Zea mays

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Zea mays
Zea mays

Taxonavigation

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Taxonavigation: Poales 
Classification System: APG IV

Superregnum: Eukaryota
Regnum: Plantae
Cladus: Angiosperms
Cladus: Monocots
Cladus: Commelinids
Ordo: Poales

Familia: Poaceae
Subfamilia: Panicoideae
Tribus: Andropogoneae
Subtribus: Tripsacinae
Genus: Zea
Species: Zea sect. Zea
Species: Z. mays
Subspecies: Z. m. subsp. mays – Z. m. subsp. huehuetenangensis – Z. m. subsp. parviglumis

Name

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Zea mays L. Sp. Pl. 1: 971 (1753)

Synonyms

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  • Homotypic
    • Mays zea Gaertn., Fruct. Sem. Pl. 1: 6 (1788), nom. superfl.
    • Zea segetalis Salisb., Prodr. Stirp. Chap. Allerton: 28 (1796), nom. superfl.
    • Mays americana Baumg., Enum. Stirp. Transsilv. 3: 281 (1816), nom. superfl.
    • Mayzea cerealis Raf., Med. Fl. 2: 241 (1830), nom. superfl.
    • Thalysia mays (L.) Kuntze, Revis. Gen. Pl. 2: 794 (1891)

Distribution

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Native distribution areas:
  • Continental: Southern America
    • Regional: Central America
      • Guatemala
  • Continental: Northern America
    • Regional: Mexico
      • Mexico Central, Mexico Southwest
    • Introduced into:
      • Afghanistan, Alabama, Albania, Aldabra, Algeria, Amur, Andaman Is., Angola, Argentina Northeast, Arizona, Arkansas, Aruba, Assam, Austria, Azores, Bahamas, Baleares, Baltic States, Bangladesh, Belarus, Belgium, Belize, Benin, Bismarck Archipelago, Bolivia, Borneo, Brazil North, Brazil Northeast, Brazil South, Brazil Southeast, Brazil West-Central, Bulgaria, Burkina, Burundi, California, Cambodia, Cameroon, Canary Is., Caroline Is., Cayman Is., Central African Repu, Central European Rus, Chad, Chagos Archipelago, China North-Central, China South-Central, China Southeast, Christmas I., Colombia, Colorado, Comoros, Connecticut, Corse, Costa Rica, Cuba, Cyprus, Czechoslovakia, Djibouti, Dominican Republic, East European Russia, East Himalaya, Ecuador, Egypt, Equatorial Guinea, Ethiopia, Fiji, Florida, France, French Guiana, Galápagos, Gambia, Georgia, Germany, Ghana, Great Britain, Greece, Guinea, Guinea-Bissau, Gulf of Guinea Is., Hainan, Haiti, Hawaii, Honduras, Hungary, Idaho, Illinois, India, Indiana, Iowa, Iraq, Ireland, Italy, Ivory Coast, Jamaica, Japan, Jawa, Kansas, Kazakhstan, Kentucky, Khabarovsk, Kirgizstan, Korea, Kriti, Krym, Laos, Leeward Is., Lesser Sunda Is., Louisiana, Madagascar, Maine, Malaya, Mali, Maluku, Manchuria, Marianas, Marshall Is., Maryland, Massachusetts, Mauritius, Mexico Gulf, Mexico Northeast, Mexico Northwest, Mexico Southeast, Minnesota, Mississippi, Missouri, Montana, Morocco, Mozambique, Myanmar, Nansei-shoto, Nebraska, Nepal, Netherlands, Netherlands Antilles, Nevada, New Caledonia, New Guinea, New Hampshire, New Jersey, New Mexico, New York, Nicaragua, Niger, Nigeria, Niue, North Carolina, North Caucasus, Northwest European R, Ohio, Oman, Ontario, Oregon, Pakistan, Panamá, Pennsylvania, Peru, Philippines, Pitcairn Is., Poland, Portugal, Primorye, Puerto Rico, Queensland, Québec, Rhode I., Rodrigues, Romania, Rwanda, Réunion, Sakhalin, Samoa, Sardegna, Seychelles, Sicilia, Sierra Leone, Somalia, South Carolina, South European Russi, Spain, Sri Lanka, Sudan, Switzerland, Tadzhikistan, Tanzania, Tennessee, Texas, Thailand, Togo, Transcaucasus, Trinidad-Tobago, Tunisia, Turkey, Turkey-in-Europe, Turkmenistan, Ukraine, Uruguay, Utah, Uzbekistan, Vanuatu, Venezuelan Antilles, Vermont, Vietnam, Virginia, Wake I., Washington, West Himalaya, West Virginia, Western Australia, Windward Is., Wisconsin, Wyoming, Yemen, Yugoslavia, Zambia, Zaïre

References: Brummitt, R.K. 2001. TDWG – World Geographical Scheme for Recording Plant Distributions, 2nd Edition

References

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Primary references

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Additional references

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  • Clayton, W.D., Harman, K.T. & Williamson, H. (2006). World Grass Species - Synonymy database The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew.
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Vernacular names

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ak: Aburoo
العربية: ذرة (نبات)
asturianu: Maíz
Boarisch: Gugaruz
Basa Bali: Jagung
беларуская: Кукуруза
български: Царевица
bamanankan: Kaba
বাংলা: ভুট্টা
català: Dacsa
čeština: Kukuřice
dansk: Majs
Deutsch: Mais
eʋegbe: Bli
Ελληνικά: Καλαμπόκι
English: Maize
Esperanto: Maizo
español: Maíz
eesti: Mais
فارسی: ذرت
suomi: Maissi
Nordfriisk: Meis
français: Maïs
עברית: תירס
हिन्दी: मक्का
magyar: Kukorica
Bahasa Indonesia: Jagung
Ido: Maizo
íslenska: Maís
italiano: Mais
日本語: トウモロコシ
la .lojban.: Zumri
Jawa: Jagung
latviešu: Parastā kukurūza
македонски: Пченка
Bahasa Melayu: Jagung
Nederlands: Maïs
norsk: Mais
ਪੰਜਾਬੀ: ਮੱਕੀ
polski: Kukurydza
português: Milho
русский: Кукуруза
slovenčina: Kukurica siata
slovenščina: Koruza
српски / srpski: Кукуруз
svenska: Majs
தமிழ்: சோளம்
ไทย: ข้าวโพด
Türkçe: Mısır
ئۇيغۇرچە / Uyghurche: ظات حعشلعق قوناق
vèneto: Formenton
Volapük: Mait
walon: Dinrêye
Yorùbá: Agbado
中文: 玉米


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