Which plant widely cultivated for its seeds and oil has the Latin name Helianthus Annus?
Helianthus annuus Helianthus annuus Helianthus annuus, the common sunflower, is a large annual forb of the genus "Helianthus" grown as a crop for its edible oil and edible fruits. This sunflower species is also used as wild bird food, as livestock forage (as a meal or a silage plant), in some industrial applications, and as an ornamental in domestic gardens. The plant was first domesticated in the Americas. Wild "Helianthus annuus" is a widely branched annual plant with many flower heads. The domestic sunflower, however, often possesses only a single large inflorescence (flower head) atop an unbranched stem. The name "sunflower" may
Cultivated plant taxonomy loosely equivalent to ranks in the "Botanical Code"). This feature is also referred to in the Preamble to the "Cultivated Plant Code" which states that ""The purpose of giving a name to a taxon is not to indicate its characters or history, but to supply a means of referring to it and to indicate to which category it is assigned."" Fourthly, cultivated plant taxonomy serves a particular community of people: the "Botanical Code" focuses on the needs of plant taxonomists as they attempt to maintain order and stability for the scientific names of all plants, while the "Cultivated Plant Code"