Plant Details

Accepted name:: Zea mays subsp. mays [Poaceae]
Source:: World Checklist ( High Taxonomic Confidence )
More about this plant:: Plants of the World Online
Infraspecies of:: Zea mays L.
Infraspecies:: 2

Zea mays subsp. huehuetenangensis (Iltis & Doebley) Doebley

Zea mays subsp. parviglumis Iltis & Doebley

Non-scientific name:	Class of name:	Medicinal source:
cintli	Other	Guía de Pl. Med. en Valle de México (Fonseca Chávez et al., 2020)
corn	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999)
dent corn	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999)
dura shami	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999)
dëtha	Other	Guía de Pl. Med. en Valle de México (Fonseca Chávez et al., 2020)
elote	Other	Guía de Pl. Med. en Valle de México (Fonseca Chávez et al., 2020)
field corn	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999)
flint corn	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999)
gangnaengi	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999)
granoturco	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999)
ixi’im	Other	Guía de Pl. Med. en Valle de México (Fonseca Chávez et al., 2020)
mais	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999)
maize	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999)
majs	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999)
maíz	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999) Guía de Pl. Med. en Valle de México (Fonseca Chávez et al., 2020)
maïs	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999)
milho	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999)
nuni	Other	Guía de Pl. Med. en Valle de México (Fonseca Chávez et al., 2020)
ogsusu	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999)
pod corn	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999)
popcorn	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999)
sweet corn	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999)
tsíri	Other	Guía de Pl. Med. en Valle de México (Fonseca Chávez et al., 2020)
tō-morokoshi	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999)
yu shu shu	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999)

Part(s) of plant used:	Drug form:	Medicinal source:
corn hair, roots		Guía de Pl. Med. en Valle de México (Fonseca Chávez et al., 2020)

Kew's taxonomic resources include 135 scientific synonym(s) for this plant:

Zea canina S.Watson Proc. Amer. Acad. Arts 26: 160 (1891).
Mays vulgaris Ser. Mélanges Bot. 1: 182 (1818).
Mays zea var. compressa DC. Cat. Pl. Horti Monsp.: 123 (1813).
Mays zea var. microstachya DC. Cat. Pl. Horti Monsp.: 123 (1813).
Mays zea var. purpurea DC. Cat. Pl. Horti Monsp.: 123 (1813).
Mayzea cerealis var. gigantea Raf. Med. Fl. 2: 241 (1830).
Mayzea vestita Raf. Med. Fl. 2: 241 (1830).
Zea alba Mill. Gard. Dict., ed. 8.: n.° 2 (1768).
Zea altissima J.F.Gmel. ex Steud. Nomencl. Bot. 1: 898 (1821), nom. nud.
Zea americana Mill. Gard. Dict., ed. 8.: n.° 1 (1768).
Zea amylacea Sturtev. Bull. Torrey Bot. Club 21: 333 (1894).
Zea amyleosaccharata Sturtev. ex L.H.Bailey Bull. Torrey Bot. Club 21: 334 (1894).
Zea cryptosperma Bonaf. Hist. Nat. Maïs: 30 (1836).
Zea curagua Molina Sag. Stor. Nat. Chili: 129, 354 (1782).
Zea erythrolepis Bonaf. Hist. Nat. Maïs: 30 (1836).
Zea erythrosperma Bonaf. Hist. Nat. Maïs: 40 (1836).
Zea everta Sturtev. Rep. (Annual) New York Agric. Exp. Sta., Geneva 1884: 183 (1884).
Zea gigantea André Pl. Feuill. Ornem.: 251 (1866).
Zea glumacea Larrañaga Escritos D. A. Larrañaga 1: 217 (1922).
Zea gracillima Voss Vilm. Blumengärtn., ed. 3. 1: 1190 (1895).
Zea hirta Bonaf. Ann. Sci. Nat. (Paris) 17: 158 (1836).
Zea indentata Sturtev. Bull. Torrey Bot. Club 21: 329 (1894).
Zea indurata Sturtev. Bull. Torrey Bot. Club 21: 327 (1894).
Zea japonica Van Houtte Ann. Gén. Hort. 16: 121 (1865).
Zea japonica var. vittata L.H.Bailey Man. Cult. Pl.: 104 (1924).
Zea macrosperma Klotzsch Bot. Zeitung (Berlin) 9: 718 (1851).
Zea mays subsp. acuminata Golodk. Syst. Kukur: 87 (1966).
Zea mays var. aestiva Alef. Landw. Fl.: 307 (1866), nom. superfl.
Zea mays var. alba Alef. Landw. Fl.: 309 (1866).
Zea mays var. alborubro-ornis Schmaraev in E.V.Wulff (ed.), Kul't. Fl. SSSR 6: 29 (1982).
Zea mays var. albotunicata Schmaraev in E.V.Wulff (ed.), Kul't. Fl. SSSR 6: 37 (1982).
Zea mays convar. americana Alef. Landw. Fl.: 310 (1866).
Zea mays subsp. amylacea (Sturtev.) Zhuk. Kult. Rast. Sorod.: 121 (1950).
Zea mays subsp. amyleosaccharata (Sturtev. ex L.H.Bailey) Zhuk. Kult. Rast. Sorod.: 123 (1950).
Zea mays subsp. aorista (Greb.) Golodk. Syst. Kukur: 101 (1966).
Zea mays convar. aorista Greb. Züchter 19: 309 (1949).
Zea mays var. atropurpurea Schmaraev in E.V.Wulff (ed.), Kul't. Fl. SSSR 6: 30 (1982).
Zea mays var. autumna-seminibus-albis Bonaf. Hist. Nat. Maïs: 37 (1836).
Zea mays var. autumnalis Alef. Landw. Fl.: 308 (1866), nom. superfl.
Zea mays var. caesia Alef. Landw. Fl.: 310 (1866).
Zea mays var. canariensis Bonaf. Hist. Nat. Maïs: 34 (1836).
Zea mays var. ceratina Kuleshov Trudy Prikl. Bot. 19(2): 341 (1928).
Zea mays subsp. ceratina (Kuleshov) Zhuk. Kult. Rast. Sorod.: 123 (1950).
Zea mays var. compressa Alef. Landw. Fl.: 307 (1866).
Zea mays convar. conica Alef. Landw. Fl.: 306 (1866).
Zea mays var. corynula Alef. Landw. Fl.: 307 (1866).
Zea mays var. crinusa Alef. Landw. Fl.: 309 (1866), nom. superfl.
Zea mays var. curagua (Molina) Alef. Landw. Fl.: 305 (1866).
Zea mays var. cymosa Bonaf. Hist. Nat. Maïs: 38 (1836).
Zea mays var. erythrolepis (Bonaf.) Alef. Landw. Fl.: 304 (1866).
Zea mays var. erythropais Alef. Landw. Fl.: 305 (1866).
Zea mays convar. europaea Alef. Landw. Fl.: 307 (1866).
Zea mays var. everta (Sturtev.) L.H.Bailey Cycl. Amer. Hort. 4: 2005 (1902).
Zea mays subsp. everta (Sturtev.) Zhuk. Kult. Rast. Sorod.: 121 (1950).
Zea mays convar. excellens Alef. Landw. Fl.: 304 (1866).
Zea mays var. flavorubrotunicata Schmaraev in E.V.Wulff (ed.), Kul't. Fl. SSSR 6: 37 (1982).
Zea mays var. gasquinensis Bonaf. Hist. Nat. Maïs: 37 (1836).
Zea mays var. glaucopais Alef. Landw. Fl.: 305 (1866).
Zea mays var. glaucops Alef. Landw. Fl.: 307 (1866).
Zea mays var. glaucornis Alef. Landw. Fl.: 312 (1866).
Zea mays var. gracillima Körn. in F.A.Körnicke & H.Werner, Handb. Getreidebaus 1: 362 (1885).
Zea mays var. graeca Bonaf. Hist. Nat. Maïs: 34 (1836).
Zea mays var. guasconensis Alef. Landw. Fl.: 306 (1866).
Zea mays var. haematornis Alef. Landw. Fl.: 312 (1866).
Zea mays f. hanakibi Makino Makinoa 2: 26 (1947).
Zea mays var. hepaticornis Schmaraev in E.V.Wulff (ed.), Kul't. Fl. SSSR 6: 29 (1982).
Zea mays var. hirta (Bonaf.) Alef. Landw. Fl.: 309 (1866).
Zea mays var. hispanica Bonaf. Hist. Nat. Maïs: 35 (1836).
Zea mays subsp. indentata (Sturtev.) Zhuk. Kult. Rast. Sorod.: 121 (1950).
Zea mays var. indentata (Sturtev.) L.H.Bailey Cycl. Amer. Hort. 4: 2006 (1902).
Zea mays subsp. indurata (Sturtev.) Zhuk. Kult. Rast. Sorod.: 122 (1950).
Zea mays var. japonica (Van Houtte) Alph.Wood Amer. Bot. Fl. 2: 409 (1871).
Zea mays var. latissima Alef. Landw. Fl.: 311 (1866).
Zea mays var. leucoceras Alef. Landw. Fl.: 312 (1866).
Zea mays var. leucodon Alef. Landw. Fl.: 311 (1866).
Zea mays var. leucopais Alef. Landw. Fl.: 305 (1866).
Zea mays var. leucornis Alef. Landw. Fl.: 312 (1866).
Zea mays var. minima Bonaf. Hist. Nat. Maïs: 36 (1836).
Zea mays var. multicolor Alef. Landw. Fl.: 310 (1866).
Zea mays var. multicoloramylacea Yarchuk Byull. Vsesoyuzn. Ordena Lenina Ordena Druzhby Narodov Nauchno-Issl. Inst. Rasteniev. N. I. Vavilova 96: 79 (1979).
Zea mays convar. nana Alef. Landw. Fl.: 305 (1866).
Zea mays var. nigra Alef. Landw. Fl.: 310 (1866).
Zea mays subsp. obtusa Golodk. Syst. Kukur: 89 (1966).
Zea mays var. oryzaea Kuleshov Trudy Prikl. Bot., Prilož. 47: 495 (1930).
Zea mays var. oxyornistunicata Schmaraev in E.V.Wulff (ed.), Kul't. Fl. SSSR 6: 37 (1982).
Zea mays var. pensylvanica Bonaf. Hist. Nat. Maïs: 33 (1836).
Zea mays var. poecilopais Alef. Landw. Fl.: 306 (1866).
Zea mays var. polelythra Alef. Landw. Fl.: 306 (1866).
Zea mays var. polyleuca Alef. Landw. Fl.: 306 (1866).
Zea mays convar. polystachytes (Bonaf.) Alef. Landw. Fl.: 306 (1866).
Zea mays var. polystachytes Bonaf. Hist. Nat. Maïs: 36 (1836).
Zea mays var. polyxantha Alef. Landw. Fl.: 306 (1866).
Zea mays var. praecox Torr. in A.Eaton, Man. Bot. N. States, ed. 2: 500 (1818).
Zea mays var. purpuornis Schmaraev in E.V.Wulff (ed.), Kul't. Fl. SSSR 6: 29 (1982).
Zea mays var. pyracra Alef. Landw. Fl.: 307 (1866).
Zea mays var. pyrocarpa Alef. Landw. Fl.: 310 (1866).
Zea mays var. pyroceras Alef. Landw. Fl.: 312 (1866).
Zea mays var. pyrodon Alef. Landw. Fl.: 312 (1866).
Zea mays var. quillotensis Bonaf. Hist. Nat. Maïs: 38 (1836).
Zea mays var. quinquantina Alef. Landw. Fl.: 309 (1866).
Zea mays var. rhodornis Alef. Landw. Fl.: 312 (1866).
Zea mays var. rubra Bonaf. Hist. Nat. Maïs: 40 (1836).
Zea mays var. rubropaleatatunicata Schmaraev in E.V.Wulff (ed.), Kul't. Fl. SSSR 6: 37 (1982).
Zea mays var. rugosa Bonaf. Hist. Nat. Maïs: 39 (1836).
Zea mays subsp. saccharata (Sturtev.) Zhuk. Kult. Rast. Sorod.: 121 (1950).
Zea mays var. saccharata (Sturtev.) L.H.Bailey Cycl. Amer. Hort. 4: 2006 (1902).
Zea mays var. striata Alef. Landw. Fl.: 310 (1866), nom. superfl.
Zea mays var. striatiamylacea Leizerson Byull. Vsesoyuzn. Ordena Lenina Ordena Druzhby Narodov Nauchno-Issl. Inst. Rasteniev. N. I. Vavilova 96: 79 (1979).
Zea mays var. subflavodulcis Schmaraev in E.V.Wulff (ed.), Kul't. Fl. SSSR 6: 36 (1982).
Zea mays var. subnigroviolacea T.A.Yarchuk Byull. Vsesoyuzn. Ordena Lenina Ordena Druzhby Narodov Nauchno-Issl. Inst. Rasteniev. N. I. Vavilova 96: 79 (1979).
Zea mays var. subpraecox Bonaf. Hist. Nat. Maïs: 35 (1836).
Zea mays var. subrubrodulcis Schmaraev in E.V.Wulff (ed.), Kul't. Fl. SSSR 6: 36 (1982).
Zea mays var. syrtica Bonaf. Hist. Nat. Maïs: 34 (1836).
Zea mays subsp. tunicata (A.St.-Hil.) Zhuk. Kult. Rast. Sorod.: 122 (1950).
Zea mays var. tunicata A.St.-Hil. Ann. Sci. Nat. (Paris) 16: 144 (1829).
Zea mays var. turgida Bonaf. Hist. Nat. Maïs: 34 (1836).
Zea mays f. variegata (Rothsch.) Beetle Phytologia 38: 176 (1978).
Zea mays var. variegata Rothsch. Pl. Feuill. Col., n.s., 2: 37 (1868).
Zea mays var. versicolor Bonaf. Hist. Nat. Maïs: 40 (1836).
Zea mays var. virginica Bonaf. Hist. Nat. Maïs: 37 (1836).
Zea mays var. vulgaris-aestiva Bonaf. Hist. Nat. Maïs: 31 (1836).
Zea mays var. vulgaris-autumna Bonaf. Hist. Nat. Maïs: 32 (1836).
Zea mays var. xanthodon Alef. Landw. Fl.: 311 (1866).
Zea minima Voss Vilm. Blumengärtn., ed. 3. 1: 1190 (1895), pro syn.
Zea minor J.F.Gmel. ex Steud. Nomencl. Bot. 1: 898 (1821), pro syn.
Zea mucronata Poit. ex Vilm. Rev. Hort. (Paris), sér. 2, 1: 246 (1843).
Zea odontosperma Ten. Cat. Ort. Bot. Napoli: 99 (1845).
Zea oryzoides Golodk. Kukuruza i Sorgo: 14 (1962), nom. superfl.
Zea praecox Steud. Nomencl. Bot. 1: 898 (1821), pro syn.
Zea rostrata Bonaf. Rev. Hort. (Paris), sér. 2, 1: 245 (1843).
Zea saccharata Sturtev. Bull. Torrey Bot. Club 21: 333 (1894).
Zea tunicata (A.St.-Hil.) Sturtev. ex L.H.Bailey Survival of Unlike: 128 (1894), nom. superfl.
Zea vaginata Sturtev. Gard. Chron., n.s., 20: 443 (1883), nom. nud.
Zea vittata Voss Vilm. Blumengärtn., ed. 3. 1: 1189 (1895), pro syn.
Zea vulgaris Mill. Gard. Dict., ed. 8.: n.° 3 (1768).

This plant is cited in medicinal sources using the following names:

Name as published:	Medicinal source:
Zea canina Wast.	Pl. Med. Totius Mundi (Penso & Proserpio, 1997)
Zea mays L. subsp. mays	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999) World Dictionary of Med. & Pois. Pl. (Quattrocchi, 2012)
Zea mays ssp. mays	Guía de Pl. Med. en Valle de México (Fonseca Chávez et al., 2020)
Zea mays subsp. mays	WHODrug Herbal Substances, Suppl. 2023 (WHO-UMC, 2023)
Zea mays subsp. mays L.	U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016)

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