Taxon: Zea mays L. subsp. mexicana (Schrad.) H. H. Iltis

 
Genus: Zea
Family: Poaceae (alt.Gramineae)
Subfamily: Panicoideae
Tribe: Andropogoneae
Subtribe: Tripsacinae
Nomen number: 103582
Place of publication: Annual Rev. Genet. 4:450. 1971 (emend. Phytologia 23:249. 1972)
Link to protologue:
Typification:
Name Verified on: 15-jul-1987 by ARS Systematic Botanists. Last Changed: 14-ene-2006
Species priority site is: North Central Regional PI Station (NC7)
Accessions: 0 in National Plant Germplasm System

Synonyms:

Common names:

  • Central Plateau teosinte  (Source: F NAmer) - English
  • Chalco teosinte  (Source: F NAmer) - English
  • Durango teosinte  (Source: Amer J Bot) - English
  • Mexican teosinte  (Source: NRCS Cons Pl Mat) - English
  • nobogame teosinte  (Source: F NAmer) - English
  • rayana grass  (Source: Dict Rehm) - English
  • téosinte  (Source: Dict Rehm) - French
  • Teosinte  (Source: Dict Rehm) - German
  • teosinto  (Source: pers. comm.) - Portuguese (Brazil)
  • teosinto-de-Guatemala  (Source: pers. comm.) - Portuguese (Brazil)
  • maíz silvestre  (Source: Dict Rehm) - Spanish
  • sommarteosint  (Source: Kulturvaxtdatabas) - Swedish

Economic Importance:

  • Gene sources: primary genetic relative of maize (wild form fide Amer J Bot 1980; Theor Appl Genet 2005, crosses with maize gave low level of seed set)

Distributional Range:

    Native

    Northern America
    • NORTHERN MEXICO: Mexico [Chihuahua (s.w.), Durango (s.)]
    • SOUTHERN MEXICO: Mexico [Guanajuato, Jalisco (e.), Mexico, Michoacan (e.)]


References:

  1. Doebley, J. F. & H. H. Iltis 1980. Taxonomy of Zea (Gramineae). I. A subgeneric classification with key to taxa Amer. J. Bot. 67:982-993.
  2. Englert, J. M. et al. USDA-NRCS Improved conservation plant materials released by NRCS and cooperators. 1999- (NRCS Cons Pl Mat)
  3. FNA Editorial Committee Flora of North America. 1993- (F NAmer)
  4. Groth, D. 2005. pers. comm. (pers. comm.)
  5. Iltis, H. H. & J. F. Doebley 1980. Taxonomy of Zea (Gramineae). II. Subspecific categories in the Zea mays complex and a generic synopsis Amer. J. Bot. 67:994-1004.
  6. Rehm, S. Multilingual dictionary of agronomic plants. 1994 (Dict Rehm)
  7. Sánchez González, J. J. et al. 2011. Three new teosintes (Zea spp., Poaceae) from México Amer. J. Bot. 98:1537-1548.

Check other web resources for Zea mays L. subsp. mexicana (Schrad.) H. H. Iltis :

  • TROPICOS: Nomenclatural and Specimen Database of the Missouri Botanical Garden
  • CNWG: Catalogue of New World Grasses Searchable Database
  • ePIC: Electronic Plant Information Centre of Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew
  • AGRICOLA: Article Citation Database or NAL Catalog of USDA's National Agricultural Library
  • Entrez: NCBI's search engine for PubMed citations, GenBank sequences, etc.
Cite as: USDA, Agricultural Research Service, National Plant Germplasm System. 2026. Germplasm Resources Information Network (GRIN-Taxonomy).
National Germplasm Resources Laboratory, Beltsville, Maryland. URL: http://germoplasma.iniaf.gob.bo/gringlobal/taxonomydetail.aspx?id=103582. Accessed 7 junio 2026.