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Zea mays ssp. mays  L.
Taxonomic Serial No.: 524870

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 Taxonomy and Nomenclature
       
  Kingdom: Plantae  
  Taxonomic Rank: Subspecies  
  Synonym(s): Mays americana Baumg.
  
    Mays Zea Gaertn.
  
    Mayzea cerealis Raf.
  
    Zea alba Mill.
  
    Zea altissima C.C. Gmel. ex Steud.
  
    Zea americana Mill.
  
    Zea amylacea Sturtev.
  
    Zea canina S. Watson
  
    Zea cryptosperma Bonaf.
  
    Zea erythrolepis Bonaf.
  
    Zea everta Sturtev.
  
    Zea gigantea (Bonaf.) hort. ex Vilm.
  
    Zea glumacea Larrañaga
  
    Zea gracillima (Körn. ex Hitchc.) hort. ex Vilmorin
  
    Zea hirta Bonaf.
  
    Zea indentata Sturtev.
  
    Zea indurata Sturtev.
  
    Zea japonica Van Houtte
  
    Zea macrosperma Klotzsch
  
    Zea mais Anonymous
  
    Zea maiz Vell.
  
    Zea minima (Körn. ex Hitchc.) hort. ex Vilmorin
  
    Zea odontosperma Ten.
  
    Zea rostrata Bonaf.
  
    Zea saccharata Sturtev.
  
    Zea segetalis Salisb.
  
    Zea tunicata (Larrañaga ex A. St.-Hil.) Sturtev.
  
    Zea vittata hort. ex Vilmorin
  
    Zea vulgaris Mill.
  
    Zea mays ssp. amylacea (Sturtev.) Zhuk.
  
    Zea mays ssp. ceratina (Kuelshov) Zhuk.
  
    Zea mays ssp. everta (Sturtev.) Zhuk.
  
    Zea mays ssp. indentata (Sturtev.) Zhuk.
  
    Zea mays ssp. indurata (Sturtev.) Zhuk.
  
    Zea mays ssp. sacharata (Sturtev.) Zhuk.
  
    Zea mays ssp. semidentata Kuleshov
  
    Zea mays ssp. tunicata Sturtev.
  
    Mayzea cerealis var. gigantia Raf.
  
    Zea japonica var. vittata hort. in Bailey
  
    Zea mais var. hirta (Bonaf.) Alef.
  
    Zea mays var. everta (Sturtev.) L.H. Bailey
  
    Zea mays var. gracillima Körn. ex Hitchc.
  
    Zea mays var. indentata (Sturtev.) L.H. Bailey
  
    Zea mays var. indurata (Sturtev.) L.H. Bailey
  
    Zea mays var. japonica (Van Houtte) Alph. Wood
  
    Zea mays var. multicoloramylacea Yarchuk
  
    Zea mays var. oryzaea Kuleshov
  
    Zea mays var. pennsylvanica Bonaf.
  
    Zea mays var. precox Torr.
  
    Zea mays var. rugosa Bonaf.
  
    Zea mays var. saccharata (Sturtev.) L.H. Bailey
  
    Zea mays var. striatiamylacea Leizerson
  
    Zea mays var. subnigroviolacea Yarchuk
  
    Zea mays var. tunicata Larrañaga ex A. St.-Hil.
  
    Zea mays var. variegata G. Nicholson
  
    Zea mays var. virginica Bonaf.
  
    Zea mays f. hanakibi Makino
  
    Zea mays f. variegata (G. Nicholson) Beetle
  
  Common Name(s): corn
 
       
  Taxonomic Status:    
  Current Standing: accepted  
       
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  Record Credibility Rating: verified - standards met  
       

 Taxonomic Hierarchy
       
 KingdomPlantae  – plantes, Planta, Vegetal, plants  
    SubkingdomViridiplantae  – green plants  
       InfrakingdomStreptophyta  – land plants  
          SuperdivisionEmbryophyta   
             DivisionTracheophyta  – vascular plants, tracheophytes  
                SubdivisionSpermatophytina  – spermatophytes, seed plants, phanérogames  
                   ClassMagnoliopsida   
                      SuperorderLilianae  – monocots, monocotyledons, monocotylédones  
                         OrderPoales   
                            FamilyPoaceae  – grasses, graminées  
                               GenusZea L. – corn  
                                  SpeciesZea mays L. – corn  
                                     SubspeciesZea mays ssp. mays L. – corn  
       

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  Source: Catalogue of New World Grasses (Poaceae) - 11/2009, database (version 24/11/2009)  
  Acquired: 2009   
  Notes: Maintained by R. J. Soreng et al., at http://www.tropicos.org/Project/CNWG and formerly at http://mobot.mobot.org/W3T/Search/nwgc.html   
  Reference for: Zea mays ssp. mays   
       
  Source: Poaceae update, database (version Sept. 2010)  
  Acquired: 2010   
  Notes: Poaceae update for ITIS, in cooperation with NatureServe, and based on the Catalogue of New World Grasses database and other sources   
  Reference for: Zea mays ssp. mays   
       
  Source: The PLANTS Database, database (version 4.0.4)  
  Acquired: 1996   
  Notes: National Plant Data Center, NRCS, USDA. Baton Rouge, LA 70874-4490 USA. http://plants.usda.gov   
  Reference for: Zea mays ssp. mays   
       
  Source: The PLANTS Database, database (version 5.1.1)  
  Acquired: 2000   
  Notes: National Plant Data Center, NRCS, USDA. Baton Rouge, LA 70874-4490 USA. http://plants.usda.gov   
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 Geographic Information
       
  Geographic Division: North America  
    Caribbean  
    South America  
       
  Jurisdiction/Origin: Continental US, Introduced  
    Caribbean Territories, Introduced  
 

 

    

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