Beta macrocarpa

Beta macrocarpa, the large-fruited beet, is a species of flowering plant in the family Amaranthaceae, native to the Canary Islands and the shores of the Mediterranean.^[1][2] It is widely used to study beet necrotic yellow vein virus in an effort to improve the sugar beet.^[3]

Beta macrocarpa
In Sebkha Kelbia
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Plantae
Clade:	Tracheophytes
Clade:	Angiosperms
Clade:	Eudicots
Order:	Caryophyllales
Family:	Amaranthaceae
Genus:	Beta
Species:	B. macrocarpa
Binomial name
Beta macrocarpa Guss.
Synonyms[1]
Beta bourgaei Coss.