Cauliflower cheese in Cyprus, which historically was a former British Colony. Béchamel sauce was used extensively in Greek and Cypriot cooking of the 19th century and the early 20th century. Anglocypriots claim to have introduced the dish to the UK. Cauliflower was said to have been introduced to the west during the French Lusignan rule of Cyprus. The Old French word for Cauliflower is chou de Chypre (Cyprus cabbage). There is a recipe for cauliflower with Parmesan cheese in Mrs Beeton's Book of Household Management, first published in 1861. In the 19th and 20th centuries the dish was often served as an
Cultivated plant taxonomy followed a similar path to that of all plants until the establishment of the first "Cultivated Plant Code" in 1953 which formally established the cultigen classification category of cultivar. Since that time the classification and naming of cultigens has followed its own path. Cultivated plant taxonomy has been distinguished from the taxonomy of other plants in at least five ways. Firstly, there is a distinction made according to "where the plants are growing" — that is, whether they are wild or cultivated. This is alluded to by the "Cultivated Plant Code" which specifies in its title that it is dealing