''Beta corolliflora'' is a species of wild beet in the family

Amaranthaceae Amaranthaceae is a family of flowering plants commonly known as the amaranth family, in reference to its type genus ''Amaranthus''. It includes the former goosefoot family Chenopodiaceae and contains about 165 genera and 2,040 species, making it ...

, native to Turkey, the

Transcaucasus The South Caucasus, also known as Transcaucasia or the Transcaucasus, is a geographical region on the border of Eastern Europe and Western Asia, straddling the southern Caucasus Mountains. The South Caucasus roughly corresponds to modern Arme ...

, and Iran. It is being studied for its resistance to

beet curly top virus ''Beet curly top virus'' (BCTV) is a pathogenic plant virus of the family ''Geminiviridae'', containing a single-stranded DNA. The family ''Geminiviridae'' consists of nine genera (''Becurtovirus'', ''Begomovirus'', ''Capulavirus'', ''Curtovirus' ...

in an effort to improve the

sugar beet A sugar beet is a plant whose root contains a high concentration of sucrose and which is grown commercially for sugar production. In plant breeding, it is known as the Altissima cultivar group of the common beet (''Beta vulgaris''). Together wi ...

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corolliflora Flora of Turkey Flora of the Transcaucasus Flora of Iran Plants described in 1975 {{Amaranthaceae-stub