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Biology (plants and animals)

Source: Google Books: CRC World Dictionary (Latin names; Binomial nomenclature)

1) Zea mays L. is the name of a plant defined in various botanical sources. This page contains potential references in modern medicine, Ayurveda, and other local traditions or folk medicine. It has the following synonyms: Mays americana Baumg., Mays zea Gaertn., Mayzea cerealis Raf., Mayzea cerealis var. gigantia Raf., Zea altissima C.C. Gmel. ex Steud., Zea americana Mill., Zea canina S. Watson, Zea erythrolepis Bonaf., Zea gigantea (Bonaf.) hort. ex Vilm., Zea hirta Bonaf., Zea mais var. hirta (Bonaf.) Alef., Zea maiz Vell., Zea mays f. variegata (G. Nicholson) Beetle, Zea mays subsp. sacharata (Sturtev.) Zhuk., Zea mays var. pennsylvanica Bonaf., Zea mays var. precox Torr., Zea mays var. saccharata (Sturtev.) L.H. Bailey, Zea mays var. variegata G. Nicholson, Zea mays var. virginica Bonaf., Zea saccharata Sturtev., Zea segetalis Salisb., Zea vulgaris Mill..

References regarding Zea mays L. for further research on medicinal uses or toxicity:

· Species Plantarum (1753)
· De Fructibus et Seminibus Plantarum… . (1788)
· Prodromus stirpium in horto ad Chapel Allerton vigentium. (1796)
· Enumeratio Stirpium Transsilvaniae (1816)
· A Manual of Botany for the Northern States (1818)
· Nomenclator Botanicus (1821)
· Medical Flora (1830)
· Landwirthschaftliche Flora (1866)
· New York State Agric. Expt. Sta. Rept. (1884)
· The Illustrated Dictionary of Gardening … (1887)
· Proceedings of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences (1891)
· FBI (1897)
· Cyclopedia of American Horticulture (2006)
· Phytologia (1978)
· Amer. Journal of Botany
· Ein Garten Eden. (2001)

2) Zea mays L. subsp. mays is another plant having the following synonyms: Mays americana Baumg., Mays zea Gaertn., Mayzea cerealis Raf., Mayzea cerealis var. gigantia Raf., Zea alba Mill., Zea altissima C.C. Gmel. ex Steud., Zea americana Mill., Zea amylacea Sturtev., Zea canina S. Watson, Zea cryptosperma Bonaf., Zea curagua Molina, Zea erythrolepis Bonaf., Zea everta Sturtev., Zea gigantea (Bonaf.) hort. ex Vilm., Zea glumacea Larrañaga, Zea gracillima (Körn.) Hort. ex Vilmorin, Zea hirta Bonaf., Zea indentata Sturtev., Zea indurata Sturtev., Zea japonica Van Houtte, Zea macrosperma Klotzsch, Zea mais var. hirta (Bonaf.) Alef., Zea maiz Vell., Zea mays convar. ceratina Kuleshov, Zea mays f. hanakibi Makino, Zea mays f. variegata (G. Nicholson) Beetle, Zea mays cv. alba Alef., Zea mays cv. leucodon Alef., Zea mays subsp. amylacea (Sturtev.) Zhuk., Zea mays subsp. ceratina (Kuleshov) Zhuk., Zea mays subsp. everta (Sturtev.) Zhuk., Zea mays subsp. indentata (Sturtev.) Zhuk., Zea mays subsp. indurata (Sturtev.) Zhuk., Zea mays subsp. saccharata (Sturtev.) Zhuk., also spelled sacharata, Zea mays subsp. semidentata Kuleshov, Zea mays subsp. tunicata Sturtev., Zea mays var. everta (Sturtev.) L.H. Bailey, Zea mays var. flavorubra Körn., Zea mays var. gracillima Körn., Zea mays var. gracillima Körn. ex Hitchc., Zea mays var. indentata (Sturtev.) L.H. Bailey, Zea mays var. indurata (Sturtev.) L.H. Bailey, Zea mays var. japonica (Van Houtte) A.W. Wood, Zea mays var. multicoloramylacea Yarchuk, Zea mays var. oryzaea Kuleshov, Zea mays var. pennsylvanica Bonaf., Zea mays var. precox Torr., Zea mays var. rugosa Bonaf., Zea mays var. saccharata (Sturtev.) L.H. Bailey, Zea mays var. striatiamylacea Leizerson, Zea mays var. subnigroviolacea Yarchuk, Zea mays var. tunicata Larrañaga ex A. St.-Hil., Zea mays var. variegata G. Nicholson, Zea mays var. virginica Bonaf., Zea mays var. vulgata Körn. & H. Werner, Zea minima (Körn.) Hort. ex Vilmorin, Zea minima (Körn. ex Hitchc.) Hort. ex Vilmorin, Zea odontosperma Ten., Zea rostrata Bonaf., Zea saccharata Sturtev., Zea segetalis Salisb., Zea tunicata (Larrañaga ex A. St.-Hil..

References regarding Zea mays L. subsp. mays for further research on medicinal uses or toxicity:

· Species Plantarum (1753)
· De Fructibus et Seminibus Plantarum… . (1788)
· Enumeratio Stirpium Transsilvaniae (1816)
· A Manual of Botany for the Northern States (1818)
· Nomenclator Botanicus (1821)
· Annales des Sciences Naturelles, Botanique (1829)
· Catalogo del Real Orto Botanico di Napoli (1845)
· Botanische Zeitung. Berlin (1851)
· Landwirthschaftliche Flora (1866)
· The American Botanist and Florist (1870)
· Proceedings of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences (1891)
· Bulletin of the Torrey Botanical Club (1894)
· FBI (1897)
· Escritos (1923)
· Makinoa (1947)
· Phytologia (1978)
· Taxon (1987)

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