Beta vulgaris Linnaeus var. rubra Linnaeus, Species Plantarum 1: 222. 1753.

RCN: 1816.

Neotype (Letschert in Wageningen Agric. Univ. Pap. 93-1: 27, f. 1,2. 1993): [icon] " Beta nigra " in Fuchs, Hist. Stirp.: 804, 806. 1542.

Current name: Beta vulgaris L. subsp. vulgaris ( Chenopodiaceae).