Archaeophyte

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

You have new messages (last change).

An archaeophyte is a plant species which is non-native to a geographical region, but which was introduced in "ancient" times, rather than being a modern introduction. In Britain, archaeophytes are considered to be those species first introduced prior to 1500 A.D.

 This botany article is a stub. You can help Wikipedia by expanding it.

[edit] References and further reading

  • Preston, Christopher D., David A. Pearman and Allan R. Hall (2004) Archaeophytes in Britain Botanical Journal of the Linnaean Society 145: 257-294
Retrieved from "http://en.wikipedia.org../../../a/r/c/Archaeophyte.html"