EPPO Global Database

Zea mays(ZEAMX)

Overview
Code created in: 2004-04-19

Basic information
  • EPPO Code: ZEAMX
  • Preferred name: Zea mays
  • Authority: Linnaeus

Notes

Native to Mexico, Central America. Cultivated throughout warmer regions of the world. Genome sequence published in 2009.


Other scientific names
Name Authority
Zea mays subsp. mays Linnaeus

Common names
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
ذرة Arabic
ذرة شامية Arabic
ذرة صفراء 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