Is Sweet corn, corn and maize three different plants?

Question

I am trying to find some info on corn, like makes corn dollies, cornflour etc and then wondered if I should look up maize and then thought I'd found different plants.

So I am baffled.

Here yahooers please help

Where can I find info about corn?

Where can I find info about maize?

Answer 1

sweet corn ,corn & maize are three different species of the same genera.

its better to search in wikipedia or in google search

Answer 2

Sweet corn, maize, feed corn etc.... they are all the same plant species, but each has genetic differences that have either occurred naturally or have been hybridized through breeding programs.  As for finding information.  I would Wikipedia first and then do more narrow searches with google or yahoo.

Answer 3

Corn is the common name used for a number of subspecies or variant forms of the cereal. The proper name is Zea mays followed by the variant name.

Popcorn is Zea mays var. everta while corn that is grown for meal is Zea mays var. amylacea.

Dent maize is grown for grain as stock feed.

http://vasatwiki.icrisat.org/index.php/M...

Wheat (Triticum aestivum)

http://www.answers.com/topic/wheat

Oats (Avena sativa)

http://www.answers.com/topic/oats

http://131.152.161.2/FMPro?-db=b.fp5&-fo...

Barley (Hordeum vulgare)

http://www.answers.com/topic/barley

http://www.fotosearch.com/VSL115/49_barl...

http://www.ubcbotanicalgarden.org/potd/2...

Rye (Secale cereale)

http://www.answers.com/topic/rye-1

http://wisplants.uwsp.edu/scripts/detail...

Answer 4

They are the same. In UK corn used to refer to wheat but this has tended to fall into disuse.

This is a good general guide to cereals

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cereals

Answer 5

Corn, sweet corn and maize are all the same plant.  

However, sometimes wheat is called corn in the UK.  Corn dollies here are normally made of wheat straw.

A good start is:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Maize

http://schools-wikipedia.org/2006/wp/m/M...

http://en.citizendium.org/wiki/Maize