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Zea mays L.

This species name was first published in Sp. Pl. : 971 (1753)  

At the time of this classification snapshot, this species name was accepted by WFO (placed as the accepted name of a taxon). Its description and other taxonomic data can be found on World Flora Online, id: wfo-0000907754.

Synonyms of Zea mays L.

Name Author Protologue Nomenclator WFO link
Mays americana Baumg. Enum. Stirp. Transsilv. 3: 281 (1816) wfo-0000878883
Mays zea Gaertn. Fruct. Sem. Pl. 1: 6 (1788) wfo-0000878885
Mayzea cerealis Raf. Med. Fl. 2: 241 (1830) wfo-0000878886
Mayzea cerealis var. gigantea Raf. Med. Fl. 2: 241 1830 wfo-0000878887
Thalysia mays Kuntze Revis. Gen. Pl. 2: 794 (1891) wfo-0000903450
Zea altissima Gmel. ex Steud. Nomencl. Bot. : 898 (1821) wfo-0000907733
Zea gigantea hort. Vilm. Blumengärtn., ed. 3. 1: 1189, in syn. 1895 wfo-0000907744
Zea gracillima hort. ex Vilmorin Vilm. Blumengärtn., ed. 3. 1: 1190, in syn. 1895 wfo-0000907746
Zea mays f. hanakibi Makino Makinoa 2: 26 1947 wfo-0000907755
Zea mays subsp. acuminata Golosk. Syst. Kukur 87 1966 wfo-0000907757
Zea mays subsp. amylacea (Sturtev.) Zhuk. Kult. Rast. Sorod. 121 1950 wfo-0000907758
Zea mays subsp. amyleosaccharata (Sturtev.) Zhuk. Kult. Rast. Sorod. 123 1950 wfo-0000907759
Zea mays subsp. aorista (Greb.) Golosk. Syst. Kukur 101 1966 wfo-0000907760
Zea mays subsp. ceratina (Kuleshov) Zhuk. Kult. Rast. Sorod. 123 1950 wfo-0000907762
Zea mays subsp. everta (Sturtev.) Zhuk. Kult. Rast. Sorod. 121 1950 wfo-0000907763
Zea mays subsp. indentata (Sturtev.) Zhuk. Kult. Rast. Sorod. 121 1950 wfo-0000907765
Zea mays subsp. indurata (Sturtev.) Zhuk. Kult. Rast. Sorod. 122 1950 wfo-0000907766
Zea mays subsp. obtusa Golosk. Syst. Kukur 89 1966 wfo-0000907769
Zea mays subsp. saccharata (Sturtev.) Zhuk. Kult. Rast. Sorod. 121 1950 wfo-0000907771
Zea mays subsp. tunicata (A.St.Hil.) Zhuk. Kult. Rast. Sorod. 122 1950 wfo-0000907773
Zea mays var. ceratina Kuleshov Trudy Prikl. Bot. 19(2): 341 1928 wfo-0000907774
Zea mays var. everta (Sturtev.) L.H.Bailey Cycl. Amer. Hort. 4: 2005 1902 wfo-0000907775
Zea mays var. gracillima Körn. Handb. Getried. 1: 362 1885 wfo-0000907776
Zea mays var. hirta (Bonaf.) Alef. Landw. Fl. 309 1866 wfo-0000907777
Zea mays var. indentata (Sturtev.) L.H.Bailey Cycl. Amer. Hort. 4: 2006 1902 wfo-0000907779
Zea mays var. japonica (Van Houtte) Alph.Wood Amer. Bot. Fl. 2: 409 1871 wfo-0000907780
Zea mays var. praecox Torr. Man. Bot. N. States ed. 2: 500 1818 wfo-0000907783
Zea mays var. rugosa Bonaf. Hist. Nat. Mais 39 1836 wfo-0000907784
Zea mays var. saccharata (Sturtev.) L.H.Bailey Cycl. Amer. Hort. 4: 2006 1902 wfo-0000907785
Zea mays var. tunicata A.St.Hil. Ann. Sci. Nat. (Paris) 16: 144 1829 wfo-0000907788
Zea mays var. variegata G.Nicholson Ill. Dict. Gard. 4: 238. 1887 wfo-0000907789
Zea mays var. virginica Bonaf. Hist. Nat. Mais 37 1836 wfo-0000907790
Zea minima hort. ex Vilmorin Vilm. Blumengärtn., ed. 3. 1: 1190, in syn. 1895 wfo-0000907795
Zea minor Gmel. ex Steud. Nomencl. Bot. : 898 (1821) wfo-0000907796
Zea oryzoides Golosk. Syst. Kukur 86 1966 wfo-0000907800
Zea praecox Steud. Nomencl. Bot. : 898 (1821) wfo-0000907804
Zea segetalis Salisb. Prodr. Stirp. Chap. Allerton : 28 (1796) wfo-0000907807
Zea tunicata Sturtev. ex L.H.Bailey Survival of Unlike : 128 (1894) wfo-0000907808
Zea vaginata Sturtev. Gard. Chron. , n.s., 20: 443 (1883) wfo-0000907809
Zea vittata hort. ex Vilmorin Vilm. Blumengärtn., ed. 3. 1: 1189, in syn. 1895 wfo-0000907810
Zea mays var. mays wfo-0001096996
Zea mays var. indurata (Sturtev.) L.H.Bailey Cycl. Amer. Hort. 4: 2005 1902 wfo-0001097111
Zea mays subsp. tunicata Sturtev. wfo-0001098029
Zea mays subsp. semidentata Kuleshov wfo-0001098030
Zea mays var. gracillima Körn. ex Hitchc. Stand. Cycl. Hort. 6: 3539 1917 wfo-0001099168
Zea maiz Vell. Fl. Flumin. Icon. 10: t. 3. 1831 [1827 publ. 29 Oct 1831] wfo-0001262908

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