Several names share this combination and are defined under the rules of the botanical code. The species name Zea mays might be an homonymy case.

Zea mays L.

Botany

Maize

Taxonomy

Poaceae 283
Zea 283

Infraspecific ranks

Zea mays var. alba 1
Zea mays L. var. huehuetenangensis H.H. Iltis & Doebley 1 1
Zea mays L. subsp. mexicana (Schrad.) Iltis 1 1
Zea mays L. var. niaouli 3
Zea mays L. var. parviglumis H.H. Iltis & Doebley 1 1
Zea mays var. pennsylvanica 1
Zea mays var. praecox 1
Zea mays var. pseudo-androgyna 1
Zea mays var. semi-praecox 1

283 Specimens registered in collections

Collection Number of specimens (or sets)
Cons. et Jard. Bot. de Nancy (NCY) 2
Ethnobotany (PAT) 13
Gardens (JB) 16
Herbarium of Saint-Junien (JUN) 1
M.H.N. d'Aix-en-Provence (AIX) 3
Univ. Montpellier - Inst. of Botany (MPU) 6
University François Rabelais (TOU) 1
Vascular plants (P) 241

Zea mays L. 'Jaune Amarillo'

Botany