Zea information from NPGS/GRIN

United States Department of Agriculture
Agricultural Research Service, Beltsville Area
Germplasm Resources Information Network (GRIN)



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Genus: Zea L.

Family: Poaceae subfamily Panicoideae tribe Andropogoneae
Altfamily: Gramineae
Common name: corn
Genus number: 13020
Last updated: 16-Feb-2007
Comment: all 5 accepted species are in GRIN.

Complete List of Accepted Species Records.

References for genus:

There are no references for this genus in GRIN.

Check other bibliographic databases:

KBD: Kew Bibliographic Databases of Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew
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Synonyms (=), probable synonyms (=~), and possible synonyms (~) for genus:

(= ) Euchlaena Schrad.
(= ) Mays Mill.
(= ) Mayzea Raf.
(= ) Reana Brign.
(= ) Thalysia Kuntze

Check other nomenclature databases for Zea:

ING: Index Nominum Genericorum
NCU-3e: Names in Current Use for Extant Plant Genera

Images:

Spikelets and/or florets (Zea mays): U.S. National Seed Herbarium image
Spikelets and/or florets (Zea mays subsp. mays): Seed ID Workshop image, from Department of Horticulture and Crop Science, Ohio State University

More:

Check PlantSystematics.org
Check H. D. Wilson's Vascular Plant Image Library (Texas A. & M. University)

Abbreviations & symbols in GRIN Taxonomy

Cite as:
USDA, ARS, National Genetic Resources Program.
Germplasm Resources Information Network - (GRIN) [Online Database].
National Germplasm Resources Laboratory, Beltsville, Maryland.
URL: http://www.ars-grin.gov/cgi-bin/npgs/html/genus.pl?13020 (21 May 2013)

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