Sea beet
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![Ausschnitt eines Blütenstandes mit Blüten der Wilden Rübe](/Images/godic/202502/09/Beta_vulgaris_maritima_0020835.JPG")
![Wilde Rübe (Beta vulgaris subsp. maritima), Anzucht im Botanischen Garten](/Images/godic/202502/09/Beta_vulgaris_maritima_0010835.JPG")
The sea beet, Beta vulgaris subsp. maritima ((L.) Arcangeli.), is a member of the family Amaranthaceae, previously of the Chenopodiaceae. Carl Linnaeus first described Beta vulgaris in 1753; in the second edition of Species Plantarum in 1762, he divided the species into wild and cultivated varieties, giving the name Beta maritima to the wild taxon.