PI 3999 GRIN-Global

Summary Data

Taxonomy:

Zea mays L.

Top Name:

Lathrop & Fairchild No. 318

Origin:

Collected – Al Qāhirah, Egypt

Maintained:

Historic Record

Received by NPGS:

28 Dec 1899

PI Assigned:

1900

Improvement Status:

Landrace

Reproductive Uniformity:

Population

Life Form:

Annual

Life Cycle:

Annual

Inventory Volume:

8
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Availability

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Core Passport Data

Taxonomy:

Zea mays L.

Top Name:

Lathrop & Fairchild No. 318

Origin:

Collected – Al Qāhirah, Egypt

Maintained:

Historic Record

Received by NPGS:

28 Dec 1899

PI Assigned:

1900

Improvement Status:

Landrace

Reproductive Uniformity:

Population

Life Form:

Annual

Life Cycle:

Annual

Source History

Collected

PRE 28 December 1899.
Al Qāhirah, Egypt

Collector(s):

Accession Names and Identifiers

Lathrop & Fairchild No. 318

Type: Collector identifier

Extracted from PI book.

Millard, Mark J. USDA, ARS, NCRPIS

Narrative

Used by Europeans and natives for roasting ears. Matures in sixty days from planting. Doubtful if superior to our varieties of sweet corn, but should be tested. Sown in April here as a catch crop. (Reprinted from Inventory No. 6)

Zea mays L.

Genus:

Zea

Family:

Poaceae (alt. Gramineae)

Subfamily:

Panicoideae

Tribe:

Andropogoneae

Subtribe:

Tripsacinae

Nomen number:

42207

Place of publication:

Sp. pl. 2:971. 1753

Protologue link:

https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/358992

Typification:

View in Linnean Typification Project

Verified:

10/28/2009 by ARS Systematic Botanists.

Other conspecific taxa

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])
Zea mays L. subsp. parviglumis H. H. Iltis & Doebley (250 active accession[s])

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

Common names

Language	Name	seq	Citation
English	Indian corn	1	Integrated Botanical Information System (IBIS). Australian plant common name database (on-line resource).
English	maize	1	Botanical Society of the British Isles. BSBI taxon database (on-line resource).
Swedish	majs	2	Aldén, B., S. Ryman, & M. Hjertson. 2012. Svensk Kulturväxtdatabas, SKUD (Swedish Cultivated and Utility Plants Database; online resource)

Annotations

Agricultural Research Service

Details for: PI 3999, Zea mays L., Lathrop & Fairchild No. 318