= Mays americana Baumg.; Enum. Stirp. Transsilv. 3: 281 (1817), nom. illeg. superfl.
= Mays vulgaris Ser.; Mélanges Biol. Bull. Phys.-Math. Acad. Imp. Sci. St.-Pétersbourg 1: 182 (1818)
= Mays zea Gaertn.; Fruct. Sem. Pl. 1: 6 (1788), nom. illeg. superfl.
= Mays zea var. compressa DC.; Cat. Pl. Horti Monsp. 123 (1813)
= Mays zea var. microstachya DC.; Cat. Pl. Horti Monsp. 123 (1813)
= Mays zea var. purpurea DC.; Cat. Pl. Horti Monsp. 123 (1813)
= Mayzea cerealis Raf.; Med. Fl. 2: 241 (1830)
= Mayzea cerealis var. gigantea Raf.; Med. Fl. 2: 241 (1830)
= Mayzea vestita Raf.; Med. Fl. 2: 241 (1830)
= Thalysia mays (L.) Kuntze; Revis. Gen. Pl. 2: 794 (1891), nom. illeg. superfl.
= Zea alba Mill.; Gard. Dict., ed. 8: 2 (1768)
= Zea altissima J.F.Gmel. ex Steud.; Nomencl. Bot. [Steudel], ed. 1: 898 (1821), nomen
= Zea americana Mill.; Gard. Dict., ed. 8: 1 (1768)
= Zea amylacea Sturtev.; Bull. Torrey Bot. Club 21: 333 (1894)
= Zea amyleosaccharata Sturtev. ex L.H.Bailey; Bull. Torrey Bot. Club 21: 334 (1894)
= Zea canina S.Watson; Proc. Amer. Acad. Arts 26: 160 (1891)
= Zea cryptosperma Bonaf.; Hist. Nat. Maïs 30 (1836), nom. illeg. superfl.
= Zea curagua Molina; Sag. Stor. Nat. Chili 129, 354 (1782)
= Zea erythrolepis Bonaf.; 30, pl. 5, 38, pl. 11, f. 17 (1836)
= Zea erythrosperma Bonaf.; Hist. Nat. Maïs 40 (1836)
= Zea everta Sturtev.; Rep. (Annual) New York Agric. Exp. Sta., Geneva 1884: 183 (1884)
= Zea gigantea André; Pl. Feuill. Ornem. 251 (1866)
= Zea glumacea Larrañaga; Escritos Damaso Antonio Larrañaga 1: 217 (1922)
= Zea gracillima Voss; Vilm. Blumengärtn., ed. 3, 1: 1190 (1895)
= Zea hirta Bonaf.; Ann. Sci. Nat. (Paris) 17: 158 (1836)
= Zea indentata Sturtev.; Bull. Torrey Bot. Club 21: 329 (1894)
= Zea indurata Sturtev.; Bull. Torrey Bot. Club 21: 327 (1894)
= Zea japonica Van Houtte; Ann. Gén. Hort. 16: 121 (1865)
= Zea japonica var. vittata L.H.Bailey; Man. Cult. Pl. 104 (1924)
= Zea macrosperma Klotzsch; Bot. Zeitung (Berlin) 9: 718 (1851)
= Zea mays convar. americana Alef.; Landw. Fl. 310 (1866)
= Zea mays convar. aorista Greb.; Züchter 19: 309 (1949)
= Zea mays convar. conica Alef.; Landw. Fl. 306 (1866)
= Zea mays convar. europaea Alef.; Landw. Fl. 307 (1866)
= Zea mays convar. excellens Alef.; Landw. Fl. 304 (1866)
= Zea mays convar. nana Alef.; Landw. Fl. 305 (1866)
= Zea mays convar. polystachytes (Bonaf.) Alef.; Landw. Fl. 306 (1866)
= Zea mays convar. aorista Greb.; Züchter 19: 309 (1949)
= Zea mays f. hanakibi Makino; Makinoa 2: 26 (1947)
= Zea mays f. variegata (Rothsch.) Beetle; Phytologia 38: 176 (1978)
= Zea mays subsp. acuminata Golosk.; Syst. Kukur 87 (1966)
= Zea mays subsp. amylacea (Sturtev.) Zhuk.; Kult. Rast. Sorod. 121 (1950)
= Zea mays subsp. amyleosaccharata (Sturtev. ex L.H.Bailey) Zhuk.; Kult. Rast. Sorod. 123 (1950)
= Zea mays subsp. aorista (Greb.) Golosk.; Syst. Kukur 101 (1966)
= Zea mays subsp. ceratina (Kuleshov) Zhuk.; Kult. Rast. Sorod. 123 (1950)
= Zea mays subsp. dentiformis Körn.; Handb. Getreidebaus 1: 362 (1885)
= Zea mays subsp. everta (Sturtev.) Zhuk.; Kult. Rast. Sorod. 121 (1950)
= Zea mays subsp. excellens (Alef.) Körn.; Handb. Getreidebaus 1: 361 (1885)
= Zea mays subsp. indentata (Sturtev.) Zhuk.; Kult. Rast. Sorod. 121 (1950)
= Zea mays subsp. indurata (Sturtev.) Zhuk.; Kult. Rast. Sorod. 122 (1950)
= Zea mays subsp. microsperma Körn.; Handb. Getreidebaus 1: 362 (1885)
= Zea mays subsp. obtusa Golosk.; Syst. Kukur 89 (1966)
= Zea mays subsp. praecox (Pers.) Schübl. & G.Martens; Fl. Würtemberg 604 (1834)
= Zea mays subsp. saccharata (Sturtev.) Zhuk.; Kult. Rast. Sorod. 121 (1950)
= Zea mays subsp. tunicata (A.St.-Hil.) Zhuk.; Kult. Rast. Sorod. 122 (1950)
= Zea mays var. acuminata Körn.; 22 (1873), nom. inval.
= Zea mays var. aestiva Alef.; Landw. Fl. 307 (1866), nom. illeg. superfl.
= Zea mays var. alba Alef.; Landw. Fl. 309 (1866)
= Zea mays var. alba Gill. & Magne; 443 (1863)
= Zea mays var. alboflava Körn.; 27 (1873), nom. inval.
= Zea mays var. alborubra Körn.; 23 (1873), nom. inval.
= Zea mays var. alborubro-ornis Schmaraev; Kul´t. Fl. S.S.S.R. 6: 29 (1982)
= Zea mays var. albotunicata Schmaraev; Kul´t. Fl. S.S.S.R. 6: 37 (1982)
= Zea mays var. americana Schur; 187 (1850)
= Zea mays var. amylacea (Sturtev.) L.H.Bailey; 2006 (1902)
= Zea mays var. amyleasaccharata (Sturtev.) L.H.Bailey; 2006 (1902)
= Zea mays var. atropurpurea Schmaraev; Kul´t. Fl. S.S.S.R. 6: 30 (1982)
= Zea mays var. autumnalis Alef.; Landw. Fl. 308 (1866), nom. illeg. superfl.
= Zea mays var. autumna-seminibus-albis Bonaf.; Hist. Nat. Maïs 37 (1836)
= Zea mays var. caesia Alef.; Landw. Fl. 310 (1866)
= Zea mays var. canariensis Bonaf.; Hist. Nat. Maïs 34 (1836)
= Zea mays var. ceratina Kuleshov; Trudy Prikl. Bot. 19(2): 341 (1928)
= Zea mays var. coerulea Körn.; 25 (1873), nom. inval.
= Zea mays var. coeruleodulcis Körn.; 23 (1873), nom. inval.
= Zea mays var. compressa Alef.; Landw. Fl. 307 (1866)
= Zea mays var. corynula Alef.; Landw. Fl. 307 (1866)
= Zea mays var. crinusa Alef.; Landw. Fl. 309 (1866), nom. illeg. superfl.
= Zea mays var. crococeras Körn.; 24 (1873), nom. inval.
= Zea mays var. crocodon Körn.; 24 (1873), nom. inval.
= Zea mays var. cryptosperma Gill. & Magne; 444 (1863)
= Zea mays var. curagua (Molina) Alef.; Landw. Fl. 305 (1866)
= Zea mays var. cymosa Bonaf.; Hist. Nat. Maïs 38 (1836)
= Zea mays var. diasacchara Körn.; 24 (1873), nom. inval.
= Zea mays var. dierythra Körn.; 27 (1873), nom. inval.
= Zea mays var. dulcis Körn.; 22 (1873), nom. inval.
= Zea mays var. erythrodiasacchara Körn.; 28 (1873), nom. inval.
= Zea mays var. erythrolepis (Bonaf.) Alef.; Landw. Fl. 304 (1866)
= Zea mays var. erythropais Alef.; Landw. Fl. 305 (1866)
= Zea mays var. everta (Sturtev.) L.H.Bailey; Cycl. Amer. Hort. [L.H.Bailey] 4: 2005 (1902)
= Zea mays var. flavoalba Körn.; 28 (1873), nom. inval.
= Zea mays var. flavodulcis Körn.; 22 (1873), nom. inval.
= Zea mays var. flavorubra Körn.; 23 (1873), nom. inval.
= Zea mays var. flavorubrotunicata Schmaraev; Kul´t. Fl. S.S.S.R. 6: 37 (1982)
= Zea mays var. gasquinensis Bonaf.; Hist. Nat. Maïs 37 (1836)
= Zea mays var. gilva Körn.; 27 (1873), nom. inval.
= Zea mays var. glaucopais Alef.; Landw. Fl. 305 (1866)
= Zea mays var. glaucops Alef.; Landw. Fl. 307 (1866)
= Zea mays var. glaucornis Alef.; Landw. Fl. 312 (1866)
= Zea mays var. gracillima Körn.; Handb. Getreidebaus 1: 362 (1885)
= Zea mays var. graeca Bonaf.; Hist. Nat. Maïs 34 (1836)
= Zea mays var. guasconensis Alef.; Landw. Fl. 306 (1866)
= Zea mays var. haematornis Alef.; Landw. Fl. 312 (1866)
= Zea mays var. hepaticornis Schmaraev; Kul´t. Fl. S.S.S.R. 6: 29 (1982)
= Zea mays var. hirta (Bonaf.) Alef.; Landw. Fl. 309 (1866)
= Zea mays var. hirta Gill. & Magne; 444 (1863)
= Zea mays var. hispanica Bonaf.; Hist. Nat. Maïs 35 (1836)
= Zea mays var. humilis Schur; 187 (1850)
= Zea mays var. indentata (Sturtev.) L.H.Bailey; Cycl. Amer. Hort. [L.H.Bailey] 4: 2006 (1902)
= Zea mays var. indurata (Sturtev.) L.H.Bailey; Cycl. Amer. Hort. [L.H.Bailey] 4: 2005 (1902)
= Zea mays var. japonica (Van Houtte) Alph.Wood; Amer. Bot. Fl. 2: 409 (1871)
= Zea mays var. latissima Alef.; Landw. Fl. 311 (1866)
= Zea mays var. leucoceras Alef.; Landw. Fl. 312 (1866)
= Zea mays var. leucodiasacchara Körn.; 28 (1873), nom. inval.
= Zea mays var. leucodon Alef.; Landw. Fl. 311 (1866)
= Zea mays var. leucopais Alef.; Landw. Fl. 305 (1866)
= Zea mays var. leucornis Alef.; Landw. Fl. 312 (1866)
= Zea mays var. leucospira Schur; 187 (1850)
= Zea mays var. lilacina Körn.; 25 (1873), nom. inval.
= Zea mays var. linearis Schur; 187 (1850)
= Zea mays var. melanornis Körn.; 24 (1873), nom. inval.
= Zea mays var. minima Bonaf.; Hist. Nat. Maïs 36 (1836)
= Zea mays var. mirabilis Körn.; 22 (1873), nom. inval.
= Zea mays var. multicolor Alef.; Landw. Fl. 310 (1866)
= Zea mays var. multicoloramylacea Yarchuk; Byull. Vsesoyuzn. Ordena Lenina Inst. Rasteniev. N. I. Vavilova 96: 79 (1979)
= Zea mays var. nigra Alef.; Landw. Fl. 310 (1866)
= Zea mays var. nigrorubra Körn.; 28 (1873), nom. inval.
= Zea mays var. oryzaea Kuleshov; Trudy Prikl. Bot. 47: 495 (1930)
= Zea mays var. oryzoides Körn.; 24 (1873), nom. inval.
= Zea mays var. oxyornis Körn.; 24 (1873), nom. inval.
= Zea mays var. oxyornistunicata Schmaraev; Kul´t. Fl. S.S.S.R. 6: 37 (1982)
= Zea mays var. pensylvanica Bonaf.; Hist. Nat. Maïs 33 (1836)
= Zea mays var. perlata Schur; 187 (1850)
= Zea mays var. philippii Körn.; 27 (1873), nom. inval.
= Zea mays var. poecilopais Alef.; Landw. Fl. 306 (1866)
= Zea mays var. poikilodiasacchara Körn.; 28 (1873), nom. inval.
= Zea mays var. poikilodon Körn.; 24 (1873), nom. inval.
= Zea mays var. poikilornis Körn.; 25 (1873), nom. inval.
= Zea mays var. polelythra Alef.; Landw. Fl. 306 (1866)
= Zea mays var. polyleuca Alef.; Landw. Fl. 306 (1866)
= Zea mays var. polystachios Gill. & Magne; 444 (1863)
= Zea mays var. polystachytes Bonaf.; Hist. Nat. Maïs 36 (1836)
= Zea mays var. polyxantha Alef.; Landw. Fl. 306 (1866)
= Zea mays var. praecox Gill. & Magne; 443 (1863), nom. illeg.
= Zea mays var. praecox Pers.; 533 (1807)
= Zea mays var. praecox Torr.; Man. Bot. [A.Eaton], ed. 2: 500 (1818)
= Zea mays var. pungens Körn.; 22 (1873), nom. inval.
= Zea mays var. purpuornis Schmaraev; Kul´t. Fl. S.S.S.R. 6: 29 (1982)
= Zea mays var. pyracra Alef.; Landw. Fl. 307 (1866)
= Zea mays var. pyrocarpa Alef.; Landw. Fl. 310 (1866)
= Zea mays var. pyroceras Alef.; Landw. Fl. 312 (1866)
= Zea mays var. pyrodon Alef.; Landw. Fl. 312 (1866)
= Zea mays var. quillotensis Bonaf.; Hist. Nat. Maïs 38 (1836)
= Zea mays var. quinquantina Alef.; Landw. Fl. 309 (1866)
= Zea mays var. rhodornis Alef.; Landw. Fl. 312 (1866)
= Zea mays var. rosea Körn.; 25 (1873), nom. inval.
= Zea mays var. rostrata Gill. & Magne; 444 (1863)
= Zea mays var. rubra Bonaf.; Hist. Nat. Maïs 40 (1836)
= Zea mays var. rubra Gill. & Magne; 444 (1863)
= Zea mays var. rubrocaesia Körn.; 27 (1873), nom. inval.
= Zea mays var. rubrodulcis Körn.; 23 (1873), nom. inval.
= Zea mays var. rubronigra Körn.; 25 (1873), nom. inval.
= Zea mays var. rubropaleata Körn.; 27 (1873), nom. inval.
= Zea mays var. rubropaleatatunicata Schmaraev; Kul´t. Fl. S.S.S.R. 6: 37 (1982)
= Zea mays var. rubropunctata Körn.; 27 (1873), nom. inval.
= Zea mays var. rubrostriata Körn.; 24 (1873), nom. inval.
= Zea mays var. rubroviolacea Körn.; 27 (1873), nom. inval.
= Zea mays var. rugosa Bonaf.; Hist. Nat. Maïs 39 (1836)
= Zea mays var. rugosa Gill. & Magne; 444 (1863)
= Zea mays var. saccharata (Sturtev.) L.H.Bailey; Cycl. Amer. Hort. [L.H.Bailey] 4: 2006 (1902)
= Zea mays var. striata Alef.; Landw. Fl. 310 (1866), nom. illeg. superfl.
= Zea mays var. striatiamylacea Leizerson; Byull. Vsesoyuzn. Ordena Lenina Inst. Rasteniev. N. I. Vavilova 96: 79 (1979)
= Zea mays var. striatidens Körn.; 24 (1873), nom. inval.
= Zea mays var. striatodulcis Körn.; 23 (1873), nom. inval.
= Zea mays var. subflavodulcis Schmaraev; Kul´t. Fl. S.S.S.R. 6: 36 (1982)
= Zea mays var. subnigroviolacea T.A.Yarchuk; Byull. Vsesojuzn. Ordena Lenina Ordena Druzhby Narodov Nauchno-Issl. Inst. Rasteniev. N. I. Vavilova 96: 79 (1979)
= Zea mays var. subpraecox Bonaf.; Hist. Nat. Maïs 35 (1836)
= Zea mays var. subpraecox Gill. & Magne; 444 (1863)
= Zea mays var. subrubrodulcis Schmaraev; Kul´t. Fl. S.S.S.R. 6: 36 (1982)
= Zea mays var. syrtica Bonaf.; Hist. Nat. Maïs 34 (1836)
= Zea mays var. tristis Körn.; 27 (1873), nom. inval.
= Zea mays var. tunicata (Sturtev.) L.H.Bailey; 2005 (1902)
= Zea mays var. tunicata A.St.-Hil.; Ann. Sci. Nat. (Paris) 16: 144 (1829)
= Zea mays var. tunicata Larrañaga ex A.St.-Hil.; Ann. Sci. Nat. (Paris) 16: 144 (1829)
= Zea mays var. turgida Bonaf.; Hist. Nat. Maïs 34 (1836)
= Zea mays var. uberior Körn.; 22 (1873), nom. inval.
= Zea mays var. varia Gill. & Magne; 444 (1863)
= Zea mays var. variegata G.Nicholson; Ill. Dict. Gard. 4: 238 (1887)
= Zea mays var. variegata Rothsch.; Pl. Feuill. Col. n. s., 2: 37 (1868)
= Zea mays var. variodulcis Körn.; 23 (1873), nom. inval.
= Zea mays var. versicolor Bonaf.; Hist. Nat. Maïs 40 (1836)
= Zea mays var. violacea Körn.; 27 (1873), nom. inval.
= Zea mays var. virginica Bonaf.; 37, pl. 10, f. 15 (1836)
= Zea mays var. vulgaris-aestiva Bonaf.; Hist. Nat. Maïs 31 (1836)
= Zea mays var. vulgaris-autumna Bonaf.; Hist. Nat. Maïs 32 (1836)
= Zea mays var. vulgata Körn.; 23 (1873), nom. inval.
= Zea mays var. xanthodon Alef.; Landw. Fl. 311 (1866)
= Zea mays var. xanthornis Körn.; 24 (1873), nom. inval.
= Zea minima Vilm.; Vilm. Blumengärtn., ed. 3 [Sieber & Voss] 1: 1190 (1895), in syn.
= Zea minima Voss; Vilm. Blumengärtn., ed. 3, 1: 1190 (1895), pro syn.
= Zea minor J.F.Gmel. ex Steud.; Nomencl. Bot. [Steudel], ed. 1: 898 (1821), pro syn.
= Zea mucronata Poit. ex Vilm.; Rev. Hort. (Paris), Sér. 2, 1: 246 (1843), in nota
= Zea odontosperma Ten.; Cat. Ort. Bot. Napoli 99 (1845)
= Zea oryzoides Golodk.; Kukuruza i sorgo 14 (1962)
= Zea oryzoides subsp. eusaccharata Golodk.; Sist. Kukuruzy 103 (1966)
= Zea oryzoides subsp. hirta (Bonaf.) Golodk.; Sist. Kukuruzy 86 (1966)
= Zea oryzoides subsp. praesaccharata Golodk.; Sist. Kukuruzy 101 (1966)
= Zea praecox Steud.; Nomencl. Bot. [Steudel], ed. 1: 898 (1821), pro syn.
= Zea rostrata Bonaf.; Ann. Soc. Agric. Lyon 5: 197 (1842), et ex Vilm. in Rev. Hortic. Ser. 2, i.(1843) 245
= Zea saccharata Sturtev.; Bull. Torrey Bot. Club 21: 333 (1894)
= Zea segetalis Salisb.; Prodr. Stirp. Chap. Allerton 28 (1796), nom. illeg. superfl.
= Zea tunicata (A.St.-Hil.) Sturtev. ex L.H.Bailey; Survival of Unlike 128 (1894), nom. illeg. superfl.
= Zea vaginata Sturtev.; Gard. Chron., n. s. 20: 443 (1883), nomen
= Zea vittata Vilm.; Vilm. Blumengärtn., ed. 3 [Sieber & Voss] 1: 1189 (1895), in syn.
= Zea vulgaris Mill.; Gard. Dict (ed. 8) Zea No. 3 (1768)