Chapter 7: Linnaean Plant Names and their Types (part Z) Author Jarvis, Charlie Department of Botany, Natural History Museum, Cromwell Road, London, UK text 2007 Linnaean Society of London in association with the Natural History Museum London Order out of Chaos. Linnaean Plant Types and their Types 932 934 book chapter https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.291971 978-0-9506207-7-0 291971 Zea mays Linnaeus , Species Plantarum 2 : 971. 1753 . "Habitat in America." RCN: 7049. Lectotype (Iltis & Doebley in Amer. J. Bot. 67: 1001. 1980): Herb. Linn. No. 1096.1 ( LINN ) . Generitype of Zea Linnaeus. Current name: Zea mays L. ( Poaceae ).