\/a> L.;\u00a0 (=) Beta vulgaris<\/i> var. pilosa<\/i><\/span><\/a> (Delile) Aellen; (=) Beta vulgaris<\/i> var. prostrata<\/i><\/span><\/a> (Krassochkin) Krassochkin; (=) Beta vulgaris<\/i> subsp. provulgaris<\/i><\/span><\/a> Ford-Lloyd & J. T. Williams; (=) Beta vulgaris<\/i> var. trojana<\/i><\/span><\/a> (Pamuk\u00e7.) Ford-Lloyd & J. T. Williams);<\/div>\n
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Sea Beet, Beetroot, Sugarbeet \u2022 <\/b>Assamese: Paleng sak \u2022 <\/b>Hindi: Palak \u2022 <\/b>Sanskrit: Palanki;<\/b><\/div>\n
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Annual herb without swollen root; basal leaves few not forming a dense rosette, with long strong petiole, ovate to oblong-ovate, up to 20 cm long, apex obtuse, passing above into smaller narrower leaves; flowers bisexual, two or three in a cluster, on simple or branched terminal spike; perianth segments 5, united at base, narrowly oblong, incurved in fruit; stamens 5, filaments united at base; stigmas 2 or 3; utricle adnate to perianth at base.<\/span><\/div>\n
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Leaves are hastate, flowers unisexual, fruiting perianth enlarging, becoming hardened and often spiny in Spinacia oleracea<\/b><\/i>.<\/span> In Beta vulgraris<\/b><\/i>, leaves are narrowed at base, flowers bisexual, perianth not hardened in fruit.<\/span><\/div>\n
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Uploading photographs of Beta vulgaris<\/i><\/b> L<\/span>. <\/span>subsp. maritima<\/i><\/b> (L.) Arcang. (Syn: Beta bengalensis<\/i> Roxb.; Beta vulgaris<\/i> L. var. bengalensis<\/i><\/span> Roxb. ; Beta vulgaris<\/i> L. var. orientalis<\/i><\/span> (Roxb.) Moq.). <\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/div>\n
Common English names: Indian spinach, Savoy beet,Spinach beet, Beet leaf. Hindi: Palak, Palangsag, Palanki<\/b><\/span>.
\n<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span>Some times confused with but quite distinct from Spinach<\/b> in temperate parts\u00a0including Kashmir valley which is<\/span> Spinacea oleracea<\/span><\/i><\/span>, <\/span>with much soft, nearly hastate leaves and unisexual flowers.<\/span><\/div>\n
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Fruits & Vegetables: Beta vulgaris subsp. maritima the beet leaf (so called spinach)<\/a>:
\nBeta vulgaris<\/i> subsp. maritima<\/i> (syn: Beta bengalensis<\/i>), the beet leaf often sold and consumed as spinach in tropics, and less commonly in cold climates.<\/span> Real Spinach<\/b> Spinacea oleracea<\/i> is a much different plant with distinctly hastate leaves.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n
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\nSending photos of <\/span>Spinach<\/b> growing in a farm near our house.<\/span><\/div>\n
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– This I suppose is our so called spinach of warm climates, actually beet leaf<\/b>, Beta vulgaris<\/i> var. bengalensis<\/i>, now correctly known as Beta vulagaris<\/i> var. maritima<\/i>. This is the Palak<\/b> grown and sold in Delhi, Punjab, Haryana etc.
\nSpinacea oleracea<\/i>, the real spinach<\/b> (palak<\/b>) of colder climates is a much different plant, much shorter, with hastate leaves and unisexual flowers.<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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No wonder you will find numerous photographs of Beta vulgaris<\/i> var. maritima<\/i> labelled as Spinacea oleracea<\/i>. Before I came to Delhi, many students were being given specimens of Beta vulgaris<\/i> as <\/span>Spinacea oleracea
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Chenopodiaceae and Amaranthaceae Week: UD 002 : Spinacia oleracea, bolting from a local grower:<\/a><\/div>\n
This is Spinach<\/b> Spinacia oleracea, <\/i> we all eat <\/i>it<\/div>\n
And love and hate to some extent<\/div>\n
Astringent taste leaves moth dry <\/span><\/div>\n
Hence the Italian took to adding creamy sauces to spinach I think\u2026\u00a0 there is no hard evidence for and against it\u2026 its just my fancy\u2026 I love to think that that\u2019s why most spinach I ate in Italy or Greece was almost 70percent of the time smothered in creamy white sauces\u2026 and if not in sauces , in garlic\u2026<\/span><\/div>\n
Its leaves are rich in micro-nutrients such as those that are synthesized by the leaves\u2026 Vit K, B6, B2, Vit A and to some extent C\u2026 and can be a rich source of Magnesium, Selenium, manganese if the soil its being grown in is not overused and undernourished ; and Iron, since most soil is usually not too deficient in Iron in the gangetic plains I am told\u2026<\/span><\/div>\n
This example I am showing is Bolting<\/u>, ie flowering, not considered edible by this time, ie past its most desirable stage. <\/span>It tastes bitter, I can vouch for it and quite fibrous. I like the small greenish white flowers though.<\/b><\/div>\n
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I fear this may not be Spinacia oleracea<\/i>. The spinach sold in warmer parts of India is actually bet leaf Beta<\/i> vulgaris<\/i> var. bengalensis<\/i> Roxb. now correctly known as B. vulgaris<\/i><\/b> subsp. maritima<\/i><\/b> (L.) Arch.<\/div>\n
Being very familiar with spinach in Kashmir (Palak), we used to call leafy Beta vulgaris<\/i> var. maritima<\/i> as Punjabi Palak in Kashmir. I was surprised, therefore, when this Punjabi Palak (word Hindustani or Punjabi is commonly used in Kashmir for any thing belonging to outside Kashmir) was called here in Delhi as Spinach and taught in practical classes (both Physiology and Taxonomy practical) as Spinacia oleracea. It took me some time to convince the teachers here. In fact in one College I went as external examiner, this plant was given to students. I tried to convince teachers, and finding that some senior teachers won’t agree, I finally told them: Ok if you think this is Spinacia oleracea, students should show me the characters of this. Luckily no one disagreed with me there after.<\/span>
\n|By the way two are very different: leaves are hastate, flowers unisexual, fruiting perianth enlarging, becoming hardened and often spiny in <\/span>Spinacia oleracea<\/i>.
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Thank you … but do you mean all the spinach I have been eating for the last few decades in various continents is a variety of Beet greens? they (spinach I eat) look and feel and taste different from beet greens. I dont have pictures of beet greens nor of their flowers so cant argue this point. I ‘ll have to keep an open mind. but in our junior botany id classes way back when this was indeed Palang shaak… the leaf shape as seen in fig 1 (4159) seems to be of palang shaak…
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Yes … It tastes different, slightly tangy and much softer.
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thanks, …,\u00a0 I’ll go to market now and see if I can bring back the so called pallang now… take pictures of Palak or Palang saag we eat … in Bengal and we will take it from there…
\nyour link two has the krinkly knobby wrinkled leaves the I remember eating in green salads in the 70 and 80s but have been eating the flattish leaves ever since…<\/p>\n

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AMARANTHACEAE-CHENOPODIACEAE week DSR..010: Spinacia oleracea:<\/a>
\nSpinacia oleracea<\/i> (Chenopodiaceae<\/i>) is a common garden vegetable in winters<\/span>. Most of its varieties bolt in springs or early summers.
\nTwo types of varieties exist in this species; smooth seeded summer spinach extensively cultivated in winters in Northern India, and prickly seeded winter spinach (Pahari Palak) which are cultivated in winters in mid Himalayan hills of Uttarakhand.<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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Beta vulgaris<\/i> var. maritima<\/i><\/p>\n

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\nChenopodiaceae and Amaranthaceae Week: Beta vulgaris subsp. maritima (L.) Arcang. from Delhi and Kashmir<\/a>:
\nBeta vulgaris<\/b><\/i> subsp. maritima<\/i><\/b> (L.) Archang., Comp. fl. ital. 593<\/span>. 1882<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

Syn: Beta bengalensis<\/i> Roxb.; Beta maritima<\/i> L.; Beta vulgaris<\/i> var. bengalensis<\/i> Roxb.<\/span>
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Common names: Spinach beet, Indian Spinach, Savoy beet, Sea beet<\/b><\/span><\/div>\n
Hindi: Palak<\/b><\/span><\/div>\n
Kashmir: Punjabi palak<\/b><\/span>
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Annual herb without swollen root; basal leaves few not forming a dense rosette, with long strong petiole, ovate to oblong-ovate, up to 20 cm long, apex obtuse, passing above into smaller narrower leaves; flowers bisexual, two or three in a cluster, on simple or branched terminal spike; perianth segments 5, united at base, narrowly oblong, incurved in fruit; stamens 5, filaments united at base; stigmas 2 or 3; utricle adnate to perianth at base.<\/span>
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\nOften confused with Spinacia oleracea<\/i> because both have the name spinach, latter mostly grown in temperate climates is very distinct by smaller habit, basal leaves in dense cluster, leaves with basal lobes, more greener and flesh, flowers clearly unisexual, perianth commonly 4, and bracts surrounding the flower becoming enlarged in female flower and commonly having spiny appendages.<\/span><\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/div>\n
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Chenopodiaceae and Amaranthaceae Week: NS 021: Beta vulgaris ssp. marina:<\/a>
\nThis one is a cultivated species consumed as a leafy vegetable in various forms<\/span>… only recently got proper identification.. thanks … Beta vulgaris<\/i> ssp. maritima<\/i><\/p>\n

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Chenopodiaceae and Amaranthaceae Week : sk-16 : spinach NOT !!!:<\/a>
\nI thought what we eat as PALANG<\/b> is Spinacia oleracea<\/i> L., but the thread<\/a> informs that it is Beta vulgaris<\/i> subsp. maritima<\/i>.<\/p>\n

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Perhaps you are referring to this thread<\/a>. I missed it earlier since my subscription is “combined updates” only.<\/p>\n

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The efI search-page at\u00a0efi\u00a0page<\/a> saved me!<\/p>\n

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Spinach it is …, but with prefix Indian
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Chenopodiaceae and Amaranthaceae Week :: Spinacia oleracea : Spinach : Muscat : 100213 : AK-22:<\/a>
\nSpinach<\/b> seen in a private farm a week ago.<\/p>\n

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The true Spinacia oleracea<\/i><\/b> var. oleracea<\/b><\/i> cultivated<\/span> in Pantnagar.<\/span><\/div>\n
It is known as ‘Pahadi Palak’<\/b> (in Uttarakhand) indicating its affinity for cooler climate of hills.<\/div>\n
Seeds in this cultivated variety have distinct spines.
\nMost of us now understand that commonly cultivated Palak in warmer parts of India is not Spinacia oleracea<\/i>.<\/div>\n
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Yes … I had tough time telling my colleagues in Delhi in 1975 that what they teach in taxonomy practical classes is not Spinacea oleracea<\/i>. It is rather Beta vulgaris<\/i> var. benghalensis<\/i> now known as var. maritima<\/i>, Indian spinach or beet leaf. And yesterday in Krishi Vigyan mela were Vilayati Palak<\/b> (obviously Spinacea oleracea<\/i>) and three cultivars of Beta vularis<\/i> var. maritima<\/i> (as PUSA Palak) were grown together, and Beta vulgaris<\/i> separately.<\/p>\n

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Hastate leaves and unisexual flowers are characteristic of Spinacia oleracea<\/i>.<\/span> I remember, when in one College when I went as examiner and they insisted on calling Delhi Palak as Spinacia oleracea<\/i>, I told them after getting frustrated, OK if any student shows flowers as bisexual (as they are in Beta vulgaris) I would detect their marks. That did the trick.<\/p>\n

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I think slightly less in Spinach beet (610) as compared to spinach (750).
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whole foods is where used to buy all my green groceries.. beet greens is just that, often attached to beets and stalk of the leaf is red…
\nand beet greens (often attached to beet root ) I buy here in kolkata from organic gardens are same as beet green one buys in wholefoods over there<\/p>\n

not like the spinach we get in India where leaves are thick, smooth and shiny and beigish or greenish water laden stalks…
\neven if the name is same these are different in the looks…
\ni have yet to really come to terms with this classification..
\na couple of years ago I think we had similae discussion right here..
\nperhaps someone knowledgable needs to plant all three …
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\ndo chemical analysis and even DNA fingerprinting… may be we can sep them then…
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Spinach beet, beet leaf, Indian spinach, Beta vulgaris<\/i> var. maritima<\/i> (formerly var. bengalensis) that I am talking about does not have swollen roots like typical beet, nor are petioles that flesh and swollen. We had both beet root plant and Spinach beet in our College garden.<\/p>\n

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Beta vulgaris<\/strong> varieties\/ cultivars above<\/strong>: Attachments (12)<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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thanks\u00a0… for all these pictures…
\nperusing them increases my questions…
\nswiss chard tastes and crunches differently in mouth.. cant really be eaten raw as in salsd where as young “spinach” leaves can be … in ca how can swiss chard be in same group as spinach???? boggles my mind… a lot of your pictures are swiss chard and not spinach nor beet greens…
\nand the spinach in kolkata can not be eaten raw ,… the crunch and chewing difficulty with too much to chew and taste not the same …
\nbotanists have to separate out these two groups … all the different spinaches as in this case
\n<\/span>and all the brassica veggies…
\n<\/span>mutations happened a long time ago … giving taxonomists a long time to study them and separate them..<\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n
haven’t anybody done chromosomes and DNA analysis of these ?
\ni find this a very fertile ground for finally naming them into sep entitites… i would do it myself if i were a young hot shot botanist\/horticulturist starting my career now…
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GRIN<\/a>\u00a0 The Plant List<\/a>\u00a0\u00a0<\/span>Wikipedia<\/a>\u00a0 Beta vulgaris ssp. maritima – Sea Beet<\/span><\/a>\u00a0 botanical.com – A Modern Herbal | Beetroots<\/span><\/a>\u00a0 Botanical and Zoological Photos<\/span><\/a>\u00a0 Quernsey<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Beta vulgaris L. subsp. maritima (L.) Arcang., Comp. fl. ital. 593. 1882\u00a0(Syn:\u00a0(=) Beta atriplicifolia Rouy;\u00a0(=) Beta bengalensis Roxb.; (\u2261) Beta maritima L. (basionym);\u00a0 (=) Beta maritima var. atriplicifolia (Rouy) Krassochkin; (=) Beta maritima subsp. danica Krassochkin; (=) Beta maritima var. erecta Krassochkin; (=) Beta maritima var. prostrata Krassochkin; (=) Beta…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"ht-kb-category":[5876],"ht-kb-tag":[],"class_list":["post-1405271","ht_kb","type-ht_kb","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","ht_kb_category-beta"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/efloraofindia.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/ht-kb\/1405271","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/efloraofindia.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/ht-kb"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/efloraofindia.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/ht_kb"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/efloraofindia.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/efloraofindia.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1405271"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/efloraofindia.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/ht-kb\/1405271\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/efloraofindia.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1405271"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"ht_kb_category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/efloraofindia.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/ht-kb-category?post=1405271"},{"taxonomy":"ht_kb_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/efloraofindia.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/ht-kb-tag?post=1405271"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}