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Botanical details
- Family
- Poaceae
- Native to the UK
- No
- Potentially harmful
- Genus
Zea
- Genus description
A genus of five, large, flowering plants the grass family. The most important species, Zea mays is widely cultivated food crop. Male flowers are borne in large, terminal inflorescences (tassels) and female flowers are hidden in clusters in the leaf axils
- Name status
Accepted
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