Washington Flora Checklist

A Checklist of the Vascular Plants of Washington State
Hosted by the University of Washington Herbarium, Burke Museum

Checklist » Excluded Taxa » Zea mays ssp. mays

Last updated 12/31/2023 by David Giblin.

Zea mays L. ssp. mays[FNA24, HC2]

corn, Indian corn, maize

[This taxon is excluded from Washington]

Publication: Sp. Pl. 2: 971-972. 1753.

Origin: Introduced from Mexico

selected vouchers: WTU

Notes: While plants occasionally become established from areas where seed spills, etc., there is no evidence that these are sefl-sustaining populations.

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