Maize (Zea mays), kent as (Indian) corn an aw, is a herbaceous plant domesticatit in Mesoamericae that syne spreid athort the American continents.
Maize | |
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Illustration depictin baith male an female flouers o maize | |
Scientific classification | |
Kinrick: | Plantae |
(unranked): | Angiosperms |
(unranked): | Monocots |
(unranked): | Commelinids |
Order: | Poales |
Faimily: | Poaceae |
Subfaimily: | Panicoideae |
Tribe: | Andropogoneae |
Genus: | Zea |
Species: | Z. mays |
Binomial name | |
Zea mays |
Efter European contact wi the Americaes in the late 15t an early 16t centuries, maize spreid tae the lave o the warld.
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