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Zea mays

Corn

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Identity

Unique IDELEMENT_GLOBAL.2.149574

Element CodePMPOA6H010

Record TypeSPECIES

ClassificationSpecies

Classification StatusStandard

Name CategoryVascular Plant

Endemicendemic to a single nation

KingdomPlantae

PhylumAnthophyta

ClassMonocotyledoneae

OrderCyperales

FamilyPoaceae

GenusZea

Other Common Names

corn (EN) Indian Corn (EN) Maïs cultivé (FR) Maize (EN)

Concept Reference

Kartesz, J.T. 1999. A synonymized checklist and atlas with biological attributes for the vascular flora of the United States, Canada, and Greenland. First edition. In: Kartesz, J.T., and C.A. Meacham. Synthesis of the North American Flora, Version 1.0. North Carolina Botanical Garden, Chapel Hill, N.C.

Taxonomic Comments

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

Change Date2001-03-20

Ecology & Habitat

Other Nations (2)

CanadaNNA

Province	Rank	Native
Saskatchewan	SNA	No
Quebec	SNA	No
Nova Scotia	SNA	No
Ontario	SNA	No

United StatesNNA

Province	Rank	Native
Indiana	SNA	No
Maine	SNA	No
Virginia	SNA	No
California	SNA	No
Pennsylvania	SNA	No
Connecticut	SNA	No
Louisiana	SNA	No
Maryland	SNA	No
Nebraska	SNA	No
Alabama	SNA	No
Iowa	SNA	No
Kentucky	SNA	No
North Carolina	SNA	No
Mississippi	SNA	No
Georgia	SNA	No
Ohio	SNA	No
Washington	SNA	No
Massachusetts	SNA	No
Michigan	SNA	No
New Hampshire	SNA	No
Utah	SNA	No
Florida	SNA	No
Arkansas	SNA	No
Oregon	SNA	No
Tennessee	SNA	No
South Carolina	SNA	No
West Virginia	SNA	No
Idaho	SNA	No
Wisconsin	SNA	No
Illinois	SNA	No
Rhode Island	SNA	No
Vermont	SNA	No
New Mexico	SNA	No
Missouri	SNA	No
Montana	SNA	No
Kansas	SNA	No
New York	SNA	No
Texas	SNA	No
Wyoming	SNA	No
Colorado	SNA	No
New Jersey	SNA	No

Plant Characteristics

Economic Value (Genus)No

Roadless Areas (1)

Utah (1)

Area	Forest	Acres
Boulder Mtn. / Boulder Top / Deer Lake	Dixie National Forest	110,690

References (1)

Kartesz, J.T. 1999. A synonymized checklist and atlas with biological attributes for the vascular flora of the United States, Canada, and Greenland. First edition. In: Kartesz, J.T., and C.A. Meacham. Synthesis of the North American Flora, Version 1.0. North Carolina Botanical Garden, Chapel Hill, N.C.