Zea mays

Zea mays

Zea mays

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 sect. Zea
Species: Z. mays
Subspecies: Z. m. subsp. mays – Z. m. subsp. huehuetenangensis – Z. m. subsp. parviglumis

Name

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

Synonyms

• 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

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

Primary references

• Linnaeus, C. 1753. Species Plantarum. Tomus II: 971. Reference page. 

Additional references

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

Links

• Govaerts, R. et al. 2013. Zea mays in Kew Science Plants of the World Online. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published online. Accessed: 2013 Dec. 2. Reference page. 
• Simon, B.K., Clayton, W.D., Harman, K.T., Vorontsova, M., Brake, I., Healy, D. & Alfonso, Y. 2013. GrassWorld, Zea mays. Published online. Accessed: 2013 Dec. 2.
• Tropicos.org 2013. Zea mays. Missouri Botanical Garden. Published online. Accessed: 2 Dec. 2013. Reference page.
• International Plant Names Index. 2013. Zea mays. Published online. Accessed: 2 Dec. 2013. Reference page.
• USDA, ARS, Germplasm Resources Information Network. Zea mays in the Germplasm Resources Information Network (GRIN), U.S. Department of Agriculture Agricultural Research Service.

Vernacular names

• Akan: 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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