The only catch is Spinacia oleracea is usually a dioecious plant but monoecious condition is often found, as seen in Saroj ji's plant https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/24169648/ Flowers of Beta vulgaris are bisexual and without spiny bracteoles.
On Sunday, March 12, 2023 at 12:05:43 AM UTC+5:30 Gurcharan Singh wrote: > I think the plant should be Spinacia oleracea only. The leaves are many > times like Beta vulgaris only especially in Baby spinach plants. The > axillary flowers are female flowers (male in panicles) and spines that you > see are the bracteoles of female flower which become hard in fruit (in > forma spinosa) and are spiny. We can see lobed leaves which we find in > Spinacia not Beta. > > On Saturday, March 11, 2023 at 12:21:37 PM UTC+5:30 JM Garg wrote: > >> No, these are not fruits/ seeds. These are some other structures. I am >> not able to find out from the descriptions in Flora of China >> <http://www.efloras.org/florataxon.aspx?flora_id=2&taxon_id=200006793>, >> Flora >> of Pakistan >> <http://www.efloras.org/florataxon.aspx?flora_id=5&taxon_id=200006793>. >> >> ---------- Forwarded message --------- >> From: Saroj Kasaju <[email protected]> >> Date: Tue, 7 Mar 2023 at 20:56 >> Subject: Re: Spinacia oleracea L. >> To: J.M. Garg <[email protected]> >> Cc: efloraindia <[email protected]>, Dinesh Valke < >> [email protected]>, Tabish <[email protected]> >> >> >> Does the seed look like this ? >> >> Thank you. >> >> Saroj Kasaju >> >> >> On Tue, Mar 7, 2023 at 9:02 PM J.M. Garg <[email protected]> wrote: >> >>> URL corrected. >>> It is *Beta vulgaris* subsp. *maritima*: >>> https://efloraofindia.com/2011/04/21/beta-vulgaris-subsp-maritima/ >>> >>> Beet root is *Beta vulgaris* subsp. vulgaris *Conditiva Group *(Garden >>> Beet or Beetroot Group) as per >>> Missouri Bot. Garden >>> <https://www.missouribotanicalgarden.org/PlantFinder/PlantFinderDetails.aspx?kempercode=a668#:~:text=Beta%20vulgaris%2C%20commonly%20known%20as,grown%20today%20as%20an%20annual.> >>> https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Beetroot >>> >>> On Tue, 7 Mar 2023 at 18:04, Saroj Kasaju <[email protected]> wrote: >>> >>>> Do you mean by Beetroot? It looks different. Please see spiked seeds. >>>> >>>> Thank you. >>>> >>>> Saroj Kasaju >>>> >>>> >>>> On Tue, Mar 7, 2023 at 5:43 PM J.M. Garg <[email protected]> wrote: >>>> >>>>> This is >>>>> https://efloraofindia.com/2011/04/21/beta-vulgaris-subsp-vulgaris/ >>>>> It is different from >>>>> https://efloraofindia.com/2011/04/20/spinacia-oleracea/ >>>>> >>>>> On Wed, 1 Mar 2023 at 12:15, Saroj Kasaju <[email protected]> wrote: >>>>> >>>>>> Dear Members, >>>>>> >>>>>> Location: Gyaneswor, Kathmandu >>>>>> Date: 01 March 2023 >>>>>> Elevation: 1400 m. >>>>>> Habit : Cultivated >>>>>> Nepali Name : पालुङ्गो साग Paalungo Saag >>>>>> >>>>>> Thank you. >>>>>> >>>>>> Saroj Kasaju >>>>>> >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> -- >>>>> With regards, >>>>> J.M.Garg >>>>> >>>> >>> >>> -- >>> With regards, >>> J.M.Garg >>> >> >> >> -- >> With regards, >> J.M.Garg >> > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "eFloraofIndia" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. To view this discussion on the web, visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/indiantreepix/c021bbf9-664d-48c4-a908-2f4ebc9ddba6n%40googlegroups.com.
