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This is a list of plants that have been domesticated by humans. The list includes individual plant species identified by their common names as well as larger formal and informal botanical categories which include at least some domesticated individuals.
Although it was commonly accepted that the sunflower was first domesticated in what is now the southeastern US, roughly 5,000 years ago, there is evidence that it was first domesticated in Mexico around 2600 BCE.
Helianthus ( / ˌhiːliˈænθəs /) [3] is a genus comprising about 70 species of annual and perennial flowering plants in the daisy family Asteraceae commonly known as sunflowers. [4] [5] Except for three South American species, the species of Helianthus are native to North America and Central America.
Narcissus is a genus of predominantly spring flowering perennial plants of the amaryllis family, Amaryllidaceae. Various common names including daffodil, [Note 1] narcissus and jonquil, are used to describe all or some members of the genus.
Domesticated, semi-domesticated, and commensal plants carried by Austronesian voyagers include the following: Aleurites moluccanus (candlenut) Candlenut (Aleurites moluccanus) leaves, flowers, and fruit from Maui. The candlenut (Aleurites moluccanus) was first domesticated in Island Southeast Asia.
Amaranth grain (left) and wheat (right) Amaranth is a herbaceous plant or shrub that is either annual or perennial across the genus. [5] Flowers vary interspecifically from the presence of 3 or 5 tepals and stamens, whereas a 7- porate pollen grain structure remains consistent across the family. [5]