| 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) |