maize

Summary

maize is a taxon^[1]. maize ranks in the top 0.06% of taxon entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (4,607 views/month, #117 of 195,241).^[2]

Key Facts

• maize's instance of is recorded as taxon^[3].
• maize's instance of is recorded as model organism^[4].
• maize's instance of is recorded as cereal^[5].
• maize's instance of is recorded as food crop^[6].
• maize is classified at the rank of species^[7].
• maize's IUCN conservation status is recorded as Least Concern^[8].
• maize is classified within Zea sect. Zea^[9].
• maize is classified within Zea^[10].
• maize's scientific name is Zea mays^[11].
• maize is a type of useful plant^[12].
• maize is a type of annual plant^[13].
• maize is used for cereal^[14].
• maize is used for fodder^[15].
• maize is used for medicinal plant^[16].
• maize is used for vegetable^[17].
• maize is used for building material^[18].
• maize is used for fiber^[19].
• maize is used for paste^[20].
• maize's Commons category is recorded as Zea mays^[21].
• maize's Unicode character is recorded as 🌽^[22].
• maize comprises corncob^[23].
• maize's Commons gallery is recorded as Zea mays^[24].
• maize's external data available at URL is recorded as https://www.gbif.org/dataset/93725bf2-6ada-47f9-bd5e-0e679e3d245e^[25].
• maize's external data available at URL is recorded as https://www.gbif.org/dataset/31dc1507-a6e1-4233-a8df-c7a78596a7e4^[26].
• maize's described by source is recorded as Explanatory Dictionary of the Living Great Russian Language^[27].

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Classification

Under binomial nomenclature, maize is Zea mays^[11]. maize is classified at the rank of species^[7]. Recorded parent taxon include Zea sect. Zea^[9] and Zea^[10].

Identifiers

maize's NCBI taxonomy ID is recorded as 4577^[28]. maize's Encyclopedia of Life ID is recorded as 1115259^[29]. maize's GBIF taxon ID is recorded as 5290052^[30]. maize's ITIS TSN is recorded as 42269^[31].

Discovery and Description

Things named for maize include Corn Belt^[32], a region^[33], in United States^[34]; cornick^[35], a corn snack^[36]; Sitophilus zeamais^[37], a taxon^[38]; and Maize^[39], a city in the United States^[40], in United States^[41], founded in 1886^[42].

Why It Matters

maize ranks in the top 0.06% of taxon entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (4,607 views/month, #117 of 195,241).^[2] maize has Wikipedia articles in 30 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.^[43] maize is known by 68 alternative names across languages and contexts.^[44]

Entities named for maize include Corn Belt^[32], a region^[33], in United States^[34]; cornick^[35], a corn snack^[36]; Sitophilus zeamais^[37], a taxon^[38]; and Maize^[39], a city in the United States^[40], in United States^[41], founded in 1886^[42].