Cultivated plant taxonomy
（重定向自Horticultural taxonomy）
![Some of the traditional tools of cultivated plant taxonomy including: microscope, camera, flowers and book to assist identification.](/Images/godic/202501/18/Botany3040.jpg")
![Sumerian harvester's sickle made from baked clay and dated to about 3000 BCE.](/Images/godic/202501/18/ClaySumerianSickle3041.jpg")
![Theophrastus (371–286 BCE)](/Images/godic/202501/18/Theophrastus23041.jpg")
![Pliny the Elder (29–79 CE)](/Images/godic/202501/18/Pliny_the_Elder3041.png")
Cultivated plant taxonomy is the study of the theory and practice of the science that identifies, describes, classifies, and names cultigens—those plants whose origin or selection is primarily due to intentional human activity. Cultivated plant taxonomists do, however, work with all kinds of plants in cultivation.