Editing Flowering plant (section)

=== Practical uses ===

[[File:Rice Harvest 2020 - 50248478521.jpg|thumb|Harvesting [[rice]] in Arkansas, 2020]]

[[File:Daal_after_Tadka_Pulse_Soup_India.jpg|thumb|Food from plants: a dish of ''[[Dal tadka]]'', Indian lentil soup]]

[[Agriculture]] is almost entirely dependent on angiosperms, which provide virtually all plant-based food and [[fodder]] for [[livestock]]. Much of this food derives from a small number of flowering plant families.<ref name="Dilcher-2016">{{cite web |last1=Dilcher |first1=David L. |last2=Cronquist |first2=Arthur |last3=Zimmermann |first3=Martin Huldrych |last4=Stevens |first4=Peter |last5=Stevenson |first5=Dennis William |last6=Berry |first6=Paul E. |author-link2=Arthur Cronquist |author-link4=Peter F. Stevens |title=Angiosperm: Significance to Humans |url=https://www.britannica.com/plant/angiosperm/Significance-to-humans |website=[[Encyclopedia Britannica]] |date=8 March 2016}}</ref> For instance, half of the world's [[calorie]] intake is supplied by just three plants – [[wheat]], [[rice]] and [[maize]].<ref>{{Cite news |last=McKie |first=Robin |date=16 July 2017 |title=Maize, rice, wheat: alarm at rising climate risk to vital crops |newspaper=The Observer |url=https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2017/jul/15/climate-change-food-famine-study |access-date=30 July 2023 }}</ref>

{| class="wikitable"
|+ Major food-providing families<ref name="Dilcher-2016"/>
|-
! Family !! English !! Example foods from that family
|-
| [[Poaceae]] || Grasses, cereals || Most feedstocks, inc. [[rice]], [[maize]], [[wheat]], [[barley]], [[rye]], [[oat]]s, [[pearl millet]], [[sugar cane]], [[sorghum]]
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| [[Fabaceae]] || Legumes, pea family || [[Pea]]s, [[bean]]s, [[lentils]]; for animal feed, [[clover]], [[alfalfa]]
|-
| [[Solanaceae]] || Nightshade family || [[Potato]]es, [[tomato]]es, [[capsicum|peppers]], [[aubergine]]s
|-
| [[Cucurbitaceae]] || Gourd family || [[Cucurbita|Squashes]], [[cucumber]]s, [[pumpkin]]s, [[melon]]s
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| [[Brassicaceae]] || Cabbage family || [[Cabbage]] and its varieties, e.g. [[Brussels sprout]], [[broccoli]]; [[mustard plant|mustard]]; [[rapeseed|oilseed rape]]
|-
| [[Apiaceae]] || Parsley family || [[Parsnip]], [[carrot]], [[parsley]], [[coriander]], [[fennel]], [[cumin]], [[caraway]]
|-
| [[Rutaceae]] || Rue family<ref>{{cite web |title=Rutaceae |url=https://www.botanical-dermatology-database.info/BotDermFolder/RUTA.html |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190719224511/https://www.botanical-dermatology-database.info/BotDermFolder/RUTA.html |archive-date=19 July 2019 |website=Botanical Dermatology Database}}</ref> || [[Orange (fruit)|Oranges]], [[lemon]]s, [[grapefruit]]s
|-
| [[Rosaceae]] || Rose family<ref>{{cite journal |last1=Zhang |first1=Shu-Dong |last2=Jin |first2=Jian-Jun |last3=Chen |first3=Si-Yun |last4=Chase |first4=Mark W. |last5=Soltis |first5=Douglas E. |last6=Li |first6=Hong-Tao |last7=Yang |first7=Jun-Bo |last8=Li |first8=De-Zhu |last9=Yi |first9=Ting-Shuang |display-authors=3 |date=2017 |title=Diversification of Rosaceae since the Late Cretaceous based on plastid phylogenomics |journal=New Phytologist |volume=214 |issue=3 |pages=1355–1367 |doi=10.1111/nph.14461 |pmid=28186635 |issn=1469-8137|doi-access=free |bibcode=2017NewPh.214.1355Z }}</ref> || [[Apple]]s, [[pear]]s, [[cherry|cherries]], [[apricot]]s, [[plum]]s, [[peach]]es
|}

Flowering plants provide a diverse range of materials in the form of [[wood]], [[paper]], fibers such as [[cotton]], [[flax]], and [[hemp]], [[medicinal plants|medicines]] such as [[digoxin]] and [[opioid]]s, and decorative and landscaping plants. [[Coffee]] and [[hot chocolate]] are beverages from flowering plants (in the [[Rubiaceae]] and [[Malvaceae]] respectively).<ref name="Dilcher-2016"/>