Species: Zea mays
Corn
Species
Encyclopedia of Puget Sound
Classification
Kingdom
Plantae
Phylum
Anthophyta
Class
Monocotyledoneae
Order
Cyperales
Family
Poaceae
Genus
Zea
NatureServe
Classification
Other Global Common Names
Indian Corn - Maize - corn
Informal Taxonomy
Plants, Vascular - Flowering Plants - Grass Family
Formal Taxonomy
Plantae - Anthophyta - Monocotyledoneae - Cyperales - Poaceae - Zea - Cultivated corn is treated by Kartesz (Synthesis of the North American Flora, 1999) as Zea mays ssp. mays, in contrast to Z. mays ssp. parviglumis, one of the species of teosinte. (Another teosinte is Z. mexicana, sometimes treated as Z. mays ssp. mexicana.). However, in many floristic and agricultural works, corn/maize is treated as a distinct species, Zea mays, separate from the teosintes.
Conservation Status
NatureServe Global Status Rank
GNR
Global Status Last Changed
2001-03-20
Distribution
Conservation Status Map
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