However, there are over 800,000 species of plants on Earth. Plants are an integral part of our daily life. They provide oxygen, food, and shelter as well as a variety of other products we use on a daily basis.
Plants are truly amazing organisms.
And although non-mobile, they have developed methods to avoid predation and to attract insects for pollination. Still, there seems an overwhelming bias in science toward animals. Science, however, had its origin in plant science and began as an attempt to increase food supplies and develop medicines. There is evidence for organized agriculture as early as 8000 - 10,000 B.C. Plant science as a discipline existed in ancient Greece. As in even older cultures, the study of plants started when the early Greeks developed a practical interest in food and drug plants, but they slowly became curious as well about the structure and function of plants.