Zea mays subsp. mays Ser.

Maïs cultivé (fr)

Subspecies

Angiosperms > Poales > Poaceae > Zea > Zea mays

Characteristics

An annual deciduous herb. It grows 2.5m high.
Life form annual
Growth form herb
Growth support -
Foliage retention deciduous
Sexuality -
Pollination anemogamy
Spread endozoochory
Mature width (meter) 1.5
Mature height (meter) 2.5
Root system -
Rooting depth (meter) 1.5
Root diameter (meter) -
Flower color -
Blooming months -
Fruit color -
Fruiting months -
Nitrogen fixer -
Photosynthetic pathway -

Environment

Light 4-9
Soil humidity 3-9
Soil texture -
Soil acidity -
Soil nutriment -
Hardiness (USDA) 5-12

Usage

Uses fodder medicinal
Edible -
Therapeutic use -
Human toxicity -
Animal toxicity -

Cultivation

Mode -
Germination duration (days) 5 - 14
Germination temperacture (C°) 21
Germination luminosity -
Germination treatment -
Minimum temperature (C°) -18
Optimum temperature (C°) 18 - 31
Size -
Vigor -
Productivity -

Images

Zea mays subsp. mays unspecified picture
Zea mays subsp. mays unspecified picture

Distribution

Zea mays subsp. mays world distribution map, present in Aruba, Afghanistan, Angola, Åland Islands, Albania, Andorra, Austria, Benin, Burkina Faso, Bangladesh, Bulgaria, Bahamas, Belarus, Belize, Bolivia (Plurinational State of), Central African Republic, Canada, Switzerland, China, Colombia, Comoros, Costa Rica, Cuba, Cayman Islands, Cyprus, Czech Republic, Germany, Djibouti, Dominica, Algeria, Ecuador, Egypt, Spain, Ethiopia, Fiji, France, Georgia, Ghana, Guinea, Gambia, Guinea-Bissau, Greece, Guatemala, Honduras, Haiti, Hungary, Indonesia, Ireland, Iraq, Italy, Jamaica, Japan, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Lao People's Democratic Republic, Morocco, Moldova (Republic of), Madagascar, Mali, Myanmar, Mozambique, Mauritius, Malaysia, Nigeria, Nicaragua, Netherlands, Nepal, Oman, Pakistan, Panama, Pitcairn, Peru, Philippines, Poland, Puerto Rico, Korea (Democratic People's Republic of), Portugal, Réunion, Romania, Russian Federation, Rwanda, Sudan, Sierra Leone, Somalia, Seychelles, Turks and Caicos Islands, Chad, Togo, Thailand, Turkmenistan, Tunisia, Tanzania, United Republic of, Ukraine, Uruguay, United States of America, Uzbekistan, Viet Nam, Vanuatu, Samoa, Yemen, and Zambia

Identifiers

LSID urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:77172819-1
WFO ID wfo-0001096778
COL ID 5LTXK
BDTFX ID 124879
INPN ID 900204
Wikipedia (EN)
Wikipedia (FR)

Synonyms

Mays vulgaris Mayzea vestita Zea alba Zea americana Zea amylacea Zea erythrolepis Zea everta Zea glumacea Zea hirta Zea indentata Zea indurata Zea japonica Zea macrosperma Zea canina Zea cryptosperma Zea curagua Zea amylea-saccharata Zea odontosperma Zea mucronata Zea rostrata Zea saccharata Zea vulgaris Zea mays var. multicoloramylacea Zea mays var. striatiamylacea Zea mays var. subnigroviolacea Zea mays f. variegata Zea mays subsp. mays Zea mays var. subflavodulcis Zea mays var. purpuornis Zea mays var. alborubro-ornis Zea mays var. hepaticornis Zea mays var. oxyornistunicata Zea mays var. flavorubrotunicata Zea mays var. albotunicata Zea mays var. rubropaleatatunicata Zea mays var. subrubrodulcis Zea mays var. atropurpurea