Details for: NSL 84703, Zea mays L. subsp. mexicana (Schrad.) H. H. Iltis, Chalco

Summary Data

Taxonomy:

Zea mays L. subsp. mexicana (Schrad.) H. H. Iltis

Top Name:

Chalco

Origin:

Collected – Mexico

Maintained:

North Central Regional Plant Introduction Station

Received by NPGS:

Dec 1973

Improvement Status:

Wild material

Reproductive Uniformity:

Population

Form Received:

Seed

Life Form:

Annual

Life Cycle:

Annual

Backup Location:

National Laboratory for Genetic Resources Preservation

Availability

Form	Quantity	Note	Inventory	Cart
Seed	100 count		NSL 84703 98ncfo01 SD

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Core Passport Data

Taxonomy:

Zea mays L. subsp. mexicana (Schrad.) H. H. Iltis

Top Name:

Chalco

Origin:

Collected – Mexico

Maintained:

North Central Regional Plant Introduction Station

Received by NPGS:

Dec 1973

Improvement Status:

Wild material

Reproductive Uniformity:

Population

Form Received:

Seed

Life Form:

Annual

Life Cycle:

Annual

Source History

Collected

PRE 30 November 1973.
Mexico
Comment: Exact date unknown as of 12-SEP-2000 (MM).

Donated

December 1973.
Illinois, United States

Donor(s):

Beadle, George W.

Accession Names and Identifiers

Chalco

Type: Unverified name

NSL 84703

Type: Site identifier

Group: NSSL

National Seed Storage Laboratory (USA)

TEOSINTE

Type: Other or unclassified name

Narrative

Possible duplicate of PI 509516 and/or PI 384060.

Zea mays L. subspp. mexicana (Schrad.) H. H. Iltis

Genus:

Zea

Family:

Poaceae (alt. Gramineae)

Subfamily:

Panicoideae

Tribe:

Andropogoneae

Subtribe:

Tripsacinae

Nomen number:

103582

Place of publication:

Annual Rev. Genet. 4:450. 1971 (emend. Phytologia 23:249. 1972)

Verified:

07/15/1987 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. parviglumis H. H. Iltis & Doebley (250 active accession[s])

Autonyms (not in current use), synonyms and invalid designations

Basionym
Euchlaena mexicana Schrad.

Homotypic Synonym(s)
Zea mexicana (Schrad.) Kuntze

Common names

Language	Name	note	seq	Citation
English	Central Plateau teosinte		1	FNA Editorial Committee. 1993-. Flora of North America.
English	Chalco teosinte		1	FNA Editorial Committee. 1993-. Flora of North America.
English	Durango teosinte		1	Doebley, J. F. & H. H. Iltis. 1980. Taxonomy of Zea (Gramineae). I. A subgeneric classification with key to taxa. Amer. J. Bot. 67:982-993.
English	Mexican teosinte	as Zea mexicana	1	Englert, J. M. et al. 1999-. USDA-NRCS Improved conservation plant materials released by NRCS and cooperators Note: = Zea mexicana (Schrad.) Kuntze
English	nobogame teosinte		1	FNA Editorial Committee. 1993-. Flora of North America.
English	rayana grass		1	Rehm, S. 1994. Multilingual dictionary of agronomic plants
French	téosinte		2	Rehm, S. 1994. Multilingual dictionary of agronomic plants
German	Teosinte		2	Rehm, S. 1994. Multilingual dictionary of agronomic plants
Portuguese (Brazil)	teosinto		2	Groth, D. 2005. pers. comm. Note: re. Brazilian common names
Portuguese (Brazil)	teosinto-de-Guatemala		2	Groth, D. 2005. pers. comm. Note: re. Brazilian common names
Spanish	accece		2	Wilkes, H. G. 1967. Teosinte: the closest relative of maize Bussey Institution, Harvard University, Cambridge, Massachusetts, USA.
Spanish	cocoxie		2	Wilkes, H. G. 1967. Teosinte: the closest relative of maize Bussey Institution, Harvard University, Cambridge, Massachusetts, USA.
Spanish	maicillo		2	Wilkes, H. G. 1967. Teosinte: the closest relative of maize Bussey Institution, Harvard University, Cambridge, Massachusetts, USA.
Spanish	maís de coyote		2	Wilkes, H. G. 1967. Teosinte: the closest relative of maize Bussey Institution, Harvard University, Cambridge, Massachusetts, USA.
Spanish	maíz silvestre		2	Rehm, S. 1994. Multilingual dictionary of agronomic plants
Swedish	sommarteosint		2	Aldén, B., S. Ryman, & M. Hjertson. 2012. Svensk Kulturväxtdatabas, SKUD (Swedish Cultivated and Utility Plants Database; online resource)

Annotations

Observations

Phenotype Data

Category	Descriptor	Description	Value	Study	Inventory
ROOT	Root System Dry Weight	Root System Dry Weight (RDW), g	1.2	MAIZE.ROOTS.BurtonEtAl2013	NSL 84703 98ncfo01 SD
ROOT	Shoot Dry Weight	Shoot Dry Weight (SDW), g	9.2	MAIZE.ROOTS.BurtonEtAl2013	NSL 84703 98ncfo01 SD
ROOT	Root:Shoot Ratio	RDW:SDW	0.13	MAIZE.ROOTS.BurtonEtAl2013	NSL 84703 98ncfo01 SD
ROOT	Stem Diameter	Stem Diameter, mm	19	MAIZE.ROOTS.BurtonEtAl2013	NSL 84703 98ncfo01 SD
ROOT	Number of Seminal Roots	Number of Seminal Roots (Sem#)	.3	MAIZE.ROOTS.BurtonEtAl2013	NSL 84703 98ncfo01 SD
ROOT	Number of Nodal Roots	Number of Nodal Roots (Nod#)	24.3	MAIZE.ROOTS.BurtonEtAl2013	NSL 84703 98ncfo01 SD
ROOT	Longest Nodal Root Length	Longest Nodal Root Length (NodLen), cm	74.2	MAIZE.ROOTS.BurtonEtAl2013	NSL 84703 98ncfo01 SD
ROOT	Crown Root System Diameter	Crown Root System Diameter (SysDia), mm	49.3	MAIZE.ROOTS.BurtonEtAl2013	NSL 84703 98ncfo01 SD
ROOT	Average Crown Root Diameter	Average Crown Root Diameter (AvgDia), mm	0.4	MAIZE.ROOTS.BurtonEtAl2013	NSL 84703 98ncfo01 SD
ROOT	Number of Root Tips	Number of Root Tips	184.3	MAIZE.ROOTS.BurtonEtAl2013	NSL 84703 98ncfo01 SD
ROOT	Number of Lateral Root Branch Points	Number of Lateral Branch Points	527.7	MAIZE.ROOTS.BurtonEtAl2013	NSL 84703 98ncfo01 SD
ROOT	Root Cross-Section Area	Root cross-section area(RXSA), mm2	.564	MAIZE.ROOTS.BurtonEtAl2013	NSL 84703 98ncfo01 SD
ROOT	Total Cortical Area	Total cortical area (TCA), mm2	.423	MAIZE.ROOTS.BurtonEtAl2013	NSL 84703 98ncfo01 SD
ROOT	Total Steele Area	Total steele area (TSA), mm2	0.141	MAIZE.ROOTS.BurtonEtAl2013	NSL 84703 98ncfo01 SD
ROOT	Steele:Cross-Section Ratio	TSA:RXSA	0.251	MAIZE.ROOTS.BurtonEtAl2013	NSL 84703 98ncfo01 SD
ROOT	Steele:Cortex Ratio	TSA:TCA	0.335	MAIZE.ROOTS.BurtonEtAl2013	NSL 84703 98ncfo01 SD
ROOT	Aerenchyma Area	Aerenchyma area (AA), mm2	0.009	MAIZE.ROOTS.BurtonEtAl2013	NSL 84703 98ncfo01 SD
ROOT	Percent of Cortex as Aerenchyma	Percent of cortex as aerenchyma(%A)	.25	MAIZE.ROOTS.BurtonEtAl2013	NSL 84703 98ncfo01 SD
ROOT	Percent of Cortex as Aerenchyma	Percent of cortex as aerenchyma(%A)	.34	MAIZE.ROOTS.BurtonEtAl2013	NSL 84703 98ncfo01 SD
ROOT	Percent of Cortex as Aerenchyma	Percent of cortex as aerenchyma(%A)	.56	MAIZE.ROOTS.BurtonEtAl2013	NSL 84703 98ncfo01 SD
ROOT	Percent of Cortex as Aerenchyma	Percent of cortex as aerenchyma(%A)	2.15	MAIZE.ROOTS.BurtonEtAl2013	NSL 84703 98ncfo01 SD
ROOT	Cortical Cell Area	Cortical Cell Area (CCA), mm2	.414	MAIZE.ROOTS.BurtonEtAl2013	NSL 84703 98ncfo01 SD
ROOT	Percent of Cortex as Cells	Percent of Cortex as Cells (%CCA)	73.4	MAIZE.ROOTS.BurtonEtAl2013	NSL 84703 98ncfo01 SD
ROOT	Xylem Vessel Area	Xylem Vessel Area (XVA), mm2	0.033	MAIZE.ROOTS.BurtonEtAl2013	NSL 84703 98ncfo01 SD
ROOT	Number of Cortical Cells	Number of Cortical Cells (#CC)	492.8	MAIZE.ROOTS.BurtonEtAl2013	NSL 84703 98ncfo01 SD
ROOT	Number of Cortical Cell Files	Number of Cortical Cell Files (#CF)	8.9	MAIZE.ROOTS.BurtonEtAl2013	NSL 84703 98ncfo01 SD