Zea mays(ZEAMX)
Overview Code created in: 2004-04-19
- EPPO Code: ZEAMX
- Preferred name: Zea mays
- Authority: Linnaeus
Native to Mexico, Central America. Cultivated throughout warmer regions of the world. Introduced in Euromediterranean (except north), Russian Far East, Western Asia, Central Asia, Himalayas, India, Sri Lanka, Bangladesh, Indochina, Malesia, China, Korea, Japan, most of Africa, Madagascar, Canada (eastern), USA (throughout), Caribbean, South America (except southern cone), New Guinea, Australia (Western, Queensland). Genome sequence published in 2009.
| Name | Authority |
|---|---|
| Zea mays subsp. mays | Linnaeus |
| Name | Language |
|---|---|
| corn | English (US) |
| Indian corn | English |
| maize | English (GB) |
| sweetcorn | English |
| gemeiner Mais | German |
| Kukuruz | German |
| Mais | German |
| Welschkorn | German |
| blé d'Espagne | French |
| blé de Turquie | French |
| maïs | French |
| zéa maïs | French |
| maíz | Spanish |
| maíz común | Spanish |
| mijo | Spanish |
| frumentone | Italian |
| granone | Italian |
| granoturco | Italian |
| granturco | Italian |
| mais | Italian |
| mais comune | Italian |
| melga | Italian |
| sorgoturco | Italian |
| gewone mais | Dutch |
| maïs | Dutch |
| milho | Portuguese |
| milho-comum | Portuguese |
| majs | Swedish |
| majs | Swedish |
| vanlig majs | Swedish |
| tô-morokoshi | Japanese |
| トウモロコシ | Japanese |
| кукуруза | Russian |
| кукуруза обыкновенная | Russian |
| маис | Russian |
| majs | Danish |
| mais | Norwegian |
| maissi | Finnish |
| mısır | Turkish |
| mielie | Afrikaans |
| kukurydza | Polish |
| kukurydza zwyczajna | Polish |
| kukorica | Hungarian |
| misër | Albanian |
| zhurah shâmîyah | Arabic |
| ذرة شامية | Arabic |
| artoa | Basque |
| кукуруза | Belarusian |
| царевица | Bulgarian |
| blat de les Índies | Catalan |
| blat de moro | Catalan |
| dacsa | Catalan |
| moresc | Catalan |
| panís | Catalan |
| yù shǔ shǔ zhǔ | Chinese |
| 玉蜀黍属 | Chinese |
| kukuruz | Croatian |
| kukuřice setá | Czech |
| harilik mais | Estonian |
| mais | Estonian |
| καλαμπόκι | Greek |
| makka | Hindi |
| मक्का | Hindi |
| parastā kukurūza | Latvian |
| kukurūzai | Lithuanian |
| paprastasis kukurūzas | Lithuanian |
| blamoru | Occitan |
| blat de moru | Occitan |
| milgròs | Occitan |
| milhòc | Occitan |
| milhouquéte | Occitan |
| porumb | Romanian |
| kukurica siata | Slovak |
| koruza | Slovene |
| кукурудза звичайна | Ukrainian |
Kingdom
Plantae (
1PLAK )
Phylum
Magnoliophyta (
1MAGP )
Class
Angiospermae (
1ANGC )
Category
Commelinids (
1COMD )
Order
Poales (
1POAO )
Family
Poaceae (
1GRAF )
Subfamily
Panicoideae (
1PANS )
Genus
Zea (
1ZEAG )
Species
Zea mays (
ZEAMX )