Abstract

Both the common sugar beet and Indian spinach (locally called Palong) have so far been considered to be the same species, Beta vulgaris L. Critical morphological, karyological, and biochemical studies revealed that Indian spinach is strikingly different from B. vulgaris and is described here as Beta palonga Basu & Mukherjee sp. nov.

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