Native to Guatemala, Mexico Central, Mexico Southwest; introduced into 216 botanical countries across Europe, Africa, Temperate Asia, Tropical Asia, Australasia, Pacific, Northern America, and Southern America (source: POWO). Flora of the World documents 1 occurrence across 1 country.

Distribution

Showing the global range from POWO; no georeferenced specimens for this taxon.

Distribution from Plants of the World Online (POWO). View the accepted name on POWO

Occurrences

No collection number

July 10, 2004

Location

Kenya, Limuru District

Location Remarks

Limuru village, 25 km north of Nairobi. Brackenhurst Botanic Garden & Forest. Trailside near Brackenhurst Center.

Collectors

No collectors specified

Classification

Kingdom

Plantae

Phylum

Tracheophyta

Class

Liliopsida

Order

Poales

Family

Poaceae

Genus

Zea

Specific Epithet

mays

Authorship

Taxonomic Opinions

GBIF WFO POWO

Conservation (EDGE)

What is EDGE?

Evolutionary distinctiveness

Lower

ED 2.8

Part of a well-represented branch of the plant tree of life, with many close relatives.

Threat status

Least Concern

IUCN Red List

EDGE score

0.1

Global rank

#257,770 of 335,497

Top 77%

Extinction probability

Source: Flowering plants EDGE assessment →