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Beet
Beta vulgaris
Beta vulgaris (beet) is a plant which is included in Betoideae subfamily in the Amaranthaceae family. It is the economically most important crop of the large order Caryophyllales. It has several cultivar groups, the sugar beet, of greatest importance to produce table sugar; the root vegetable known as the beetroot or garden beet; the leaf vegetables chard and spinach beet; and mangelwurzel, which is a fodder crop. Three subspecies are typically recognised. All cultivars fall into...
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In the old herbals & bestiaries
Ulyssis Aldrovandi ... De animalibus insectis libri septem
Aldrovandi, Ulisse · 1618 · p.190
Maria Sibylla Merian — Dissertatio de generatione et metamorphosibus insectorum Surinamensium (1719)
Maria Sibylla Merian · 1719 · p.233
Hōrou Apollōnos Neilōou Hieroglyphika eklekta = : Hori Apollinis selecta hieroglyphica, sive sacrae notae Aegyptiorum, & insculptae imagines
Horapollo · 1597 · p.41
Complete Works (Opera Omnia)
Johann Weyer · 1660 · p.1021
Obeliscus Aegyptiacus
Athanasius Kircher · 1666 · p.61
Recherche curieuse d'antiquités, venuës d'Italie, de la Grece, d'Egypte, & trouvées à Nimegue, a Sant...
Chevalier, Nicolas · 1714 · p.57
Jan Jonston — Naeukeurige beschryving van de natuur der viervoetige dieren (1660)
Jan Jonston · 1660 · p.435
Jan Jonston — Naeukeurige beschryving van de natuur der viervoetige dieren (1660)
Jan Jonston · 1660 · p.425
Metamorphosis Insectorum Surinamensium
Maria Sibylla Merian · 1705 · p.93
Metamorphosis Insectorum Surinamensium
Maria Sibylla Merian · 1705 · p.159
Metamorphosis Insectorum Surinamensium
Maria Sibylla Merian · 1705 · p.81
Maria Sibylla Merian — Dissertatio de generatione et metamorphosibus insectorum Surinamensium (1719)
Maria Sibylla Merian · 1719 · p.23
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This page is assembled live from iNaturalist, GBIF, Wikipedia, the Source Library and the Internet Archive. It is not yet part of the hand-edited codex. iNaturalist taxon 54498.