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Beta is a genus of plants in the foxtail family that includes common crops like sugar beets and garden beets. It matters because these plants are economically and nutritionally important sources of food and sugar for people around the world.
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Sea beet (Beta vulgaris subsp. maritima) Beta is a genus of flowering plants in the family Amaranthaceae. The best known member is the common beet, Beta vulgaris, but several other species are recognised. Almost all have common names containing the word "beet". Wild Beta species can be found throughout the Atlantic coast of Europe, the Mediterranean coastline, the Near East, and parts of Asia including India.
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