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There are basically nine types, or subspecies, of maize:
- Flour corn - Zea mays var. amylacea
- Popcorn - Zea mays var. everta
- Dent corn - Zea mays var. indentata
- Flint corn - Zea mays var. indurata
- Sweet corn - Zea mays var. saccharataand Zea mays var. rugosa
- Waxy corn - Zea mays var. ceratina
- Amylomaize - Zea mays
- Pod corn - Zea mays var. tunicata Larrañaga ex A. St. Hil.
- Striped maize - Zea mays var. japonica
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