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- ›Vascular Plants
- ›flowering plants
- ›monocots
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- ›grasses
- ›Paniceae, andropogoneae, paspaleae, and allies
- ›bluestems, lemon grasses, silvergrasses, and allies
- ›Tripsacinae
Corns and Teosintes
Zea
Zea is a genus of flowering plants in the grass family. The best-known species is Z. mays (variously called maize, corn, or Indian corn), one of the most important crops for human societies throughout much of the world. The four wild species are commonly known as teosintes and are native to Mesoamerica.
Where it lives
Recorded sightings
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geo-referenced records in GBIF, from museums, herbaria and field observers.
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In the stacks
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This page is assembled live from iNaturalist, GBIF, Wikipedia, the Source Library and the Internet Archive. It is not yet part of the hand-edited codex. iNaturalist taxon 48449.