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As classified in WFO snapshot

December 2023

latest classification for this taxon

genus

Zea L.

This genus name was first published in Sp. Pl. : 971 (1753)

At the time of this classification snapshot, this genus name was accepted by WFO (placed as the accepted name of a taxon). Its description and other taxonomic data can be found on World Flora Online, id: wfo-4000041167.

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Synonyms of Zea

Name	Author	Protologue	WFO link
Euchlaena	Schrad.	Index Seminum (GOET, Gottingensis) 1832: 3 (1832)	wfo-4000014108
Mays	Mill.	Gard. Dict. Abr., ed. 4. : [s.p.] (1754)	wfo-4000023397
Mayzea	Raf.	Med. Fl. 2: 241 (1830)	wfo-4000023401
Reana	Brign.	Ann. Sci. Nat., Bot. , sér. 3, 12: 365 (1849)	wfo-4000032639
Thalysia	Kuntze	Revis. Gen. Pl. 2: 794 (1891)	wfo-4000038057
Mais	Adans.	Fam. Pl. 2: 39, 573 (1763)	wfo-4000043924

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Unplaced Names

These names are not yet placed in the taxonomy, but may be associated with Zea:

Name	Author	Protologue	Nomenclator	WFO link
Zea ramosa	Gernert	Amer. Naturalist 46: 616. 1912		wfo-0001351516
Zea vespertilio	Gómez-Laur.	Brenesia 80: 36.2013		wfo-1000042974