Jim, Sunflowers seem to have been domesticated in Eastern North America. See http://nature.com/nature/journal/… There are some other crops such as squash whose origin is being debated. Mark Lysne >Message: 13 >Date: Thu, 18 Mar 2010 21:41:06 -0400 >From: "Jim McKenney" <jimmckenney@jimmckenney.com> >Subject: Re: [pbs] Native N American crops >To: "'Pacific Bulb Society'" <pbs@lists.ibiblio.org> >Message-ID: <6FCE6BF68FB44DDD81C5574016E506A8@Library> >Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" > >Well Leo and Alberto, I think the answer to this one depends on how you >divide up the Americas! > >For those who divide things up into North America and South America, then >both of you are right. > >I was thinking in terms of North America, Mesoamerica and South America. >That division is I think more common in biological discussions because of >the huge differences introduced by the Mesoamerican fauna. > >As long as one accepts the division of the Americas into north, meso- and >south, then I?m on firm ground. > >Jim McKenney