Zea mexicana

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 mexicana

Name

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Zea mexicana (Schrad.) Kuntze

Synonyms

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  • 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).

Distribution

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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, 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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English: Mexican Teosinte
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