Taxon: Zea mays L. subsp. huehuetenangensis (H. H. Iltis & Doebley) Doebley

Genus:

Zea

Family:

Poaceae (alt.Gramineae)

Subfamily:

Panicoideae

Tribe:

Andropogoneae

Subtribe:

Tripsacinae

Nomen number:

410702

Place of publication:

Maydica 35:148. 1990

Link to protologue:

Typification:

Name Verified on:

07-may-1998 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

Other conspecific taxa:

Synonyms:

Basionym: Zea mays var. huehuetenangensis H. H. Iltis & Doebley

Common names:

Huehuetenango teosinte (Source: Amer J Bot) - English
San Antonio Huista teosinte (Source: Amer J Bot) - English

Economic Importance:

Gene sources: primary genetic relative of maize (fide Amer J Bot 1980)

Distributional Range:

Native

Southern America

CENTRAL AMERICA: Guatemala [Huehuetenango]

Reference:

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.

Check other web resources for Zea mays L. subsp. huehuetenangensis (H. H. Iltis & Doebley) 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=410702. Accessed 7 junio 2026.