Taxon: Zea mays L. subsp. mays

See other conspecific taxa:

• Zea mays (19 accessions)
• Zea mays subsp. huehuetenangensis (7 accessions)
• Zea mays subsp. mexicana (94 accessions)
• Zea mays subsp. parviglumis (225 accessions)

Common names:

• corn   (Source: Dict Rehm ) – English
  
• dent corn   (Source: AH 505 ) – English
  
• field corn   (Source: AH 505 ) – English
  
• flint corn   (Source: AH 505 ) – English
  
• maize   (Source: World Econ Pl ) – English
  
• pod corn   (Source: AH 505 ) – English
  
• popcorn   (Source: AH 505 ) – English
  
• sweet corn   (Source: AH 505 ) – English
  
• maïs   (Source: L Noms French ed6 ) – French
  
• Mais   (Source: Dict Rehm ) – German
  
• to-morokoshi   (Source: Names Batra ) – Japanese Rōmaji
  
• milho   (Source: Dict Rehm ) – Portuguese
  
• maíz   (Source: Dict Rehm ) – Spanish
  

More:

see MMPND for additional names in foreign scripts

Economic importance:

• Food additives: sweetener   (fide CultTropS)
  
• Environmental: ornamental   (fide Econ Pl Aust)
  
• Human food: beverage base; oil/fat; starch; vegetable   (fide CultTropS, as Z. mays)
  
• Animal food: fodder   (fide Pl Res SEAs 10:144. 1996)
  
• Fuels: petroleum substitute/alcohol   (fide N. El Bassam 1998)
  
• Materials: beads; fiber; lipids   (fide Bot Beads World; as web document; Pl Res SEAs 10:144. 1996)
  
• Medicines: folklore   (fide CRC MedHerbs ed2, as Z. mays; Herbs Commerce ed2, as Z. mays)
  
• Vertebrate poisons: mammals   (fide Kingsbury; Cooper & Johnson ed2; Kellerman et al.)
  

More:

View toxicology references for Zea mays subsp. mays from FDA Poisonous Plant Database

Distributional range:

• only cultivated

References:

• Batra, L. R. 1995. Names of Japanese plants sorted by their Japanese names in Romanized Katakana and scientific nomenclature. (Names Batra)
• Demilly, D. et al. 1996. Liste alphabétique des principales espèces de plantes cultivées et de mauvaises herbes. Noms latins et noms français, ed. 6. (L Noms French ed6)
• Duke, J. A. et al. 2002. CRC Handbook of medicinal herbs. (CRC MedHerbs ed2)
• El Bassam, N. 1998. Energy plant species. 18–49.
• FNA Editorial Committee. 1993–. Flora of North America. (F NAmer)
• Food and Agriculture Organization of the UN (FAO). 2010. Ecocrop - on-line resource. (Ecocrop)
• Grubben, G. J. H. & Soetjipto Parthardjono, eds. 1996. Cereals. Plant Resources of South-East Asia (PROSEA). (Pl Res SEAs) 10:143.
• Markle, G. M. et al., eds. 1998. Food and feed crops of the United States, ed. 2. (Food Feed Crops US)
• Porcher, M. H. et al. Searchable World Wide Web Multilingual Multiscript Plant Name Database (MMPND) - on-line resource. (Pl Names)
• Rehm, S. 1994. Multilingual dictionary of agronomic plants. (Dict Rehm)
• Terrell, E. E. et al. 1986. Agric. Handb. no. 505. (AH 505)

Synonyms:

• (=) Zea curagua Molina
  
• (=) Zea indentata Sturtev.
  
• (=) Zea indurata Sturtev.
  (previously associated with 8 accessions)
• (=) Zea japonica Van Houtte
  (previously associated with 1 accession)
• (=) Zea mays cv. alba Alef.
  
• (=) Zea mays var. flavorubra Körn.
  
• (=) 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 cv. leucodon Alef.
  
• (=) Zea mays var. saccharata (Sturtev.) L. H. Bailey
  
• (=) Zea mays var. tunicata Larrañaga ex A. St.-Hil.
  
• (=) Zea mays var. vulgata Körn. & H. Werner
  
• (=) Zea saccharata Sturtev.
  

Check other databases for Zea mays L. subsp. mays:

• Mansfeld: Mansfeld's World Database of Agricultural and Horticultural Crops

Images:

• GRIN Images of germplasm accessions.
• Seeds or fruits: Seed ID Workshop image, from Department of Horticulture and Crop Science, Ohio State University

More:

• Images Note: Be advised that their identity may be inaccurate. Proper identification of a plant may require specialized taxonomic knowledge or comparison with properly documented herbarium material.

Abbreviations & symbols in GRIN Taxonomy

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