The Plant List — A working list for all plant species

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Zea

The genus Zea is in the family Poaceae in the major group Angiosperms (Flowering plants).

Statistics are at the end of the page.

Species in Zea

See "Status", "Confidence level", "Source" for definitions.

Name Status Confi­dence level Source
Zea diploperennis Iltis, Doebley & R.Guzmán Accepted H WCSP
Zea luxurians (Durieu & Asch.) R.M.Bird Accepted H WCSP
Zea mays L. Accepted H WCSP
Zea mexicana (Schrad.) Kuntze Accepted H WCSP
Zea nicaraguensis Iltis & B.F.Benz Accepted H WCSP
Zea perennis (Hitchc.) Reeves & Mangelsd. Accepted H WCSP

Statistics

The Plant List includes 40 scientific plant names of species rank for the genus Zea. Of these 6 are accepted species names.

The Plant List includes a further 45 scientific plant names of infraspecific rank for the genus Zea. We do not intend The Plant List to be complete for names of infraspecific rank. These are primarily included because names of species rank are synonyms of accepted infraspecific names.

Species names

The status of the 40 species names for the genus Zea recorded in The Plant List, are as follows:

Status Total
Accepted 6 15.0%
Synonym 34 85.0%
Unplaced 0 0%
Unassessed 0 0%

All names

The status of the 85 names (including infraspecific names) for the genus Zea recorded in The Plant List, are as follows:

Status Total
Accepted 8 9.4%
Synonym 77 90.6%
Unplaced 0 0%
Unassessed 0 0%

Of these names,

The confidence with which the status of the 40 species names recorded in The Plant List for the genus Zea, are assigned as follows:

Confidence level Accepted Synonym Unplaced Unassessed Total
High confidence 6 31 0 0 37 92.5%
Medium confidence 0 3 0 0 3 7.5%
Low confidence 0 0 0 0 0 0%

The source of the species name record found in The Plant List for the genus Zea, are as follows:

Source of record Accepted Synonym Unplaced Unassessed Misapplied Total
Tropicos 0 3 0 0 0 3 7.5%
WCSP 6 31 0 0 0 37 92.5%