Table 2 Maize cultivars of Jacaltenango according to two independent sources from 1927 and 1937 Spelling according to original. Abbreviations: C = cold; H = hot; T = temperate; W = warm; m = months. Between brackets: identifying numbers of the cultivars. Dashed lines: separation between growing environments following LaFarge & Byers [36] (see C/T/H classification, second column).

kex-wa' (1)

C, "black tortilla",

q'ex wa' (1)

C, 9 m

nime' q'ex wa' (2)

C, 9 m, yellow, intermediate

papa q'ex wa' (3)

C, 9 m

kokh q'ex wa' (4)

C, 9 m, yellow, intermediate

tciletcuwa' (5)

C, sweet, white or yellow

t|ilit| wa' (5)

C, 6 m

kěx sat (6)

T, "black eyes"

q'ex sat (6)

C, 9 m

qan-ñal (7)

T, white

q'an ñal (7)

W, 8 m

sax-ñal (8)

T, "white ripe ear"

saq ñal (8)

C, 9 m, white, dent

ts'ip sat (9)

T

ts'ib sat (9)

W, 8 m

ts'ip sat sax-ñal (10)

T, "white ripe ear with written grains"

ts'ib sat saq ñal (10)

C, 9 m, spotted, intermediate

ocep cahua (11)

H, three months, moons

o_ep_xau (11)

W, 4 m, yellow, dent

p:au (12)

H

q'an b:au (12)

W, 8 m, yellow,

nimex kan p:au (13)

H, "big yellow ear"

dent

tcimho (14)

H

Chimbo (14)

W, 6 m

tewa' (15)

H, long term

te wa' (15)

W, 9–10 m

q'an te wa' (16)

W, 9–10 m

ockal tsaiik (17)

H, "sixty days"

-

-

-

-

q'an wa' (18)

C, 6 m

-

-

?amaltin (19)

C, 9 m, spotted, flint

-

-

jex ti' (20)

C, 9 m, yellow, dent

-

-

saq po (21)

W, 8 m

-

-

Cuarentano (22)

W, 4 m

-

-

Tejar (23)

W, 4 m, white, dent

-

-

Pantaleón (24)

W, 6 m

-

-

q'ex t?itam wa' (25)

black, dent