Chard

Chard
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Plantae
(unranked):	Angiosperms
(unranked):	Eudicots
(unranked):	Core eudicots
Order:	Caryophyllales
Family:	Amaranthaceae
Subfamily:	Betoideae
Genus:	Beta
Species:	B. vulgaris
Subspecies:	B. vulgaris subsp. cicla; (L.) W.D.J.Koch
Synonyms
	Beta vulgaris var. cicla L. (basionym);

Chard (also known as Swiss chard, silverbeet, perpetual spinach, or mangold) is a vegetable. It is in the same family as spinach, Amaranthaceae.

Chard Media

Swiss chard for sale at an outdoor market

References

↑ ^1.0 ^1.1 This plant, treated as a subspecies of Beta vulgaris, was first published in Synopsis der Deutschen und Schweizer Flora 2: 720. 1846. Its basionym is B. vulgaris var. cicla L. "Name - Beta vulgaris subsp. cicla (L.) W.D.J.Koch". Tropicos. Saint Louis, Missouri: Missouri Botanical Garden. Retrieved August 26, 2011. Basionym: Beta vulgaris var. cicla L.
↑ ^2.0 ^2.1 The basionym of B. vulgaris subsp. cicla (B. vulgaris var. cicla L.) was originally described and published in Species Plantarum 1: 222. 1753. "Name - Beta vulgaris var. cicla L." Tropicos. Saint Louis, Missouri: Missouri Botanical Garden. Retrieved August 26, 2011. Annotation: as "Cicla"

[trop1-1] 1.0 ^1.1 This plant, treated as a subspecies of Beta vulgaris, was first published in Synopsis der Deutschen und Schweizer Flora 2: 720. 1846. Its basionym is B. vulgaris var. cicla L. "Name - Beta vulgaris subsp. cicla (L.) W.D.J.Koch". Tropicos. Saint Louis, Missouri: Missouri Botanical Garden. Retrieved August 26, 2011. Basionym: Beta vulgaris var. cicla L.

[trop2-2] 2.0 ^2.1 The basionym of B. vulgaris subsp. cicla (B. vulgaris var. cicla L.) was originally described and published in Species Plantarum 1: 222. 1753. "Name - Beta vulgaris var. cicla L." Tropicos. Saint Louis, Missouri: Missouri Botanical Garden. Retrieved August 26, 2011. Annotation: as "Cicla"

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