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Taxon:  Zea mays L. subsp. mays



Summary
Genus:
Zea
Family:
Poaceae (alt. Gramineae)
Subfamily:
Panicoideae
Tribe:
Andropogoneae
Subtribe:
Tripsacinae
Nomen number:
311987
Verified:
07/15/1987 ARS Systematic Botanists.
Accessions:
0 (0  active, 0  available) in National Plant Germplasm System. 
Other conspecific taxa
Zea mays L. (4 active accession[s])
Zea mays L. subsp. huehuetenangensis (H. H. Iltis & Doebley) Doebley (0 active accession[s])
Zea mays L. subsp. mexicana (Schrad.) H. H. Iltis (0 active accession[s])
Zea mays L. subsp. parviglumis H. H. Iltis & Doebley (0 active accession[s])
Autonyms (not in current use), synonyms and invalid designations
Autonym(s)
Zea mays L. var. mays

Heterotypic Synonym(s)
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Reference(s)
  1. Batra, L. R. 1995. Names of Japanese plants sorted by their Japanese names in Romanized Katakana and scientific nomenclature
  2. Cooper, M. R. & A. W. Johnson. 1998. Poisonous plants and fungi in Britain: animal and human poisoning Note: poisonous
  3. Demilly, D. et al. 1996. Liste alphabétique des principales espèces de plantes cultivées et de mauvaises herbes. Noms latins et noms français, ed. 6. Note: GEVES-SNES, Beaucouzé, France
  4. Duke, J. A. et al. 2002. CRC Handbook of medicinal herbs
  5. El Bassam, N. 1998. Energy plant species. 18-49.
  6. FNA Editorial Committee. 1993-. Flora of North America. URL: http://floranorthamerica.org/
  7. Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO). 2010. Ecocrop (on-line resource). URL: http://ecocrop.fao.org/ecocrop/srv/en/cropListDetails?code=&relation=beginsWith&name=Zea+mays+subsp.+mays&quantity=1
  8. Grubben, G. J. H. & Soetjipto Partohardjono, eds. 1996. Cereals. Plant Resources of South-East Asia (PROSEA) 10:143. URL: http://proseanet.org
  9. Hufford, M. B. et al. 2013. The genomic signature of crop-wild introgression in maize. PLoS Genet. 9(5): e1003477. URL: http://www.plosgenetics.org/
  10. Kellerman, T. S. et al. 1988. Plant poisonings and mycotoxicoses of livestock in Southern Africa Note: poisonous
  11. Kingsbury, J. M. 1964. Poisonous plants of the United States and Canada. Note: poisonous
  12. Lazarides, M. & B. Hince. 1993. CSIRO Handbook of Economic Plants of Australia
  13. Markle, G. M. et al., eds. 1998. Food and feed crops of the United States, ed. 2
  14. Porcher, M. H. et al. Searchable World Wide Web Multilingual Multiscript Plant Name Database (MMPND) (on-line resource). URL: http://www.plantnames.unimelb.edu.au/Sorting/Frontpage.html
  15. Rehm, S. & G. Espig. 1991. The cultivated plants of the tropics and subtropics
  16. Rehm, S. 1994. Multilingual dictionary of agronomic plants
  17. Smith, R. J. Botanical beads of the world (on-line resource). URL: http://www.botanicalbeads.com/BBB_page_18.html
  18. Terrell, E. E. et al. 1986. Agricultural Handbook no. 505
  19. Wills, D. M. et al. 2018. Defining the role of the MADS-Box gene, Zea Agamaous-like 1, a target of selection during maize domestication. J. Heredity 109:333-338.
  20. Xu, G. et al. 2017. Complex genetic architecture underlies maize tassel domestication. New Phytol. 214:852-864.
Common names
English
corn –
dent corn –
field corn –
flint corn –
maize –
pod corn –
popcorn –
sweet corn –
Arabic
dura shami –
French
maïs –
German
Mais –
Italian
granoturco –
mais –
Japanese Rōmaji
tō-morokoshi –
Portuguese
milho –
Spanish
maíz –
Swedish
majs –
Transcribed Chinese
yu shu shu –
Transcribed Korean
gangnaengi –
ogsusu –
Distribution
order_codeStatusContinentSubcontinentCountryStateNote
2Cultivated    only cult.
Cultivated (only cult.)
Economic Uses
UsageTypeNoteReference
Animal foodfodderfide Pl Res SEAs 10:144. 1996Grubben, G. J. H. & Soetjipto Partohardjono, eds. 1996. Cereals. Plant Resources of South-East Asia (PROSEA) 10:143. URL: http://proseanet.org
Environmentalornamental Lazarides, M. & B. Hince. 1993. CSIRO Handbook of Economic Plants of Australia
Food additivessweetener Rehm, S. & G. Espig. 1991. The cultivated plants of the tropics and subtropics
Fuelspetroleum substitute/alcohol El Bassam, N. 1998. Energy plant species. 18-49.
Human foodbeverage baseas Zea maysRehm, S. & G. Espig. 1991. The cultivated plants of the tropics and subtropics
Human foodoil/fatas Zea maysRehm, S. & G. Espig. 1991. The cultivated plants of the tropics and subtropics
Human foodstarchas Zea maysRehm, S. & G. Espig. 1991. The cultivated plants of the tropics and subtropics
Human foodvegetableas Zea maysRehm, S. & G. Espig. 1991. The cultivated plants of the tropics and subtropics
Materialsbeads Smith, R. J. Botanical beads of the world (on-line resource). URL: http://www.botanicalbeads.com/BBB_page_18.html
Materialsfiberfide Pl Res SEAs 10:144. 1996Grubben, G. J. H. & Soetjipto Partohardjono, eds. 1996. Cereals. Plant Resources of South-East Asia (PROSEA) 10:143. URL: http://proseanet.org
Materialslipidsfide Pl Res SEAs 10:144. 1996Grubben, G. J. H. & Soetjipto Partohardjono, eds. 1996. Cereals. Plant Resources of South-East Asia (PROSEA) 10:143. URL: http://proseanet.org
Medicinesfolklorefide CRC MedHerbs ed2, as Zea mays; Herbs Commerce ed2, as Zea maysMcGuffin, M., J. T. Kartesz, A. Y. Leung, & A. O. Tucker. 2000. Herbs of commerce, ed. 2 American Herbal Products Association, Silver Spring, Maryland.
Vertebrate poisonsmammals Kingsbury, J. M. 1964. Poisonous plants of the United States and Canada. Note: poisonous
Vertebrate poisonsmammals Kellerman, T. S. et al. 1988. Plant poisonings and mycotoxicoses of livestock in Southern Africa Note: poisonous
Vertebrate poisonsmammals Cooper, M. R. & A. W. Johnson. 1998. Poisonous plants and fungi in Britain: animal and human poisoning Note: poisonous


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