Taxon: Zea mays L. subsp. parviglumis H. H. Iltis & Doebley

 
Genus: Zea
Family: Poaceae (alt.Gramineae)
Subfamily: Panicoideae
Tribe: Andropogoneae
Subtribe: Tripsacinae
Nomen number: 400366
Place of publication: Amer. J. Bot. 67:1001. 1980
Link to protologue:
Typification:
Name Verified on: 07-oct-1994 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:

  • Balsas teosinte  (Source: Amer J Bot) - English
  • Guerrero teosinte  (Source: F NAmer) - English

Economic Importance:

  • Gene sources: primary genetic relative of maize (fide Amer J Bot 1980; Matsuoka et al. 2002)
  • Gene sources: progenitor of maize (fide Amer J Bot 1980; Matsuoka et al. 2002; Warburton et al. 2011)

Distributional Range:

    Native

    Northern America
    • SOUTHERN MEXICO: Mexico [Guerrero, Jalisco (s.w.), Mexico (s.w.), Michoacan (e.), Oaxaca]


References:

  1. Doebley, J. F. & H. H. Iltis 1980. Taxonomy of Zea (Gramineae). I. A subgeneric classification with key to taxa Amer. J. Bot. 67:984.
  2. FNA Editorial Committee Flora of North America. 1993- (F NAmer)
  3. 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.
  4. Matsuoka, R. et al. 2002. A single domestication for maize shown by multilocus microsatellite genotyping Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. U.S.A. 99:6080-6084.

Check other web resources for Zea mays L. subsp. parviglumis H. H. Iltis & Doebley :

  • 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=400366. Accessed 7 junio 2026.