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Details for: Ames 21885,
Zea mays
L. subsp.
parviglumis
H. H. Iltis & Doebley, BENZ 883
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Summary Data
Taxonomy:
Zea mays
L. subsp.
parviglumis
H. H. Iltis & Doebley
Top Name:
BENZ 883
Origin:
Collected – México, Mexico
Maintained:
North Central Regional Plant Introduction Station
Received by NPGS:
30 Jun 1992
Improvement Status:
Wild material
Reproductive Uniformity:
Population
Form Received:
Seed
Life Form:
Annual
Life Cycle:
Annual
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Core Passport Data
Taxonomy:
Zea mays
L. subsp.
parviglumis
H. H. Iltis & Doebley
Top Name:
BENZ 883
Origin:
Collected – México, Mexico
Maintained:
North Central Regional Plant Introduction Station
Received by NPGS:
30 Jun 1992
Improvement Status:
Wild material
Reproductive Uniformity:
Population
Form Received:
Seed
Life Form:
Annual
Life Cycle:
Annual
Source History
Collected
27 November 1983.
México, Mexico
Locality:
Along gravel road between Puente and Acatitlan, on road to Zacazonapan from Zuluapan, N.V. Camalote.
Coordinates:
19.0500, -100.0833
(Map it)
Elevation:
1000m.
Environment description:
Disturbed hillside/roadside.
Comment:
Common in area on erosional slopes and roadsides.
Collector(s):
Benz, Bruce F., Lab. Nat. L. Joyas de la S. de Manantlan
Solheim, S.
Donated
30 June 1992.
Wisconsin, United States
Donor(s):
Iltis, Hugh H., University of Wisconsin
Accession Names and Identifiers
BENZ 883
Type: Donor identifier
H.H. Iltis, Herbarium, University of Wisconsin, Madison, Wis
Ames 21885
Type: Site identifier
Group: AMES
NCRPIS
USDA ARS NCRPIS
Narrative
Zea mays
L. subspp.
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
Verified:
10/07/1994
by ARS Systematic Botanists.
Other conspecific taxa
Zea mays
L.
(1531 active accession[s])
Zea mays
L. subsp.
huehuetenangensis
(H. H. Iltis & Doebley) Doebley
(6 active accession[s])
Zea mays
L. subsp.
mays
(29191 active accession[s])
Zea mays
L. subsp.
mexicana
(Schrad.) H. H. Iltis
(128 active accession[s])
Autonyms (not in current use), synonyms and invalid designations
Heterotypic Synonym(s)
Zea mays
L. var.
parviglumis
H. H. Iltis & Doebley
Common names
Language
Name
Alternate name
note
seq
Citation
English
Balsas teosinte
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.
English
Guerrero teosinte
1
FNA Editorial Committee.
1993-.
Flora of North America.
Spanish
maíz de huiscatote
2
Wilkes, H. G.
1967. Teosinte: the closest relative of maize Bussey Institution, Harvard University, Cambridge, Massachusetts, USA.
Spanish
maíz de pajaro
2
Wilkes, H. G.
1967. Teosinte: the closest relative of maize Bussey Institution, Harvard University, Cambridge, Massachusetts, USA.
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Nomenclature Name Change:
07 May 1998, from
Zea mays
L. var.
parviglumis
H. H. Iltis & Doebley to
Zea mays
L. subsp.
parviglumis
H. H. Iltis & Doebley
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