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.

Oct 20, 2022 · Here, we characterize a high-density genomic variation map from 744 genomes encompassing maize and all wild taxa of the genus Zea, identifying over 70 million single-nucleotide polymorphisms....

Zea, genus of five species of large grasses of the family Poaceae, native to Mexico and Mesoamerica. The best-known species is corn, or maize (Zea mays mays), which was derived from one of the Mexican teosintes (likely Z. mays parviglumis) in pre-Columbian times more than 6,000 years ago.

Zea, a genus of large grasses, including: Zea mays, commonly known as maize or corn; Zea, a genus of butterflies; Helicoverpa zea, the corn earworm, a major agricultural pest; ZEA, an abbreviation for the mycotoxin zearalenone

Maize (corn) is in the genus Zea, a group of annual and perennial grasses (Poaceae) native to Mexico and Central America. The genus Zea includes the wild taxa, known collectively as teosinte (Zea ssp.), and domesticated maize or corn (Zea mays L. ssp. mays) (Buckler & Stevens, 2005).

Dec 11, 2023 · Zea mays L., better known as corn or maize, is one of the most important and widely distributed food plant species globally. Corn belongs to the Zea genus within the Poaceae family. This plant has a long history of domestication and comes in various varieties used for different purposes.

Mar 1, 2020 · The genus Zea is a member of the tribe Andropogoneae of the grass family (Poaceae / Gramineae) 151. Andropogoneae comprises approximately 90 genera and over 1000 species, including sugarcane (Saccharum officinarum) and sorghum (Sorghum bicolor) 151 160. There are 5 recognized species in the genus Zea, namely:

evidence supports the morphological conclusions. A consideration of the phylogeny of Zea within the conceptual framework offered by this new sectioning of the genus points convincingly to annual teosinte (Z. mays ssp. mexicana) as the ancestor of cultivated maize. THE GENUS Zea contains, according to its lat-est taxonomic treatment (Iltis ...

Oct 16, 2002 · The genus Zea belongs to the Poaceae family and consists of the species Zea mays, Zea diploperennis, Zea perennis, Zea luxurians, and Zea nicaraguensis. Z. mays is comprised of four subspecies: mays, parviglumis, huehuetenangensis, and mexicana.

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