Zea mexicana

Taxonavigation

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 mexicana

Zea mexicana (Schrad.) Kuntze

Basionym
- Euchlaena mexicana Schrad., Index Seminum (GOET, Gottingensis) 1832: 3 (1832).
Homotypic
- Zea mays subsp. mexicana (Schrad.) Iltis, Phytologia 23: 249 (1972).
Homotypic
- Reana giovanninii Brign., Ann. Sci. Nat., Bot., sér. 3, 12: 365 (1849).
- Euchlaena bourgeaui E.Fourn., Bull. Soc. Roy. Bot. Belgique 15: 468 (1876).
- Euchlaena giovanninii E.Fourn., Bull. Soc. Roy. Bot. Belgique 15: 468 (1876).

Native distribution areas:
Continental: Northern America Regional: Mexico Mexico Central, Mexico Northeast, Mexico Southwest Introduced into: Alabama, Brazil West-Central, Egypt, Florida, Jawa, Maryland, Philippines, Queensland, Sri Lanka References: Brummitt, R.K. 2001. TDWG – World Geographical Scheme for Recording Plant Distributions, 2^nd Edition

Kuntze, C.E.O. in T.E.von Post & C.E.O.Kuntze, 1904. Lex. Gen. Phan.: 599 (1904).

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

Govaerts, R. et al. 2022. Zea mexicana in Kew Science Plants of the World Online. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published online. Accessed: 2022 October 04. Reference page.
Hassler, M. 2022. Zea mexicana. World Plants: Synonymic Checklists of the Vascular Plants of the World In: Roskovh, Y., Abucay, L., Orrell, T., Nicolson, D., Bailly, N., Kirk, P., Bourgoin, T., DeWalt, R.E., Decock, W., De Wever, A., Nieukerken, E. van, Zarucchi, J. & Penev, L., eds. 2022. Species 2000 & ITIS Catalogue of Life. Published online. Accessed: 2022 October 04. Reference page.
Tropicos.org 2022. Zea mexicana. Missouri Botanical Garden. Published online. Accessed: 04 October 2022.
International Plant Names Index. 2022. Zea mexicana. Published online. Accessed: October 04 2022.

English: Mexican Teosinte

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