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Zea mays
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Photo: Bart Wursten
Along Vic Falls - Kazungula rd by turn off track to Chamabonda Vlei.
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| Common names: | Maize (English) |
| Frequency: | Very occasional |
| Status: | Cultivated and briefly escaping. |
| Description: |
It is monoecious, having a terminal male ‘tassel’ of digitate racemes, and highly modified female inflorescences taking the form of axillary ‘ears’. |
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| Habitat: | Outside cultivation mainly seen along road sides. |
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| Worldwide distribution: | Widely cultivated throughout temperate and tropical regions of the world. Occasionally briefly appears as a roadside escape. |
| Zimbabwe distribution: | W,C |
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| Insects associated with this species: | Cnaphalocrocis trapezalis (Larval foodplant) Mocis proverai (Larval food plant) Lophoruza semiscripta (Larval foodplant) |
| Spot characters: | Display spot characters for this species |
| Images last updated: | Monday 30 January 2017 |
| Literature: |
Jackson, G. & Wiehe, P.O. (1958). An Annotated Check List of Nyasaland Grasses The Government Printer, Zomba, Nyasaland Page 71. Mapaura, A. & Timberlake, J. (eds) (2004). A checklist of Zimbabwean vascular plants Southern African Botanical Diversity Network Report No. 33 Sabonet, Pretoria and Harare Page 111. |
Other sources of information about Zea mays:
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Flora of Mozambique: Zea maysFlora of Mozambique: cultivated Zea mays
Flora of Zambia: cultivated Zea mays
Flora of Zimbabwe: cultivated Zea mays
External websites:
African Plants: A Photo Guide (Senckenberg): Zea maysAfrican Plant Database: Zea mays
BHL (Biodiversity Heritage Library): Zea mays
EOL (Encyclopedia of Life): Zea mays
GBIF (Global Biodiversity Information Facility): Zea mays
Google: Web - Images - Scholar
iNaturalist: Zea mays
IPNI (International Plant Names Index): Zea mays
JSTOR Plant Science: Zea mays
Mansfeld World Database of Agricultural and Horticultural Crops: Zea mays
Plants of the World Online: Zea mays
Tropicos: Zea mays
Wikipedia: Zea mays
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