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:
8 (8  active, 0  available) in Nordic Baltic Genebanks.  (Map it)
Other conspecific taxa
Zea mays L. (1 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])
Conservation Status
WGR – WGR NGB CER
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.
  7. Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO). 2010. Ecocrop (on-line resource).
  8. Grubben, G. J. H. & Soetjipto Partohardjono, eds. 1996. Cereals. Plant Resources of South-East Asia (PROSEA) 10:143.
  9. Hufford, M. B. et al. 2013. The genomic signature of crop-wild introgression in maize. PLoS Genet. 9(5): e1003477.
  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).
  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).
  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
LANGUAGENAMEALTERNATE NAMENOTESEQCITATION
English corn 1 Rehm, S. 1994. Multilingual dictionary of agronomic plants
English dent corn 1 Terrell, E. E. et al. 1986. Agricultural Handbook no. 505
English field corn 1 Terrell, E. E. et al. 1986. Agricultural Handbook no. 505
English flint corn 1 Terrell, E. E. et al. 1986. Agricultural Handbook no. 505
English maize 1 Wiersema, J. H. & B. León. 1999. World economic plants: a standard reference CRC Press, Boca Raton, FL.
English pod corn 1 Terrell, E. E. et al. 1986. Agricultural Handbook no. 505
English popcorn 1 Terrell, E. E. et al. 1986. Agricultural Handbook no. 505
English sweet corn 1 Terrell, E. E. et al. 1986. Agricultural Handbook no. 505
Arabic dura shami 2 Boulos, L. 1999-. Flora of Egypt
French maïs 2 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
German Mais 2 Rehm, S. 1994. Multilingual dictionary of agronomic plants
Italian granoturco 2 International Seed Testing Association. 1982. A Multilingual Glossary of Common Plant-Names 1. Field crops, grasses and vegetables, ed. 2.
Italian mais 2 International Seed Testing Association. 1982. A Multilingual Glossary of Common Plant-Names 1. Field crops, grasses and vegetables, ed. 2.
Japanese Rōmaji tō-morokoshi 2 Batra, L. R. 1995. Names of Japanese plants sorted by their Japanese names in Romanized Katakana and scientific nomenclature
Portuguese milho 2 Rehm, S. 1994. Multilingual dictionary of agronomic plants
Spanish maíz 2 Rehm, S. 1994. Multilingual dictionary of agronomic plants
Swedish majs 2 Aldén, B., S. Ryman, & M. Hjertson. 2012. Svensk Kulturväxtdatabas, SKUD (Swedish Cultivated and Utility Plants Database; online resource)
Transcribed Chinese yu shu shu 2 Wu Zheng-yi & P. H. Raven et al., eds. 1994-. Flora of China (English edition).
Transcribed Korean gangnaengi 2 Mun-Chan, B. et al. 1986. A checklist of the Korean cultivated plants. Kulturpflanze 34:134.
Transcribed Korean ogsusu 2 Lee, Y. N. 1997. Flora of Korea.
Distribution
order_codeStatusContinentSubcontinentCountryStateNote
2Cultivated    only cult.
Cultivated (only cult.)
Economic Uses
UsageTypeNoteReference
Animal foodfodder Grubben, G. J. H. & Soetjipto Partohardjono, eds. 1996. Cereals. Plant Resources of South-East Asia (PROSEA) 10:143.
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).
Materialsfiber Grubben, G. J. H. & Soetjipto Partohardjono, eds. 1996. Cereals. Plant Resources of South-East Asia (PROSEA) 10:143.
Materialslipids Grubben, G. J. H. & Soetjipto Partohardjono, eds. 1996. Cereals. Plant Resources of South-East Asia (PROSEA) 10:143.
Medicinesfolkloreas 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
Cite as: USDA, Agricultural Research Service, National Plant Germplasm System. 2024. Germplasm Resources Information Network (GRIN Taxonomy). National Germplasm Resources Laboratory, Beltsville, Maryland.
URL: http://nordic-baltic-genebanks.org/gringlobal/taxon/taxonomydetail?id=311987. Accessed 22 November 2024.