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Zea mays L. Poaceae

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Ethnobotany of the Andes

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Zea mays L.: Mays americana Baumg.; Mays zea Gaertn.; Mayzea cerealis Raf.; Mayzea cerealis var. gigantea Raf.; Zea altissima C.C. Gmel. ex Steud.; Zea americana Mill.; Zea canina S. Watson; Zea erythrolepis Bonaf.; Zea hirta Bonaf.; Zea mais var. hirta (Bonaf.) Alef.; Zea maiz Vell.; Zea mays fo. variegata (G. Nicholson) Beetle; Zea mays var. pennsylvanica Bonaf.; Zea mays var. praecox Torr.; Zea mays var. saccharata (Sturtev.) L.H. Bailey; Zea mays var. variegata G. Nichelson; Zea mays var. virginica Bonaf.; Zea saccharata Sturtev.; Zea segetalis Salisb.; Zea vulgaris Mill.

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  1. Herbario Nacionál de Bolivia, Universidad Mayor de San Andrés, La Paz, Bolivia

    Narel Y. Paniagua-Zambrana

  2. Saving Knowledge, La Paz, Bolivia

    Narel Y. Paniagua-Zambrana & Rainer W. Bussmann

  3. Department of Ethnobotany, Institute of Botany and Bakuriani Alpine Botanical Garden, Ilia State University, Tbilisi, Georgia

    Narel Y. Paniagua-Zambrana & Rainer W. Bussmann

  4. William L. Brown Center, Missouri Botanical Garden, St. Louis, MO, USA

    Carolina Romero

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Paniagua-Zambrana, N.Y., Bussmann, R.W., Romero, C. (2020). Zea mays L. Poaceae. In: Paniagua-Zambrana, N., Bussmann, R. (eds) Ethnobotany of the Andes. Ethnobotany of Mountain Regions. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-28933-1_302

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