Origin, development and breeding of archaeophytes

Abstract

The segetal plant species that were present in the flora of the European area before the discovery of America are called archeophytes. We usually do not have accurate data on their place of origin and the method of spread, but their migration is attached to human activity in all cases [30]. Most botanists classify these species as native plants rather than calling adventive [35]. Their number is generally small, with 186 taxa in the Hungarian preliminary list, which we can surely say are archaeophytes. 88% of them are annual species, which originally found in field cereals [33].