List of domesticated plants

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This article concerns domesticated plants, in these senses:

• Actual plants growing under conditions of cultivation
• Varieties, species, or larger formal or informal of plant categories that include cultivated individuals

Contents 1 Subdivisions of domesticated plants 1.1 Complete Classification 1.2 Special categories outside the above Complete Classification 1.2.1 References

Subdivisions of domesticated plants

Complete Classification

• Nut and fruit trees
  • nut trees
  • drupes
    • coconut
    • olive
    • peach
  • pomes
    • apple
    • pear
  • citrus fruits

• (Cereal) grains (U.S.) and corn plants (U.K.)]]
  • barley
  • buckwheat
  • maize (corn in the U.S.). Old domesticated plant, found in countless variations throughout the Americas.
  • millet (predominently in African cultures, also for beer brewing)
  • oats (corn in the U.K., esp. Scotland)
  • quinoa
  • rice. The chief crop in eastern Asia, and an important foodstuff around the world.
  • rye (used in Eastern Europe Countries, and for alcoholic beverages)
  • teff -- Ethiopia (also tef)
  • wheat (corn in the U.K., esp. England). Has a very long history of domestication and is thought to be one of the first plants used for farming.

• Legumes
  • Food beans
    • pulses
      • adzuki (also aduki)
      • lentils
      • mung bean
      • navy bean
      • pinto bean (also pink bean)
    • Beans and bean pods eaten green
      • snap beans
      • green peas
      • lima bean (also butter, duffin, rangoon, or burma, bean)
  • legumes grown principally for animal food or soil enrichment
    • alfalfa
    • clover
  • legumes grown principally for oil production
    • peanut (though commonly eaten in the United States, and important in Thai cuisine)
    • soybean (though a major livestock feed, and sometimes eaten as a snack food in the U.S.)

• Domesticated small-plant fruits
  • grapes
  • strawberry
  • drupelet berries
    • raspberry
  • tomato
  • squash
    • pumpkin
    • zucchini

• Roots and tubers
  • non-starchy root plants
    • beet
    • carrot
    • parsnip
  • Domesticated non-grain starch plants
    • manioc
    • poi
    • potato
    • sweet potato
    • tapioca
    • taro (important in Polynesian cultures)
    • yam

• Cabbage and its kin
  • Broccoli
  • Brussels sprouts (also brussel sprouts)

• Greens
  • Collard
  • Lettuces
  • Spinach

• Other food plants
  • asparagus

• Domesticated drug plants
  • cannabis
  • coffee
  • cacao (source of chocolate)
  • opium poppy
  • quinine
  • tobacco

• Domesticated fiber plants
  • cannabis
  • cotton
  • flax
  • jute
  • manila hemp

• Spices and the like
  • pepper
  • vanilla

• Ornamental plants

Special categories outside the above Complete Classification

Plants in these categories are also included in some category mentioned above.

• Domesticated plants of the Nightshade Family
  • potato
  • tobacco
  • tomato
  • bittersweet (?) (an ornamental)
  • eggplant (also aubergine)

• Poisonous domesticated plants
  • Food plants with poisonous part or stage
    • potato (after sprouting in the dark?)
    • tomato (until ripe)
    • rhubarb (leaves?)
  • Poisonous ornamental plants

See also : botany, agriculture, fruit, vegetable, domestication

References

• Adapted from the Wikipedia article, "List_of_domesticated_plants" http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_domesticated_plants, used under the GNU Free Documentation License