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Roses were discovered around 500 B.C. in Asia. In Asia there was a great amount of gardens that had and still have them.
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The first recorded mention of orchid is around 300 B.C>.
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Legumes first appeared around 59 B.C. which is what we assume.
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Algae was discovered by a fossil hunter
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Fungi were first identified, through a fossil record.
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Moss was identified in fossils around 300 million years ago.
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Europeans found of cacti existed when the arrived in the New World in the 15th century..
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Since they are native to regions from northern Europe to the east there are many there, but there are also in southern and eastern Africa.
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Tulips were a wild flower that is originated from Central Asia, it was first cultivated by the Turks.
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Rudolph Jacobs Camerarius demonstrated the sexes in plants.
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Plants were classified under these three categories about 250 years ago. Annual meaning they are only good for one year, biennial meaning they are good for two years, and perennial meaning the plant will grow for many, many years.
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The German mycologist Oskar Brefeld was studying the flora the emerged from horse dung and he found moist fruiting bodies that closely resembles Mucor.
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When Fleming discovered penicillin he accidentally discovered molds.
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In 1956 Rogar Heim identified the mushroom that was brought back from Mexico. This is not the first time they were found, but it was the first time a species from another land was brought to the US and identified.
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Daisys were discovered by a amateur fossi-hunter.
