cultivated plants

Cultivated plants - species, forms and varieties of plants cultivated by man to obtain:
- food products;
- raw materials for industry;
- feed; and
+ for decorative purposes, etc.
Cultivated plants have evolved from wild ancestors through hybridization and selection. Often the properties of cultivated plants are so changed in the course of selection that they are not able to live in natural communities. It is believed that about 2'500 species are involved in the culture.