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Zea diploperennis
Also called Diploid Perennial Teosinte
Zea diploperennis, the diploperennial teosinte, is a species of perennial plant in the family Poaceae endemic to southwest Jalisco, Mexico. It is endangered.
It is endemic to southwest Jalisco, Mexico, where it occurs in maize fields, which in the Manatlán Biosphere Reserve are surrounded by pine and cloud forest, and it is also found in formerly open Quercus-Pinus-Carpinus forests at altitudes of 1400–2200 m above sea level.
Teosinte · Dent corn · Flint corn · Maize · Nicaraguan Teosinte · Perennial teosinte · Corn
Text excerpted from the Wikipedia article Zea diploperennis by its contributors, under CC BY-SA 4.0; the excerpts are shared under the same licence.
Life form, climate and native range: World Checklist of Vascular Plants, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew (CC BY 3.0), reformatted; see Plants of the World Online.
