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Zea mays

L.
Tracheophyta » Poales » Poaceae » Zea mays
Common name (English)
Corn
Common name (Greek)
Καλαμπόκι
Ηabitat
I1 Arable
Global distribution

Afghanistan 300 0; Alabama 27 1; Alabama 674 0; Albania 1118 0; Aldabra 29 1; Aldabra 4056 0; Algeria 205 0; Amur 33 1; Amur 67 0; Andaman Is. 34 1; Andaman Is. 916 0; Angola 523 0; Argentina Northeast 325 0; Arizona 38 1; Arizona 778 0; Arkansas 39 1; Arkansas 677 0; Aruba 1685 0; Assam 44 1; Assam 411 0; Austria 802 0; Azores 53 1; Azores 2814 0; Bahamas 1928 0; Baleares 55 1; Baleares 224 0; Baltic States 437 0; Bangladesh 238 0; Belarus 436 0; Belgium 440 0; Belize 629 0; Benin 525 0; Bismarck Archipelago 61 1; Bismarck Archipelago 314 0; Bolivia 102 0; Borneo 81 0; Brazil North 657 0; Brazil Northeast 166 0; Brazil South 164 0; Brazil Southeast 165 0; Brazil West-Central 552 0; Bulgaria 803 0; Burkina 62 1; Burkina 528 0; Burundi 527 0; California 111 1; California 471 0; Cambodia 245 0; Cameroon 10 0; Canary Is. 168 1; Canary Is. 1146 0; Caroline Is. 830 0; Cayman Is. 112 1; Cayman Is. 4114 0; Central African Repu 11 0; Central European Rus 1651 0; Chad 526 0; Chagos Archipelago 114 1; Chagos Archipelago 4113 0; China North-Central 108 0; China South-Central 248 0; China Southeast 114 0; Christmas I. 595 1; Christmas I. 7376 0; Colombia 97 0; Colorado 169 1; Colorado 1968 0; Comoros 2779 0; Connecticut 167 1; Connecticut 2358 0; Corse 174 1; Corse 1747 0; Costa Rica 84 0; Cuba 176 0; Cyprus 2558 0; Czechoslovakia 441 0; Djibouti 1138 0; Dominican Republic 280 0; East European Russia 481 1; East European Russia 1047 0; East Himalaya 241 0; Ecuador 73 0; Egypt 538 0; Equatorial Guinea 1679 0; Ethiopia 649 0; Fiji 407 0; Florida 213 1; Florida 327 0; France 393 0; French Guiana 626 0; Galpagos 5954 0; Gambia 1059 5; Gambia 1370 0; Georgia 362 0; Germany 86 0; Ghana 529 0; Great Britain 232 1; Great Britain 1115 0; Greece 734 0; Guatemala 279 0; Guinea 534 0; Guinea-Bissau 763 0; Gulf of Guinea Is. 1330 0; Hainan 121 1; Hainan 415 0; Haiti 543 0; Hawaii 394 0; Honduras 275 0; Hungary 521 0; Idaho 250 1; Idaho 1744 0; Illinois 251 1; Illinois 231 0; India 1081 5; India 145 0; Indiana 278 1; Indiana 1767 0; Iowa 279 1; Iowa 2360 0; Iraq 855 0; Ireland 1063 0; Italy 226 0; Ivory Coast 288 1; Ivory Coast 533 0; Jamaica 281 0; Japan 1090 5; Japan 113 0; Jawa 294 1; Jawa 414 0; Kansas 297 1; Kansas 2361 0; Kazakhstan 297 0; Kentucky 309 1; Kentucky 678 0; Khabarovsk 303 1; Khabarovsk 65 0; Kirgizstan 402 0; Korea 568 0; Kriti 307 1; Kriti 2207 0; Krym 308 1; Krym 2366 0; Laos 314 1; Laos 247 0; Leeward Is. 410 0; Lesser Sunda Is. 336 1; Lesser Sunda Is. 418 0; Louisiana 333 1; Louisiana 1453 0; Madagascar 217 0; Maine 338 1; Maine 1062 0; Malaya 352 0; Mali 530 0; Maluku 355 1; Maluku 417 0; Manchuria 575 0; Marianas 408 0; Marshall Is. 364 1; Marshall Is. 7375 0; Maryland 365 1; Maryland 1768 0; Masachusettes 2362 0; Mauritius 100 0; Mexico Central 379 0; Mexico Gulf 777 0; Mexico Northeast 378 0; Mexico Northwest 723 0; Mexico Southeast 276 0; Mexico Southwest 377 0; Minnesota 349 1; Minnesota 1764 0; Mississippi 366 1; Mississippi 1452 0; Missouri 367 1; Missouri 2735 0; Montana 354 1; Montana 1745 0; Morocco 227 0; Mozambique 16 0; Myanmar 244 0; Nansei-shoto 432 1; Nansei-shoto 412 0; Nebraska 419 1; Nebraska 2355 0; Nepal 240 0; Netherlands 438 0; Netherlands Antilles 4755 0; Nevada 422 1; Nevada 775 0; New Caledonia 497 0; New Guinea 229 0; New Hampshire 444 1; New Hampshire 1060 0; New Jersey 445 1; New Jersey 2154 0; New Mexico 446 1; New Mexico 776 0; New York 448 1; New York 1762 0; Nicaragua 82 0; Niger 524 0; Nigeria 532 0; Niue 1695 0; North Carolina 408 1; North Carolina 1631 0; North Caucasus 1653 0; Northwest European R 1237 0; Ohio 453 1; Ohio 2364 0; Oman 1305 0; Ontario 456 1; Ontario 1748 0; Oregon 457 1; Oregon 1742 0; Pakistan 242 0; Panam 83 0; Pennsylvania 464 1; Pennsylvania 2363 0; Peru 189 0; Philippines 250 0; Pitcairn Is. 468 1; Pitcairn Is. 9112 0; Poland 439 0; Portugal 225 0; Primorye 471 1; Primorye 66 0; Puerto Rico 277 0; Qubec 1759 0; Queensland 474 1; Queensland 263 0; Rhode I. 477 1; Rhode I. 2359 0; Rodrigues 478 1; Rodrigues 1471 0; Romania 800 0; Runion 405 0; Rwanda 789 0; Sakhalin 486 1; Sakhalin 1046 0; Samoa 1694 0; Sardegna 489 1; Sardegna 223 0; Seychelles 1624 0; Sicilia 503 1; Sicilia 1449 0; Sierra Leone 498 0; Somalia 315 0; South Carolina 492 1; South Carolina 1632 0; South European Russi 1654 0; Spain 106 0; Sri Lanka 243 0; Sudan 288 0; Switzerland 272 0; Tadzhikistan 561 1; Tadzhikistan 298 0; Tanzania 18 0; Tennessee 540 1; Tennessee 230 0; Texas 541 1; Texas 676 0; Thailand 239 0; Togo 531 0; Transcaucasus 1521 0; Trinidad-Tobago 549 1; Trinidad-Tobago 656 0; Tunisia 206 0; Turkey 801 0; Turkey-in-Europe 552 1; Turkey-in-Europe 2208 0; Turkmenistan 296 0; Ukraine 798 0; Uruguay 607 0; Utah 566 1; Utah 1765 0; Uzbekistan 299 0; Vanuatu 107 0; Venezuelan Antilles 573 1; Venezuelan Antilles 544 0; Vermont 570 1; Vermont 1761 0; Vietnam 572 1; Vietnam 246 0; Virginia 574 1; Virginia 1769 0; Wake I. 575 1; Wake I. 9029 0; Washington 577 1; Washington 1743 0; West Himalaya 313 0; West Virginia 593 1; West Virginia 2397 0; Western Australia 579 1; Western Australia 112 0; Windward Is. 1161 0; Wisconsin 590 1; Wisconsin 1763 0; Wyoming 594 1; Wyoming 1967 0; Yemen 1225 5; Yemen 1163 0; Yugoslavia 799 0; Zambia 17 0; Zare 12 0

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Establishment status
Not Established
Establishment status detail

Alien: Noted as a cultivated plant in Cyprus by Kotschy, and sometimes occurring as an escape from cultivation (Meikle 1985).

Impacts
Unknown
Pathway
2 ESCAPE FROM CONFINEMENT - Agriculture – Ag
Pathway detail

As the species is restricted to agricultural land introduction pathways are indicated in case of possible/potential escape from confinement.

References

Meikle RD (1985) Flora of Cyprus, Vol. 2.

Hand R, Hadjikyriakou GN, Christodoulou CS (Eds) (2011) – (continuously updated) Flora of Cyprus – a dynamic checklist. Published at http://www.flora-of-cyprus.eu/; accessed 22nd May 2020.

"UK Centre for Ecology & Hydrology"
Joint Service Health Unit
University of Cyprus - Department of Biological Sciences
Darwin Initiative
Akrotiri Environment

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