Zea (Poaceae)

Zea mays (cultivated)

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
Sectiones: Z. sect. Luxuriantes – Z. sect. Zea
Species: Z. diploperennis – Z. luxurians – Z. mays – Z. mexicana – Z. nicaraguensis – Z. perennis

Name

Zea L. Sp. Pl. 2: 971. (1753)

• Type species: Zea mays L. Sp. Pl. 971–972. (1753)

Synonyms

• Heterotypic
  • Mays Mill., Gard. Dict. Abr. ed. 4: s.p. (1754), nom. superfl.
  • Mais Adans., Fam. Pl. 2: 39, 573 (1763), nom. superfl.
  • Mayzea Raf., Med. Fl. 2: 241 (1830).
  • Euchlaena Schrad., Index Seminum (GOET) 1832: 3 (1832).
  • Reana Brign., Ann. Sci. Nat., Bot., III, 12: 365 (1849).
  • Thalysia Kuntze, Revis. Gen. Pl. 2: 794 (1891), nom. superfl.
  • × Euchlaezea Jan.Ammal ex Bor, Grass. Burma, Ceylon, India & Pakistan: 266 (1960).

References

• Linnaeus, C. 1753. Species Plantarum. Tomus II: 971. Reference page. 
• Clayton, W.D., Vorontsova, M.S., Harman, K.T. and Williamson, H. (2006 onwards) GrassBase - The Online World Grass Flora. Zea. Published online. Accessed 24 Sept (2013).
• Govaerts, R. et al. 2013. Zea in Kew Science Plants of the World Online. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published online. Accessed: 2013 Sept. 21. Reference page. 
• Tropicos.org 2013. Zea. Missouri Botanical Garden. Published online. Accessed: 21 Sept. 2013.
• International Plant Names Index. 2013. Zea. Published online. Accessed: 21. Sept. 2013.
• Wang, P., Lu, Y., Zheng, M., Rong, T. & Tang, Q. 2011. RAPD and internal transcribed spacer sequence analyses reveal Zea nicaraguensis as a section Luxuriantes species close to Zea luxurians. PLoS ONE 6(4): e16728. DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0016728 Reference page. 
• GBIF.

Vernacular names

беларуская: Кукуруза
dansk: Majs-slægten
English: Teosinte
suomi: Maissit
Nordfriisk: Meis
français: Téosinte
magyar: Kukorica nemzettség
русский: Кукуруза
中文（简体）: 玉蜀黍属
中文（繁體）: 玉蜀黍屬

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