Zea

{{taxobox
|name = Zea
|image = Corn_parents1.jpg
|image_caption = Duo teosintes
|regnum = Plantae
|unranked_divisio = Angiospermae
|unranked_classis = Monocotyledones
|unranked_ordo = Commelinidae
|ordo = Poales
|familia = Poaceae
|genus = Zea
|genus_authority = L.
|subdivision_ranks = Species et maiores subspecies
|subdivision =
Zea diploperennis
Zea luxurians
Zea mays
Z. m. huehuetenangensis
Z. m. mays (maizum)
Z. m. mexicana
Z. m. parviglumisZea nicaraguensisZea perennis|}}

Sunt quinque zeae species notae: Zea diploperennis, Zea perennis, Zea luxurians, Zea nicaraguensis, et Zea mays, quarum ultima est divisa in quattuor subspecies, vulgo appellatas huehuetenangensis, mexicana, parviglumis (his tribus teosintes appellatis), et mays, solum generis Zeae taxon domesticum.

 Species 
 Zea mays Bibliographia 
 Bruce F. Benz, "Archaeological evidence of teosinte domestication from Guilá Naquitz, Oaxaca" in Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences vol. 102 (2005) pp. 2104–2106
 Sophie D. Coe, America's First Cuisines (Austinopoli: University of Texas Press, 1994) pp. 9-16
 Anthony J. Ranere, Dolores R. Piperno, Irene Holst, Ruth Dickau, José Iriarte, "The cultural and chronological context of early Holocene maize and squash domestication in the Central Balsas River Valley, Mexico" in Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences'' vol. 106 (2009) pp. 5014–5018

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Categoria:Taxa Linnaei
Categoria:Genera plantarum
Categoria:Taxa 1753