Taxon:  Zea mays L.



Summary
Genus:
Zea
Family:
Poaceae (alt. Gramineae)
Subfamily:
Panicoideae
Tribe:
Andropogoneae
Subtribe:
Tripsacinae
Nomen number:
42207
Place of publication:
Sp. pl. 2:971.  1753
Verified:
10/28/2009 ARS Systematic Botanists.
Accessions:
4769 (1555  active, 1  available) in National Plant Germplasm System.  (Map it)
Other conspecific taxa
Zea mays L. subsp. huehuetenangensis (H. H. Iltis & Doebley) Doebley (6 active accession[s])
Zea mays L. subsp. mays (29091 active accession[s])
Zea mays L. subsp. mexicana (Schrad.) H. H. Iltis (128 active accession[s])
Zea mays L. subsp. parviglumis H. H. Iltis & Doebley (251 active accession[s])
Autonyms (not in current use), synonyms and invalid designations
Images (1 total. Click on image for more.)
Spikelets and/or florets

Conservation Status

Reference(s)
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Common names
Distribution
Native
Northern America
  • NORTHERN MEXICO: Mexico [Chihuahua, Durango]
  • SOUTHERN MEXICO: Mexico [Guanajuato, Jalisco, México, Michoacán de Ocampo]
Southern America
  • CENTRAL AMERICA: Guatemala
Cultivated (also cult.)

Economic Uses
Cite as: USDA, Agricultural Research Service, National Plant Germplasm System. 2025. Germplasm Resources Information Network (GRIN Taxonomy). National Germplasm Resources Laboratory, Beltsville, Maryland.
URL: https://npgsweb.ars-grin.gov/gringlobal/taxon/taxonomydetail?id=42207. Accessed 29 March 2025.