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Zea luxurians
Also called Florida Teosinte, Guatemalan Teosinte, Southern Guatemalan Teosinte
Zea luxurians, also referred to by the common names Maíz de Monte, Florida teosinte and Guatemalan teosinte, is a species of annual flowering plant in the family Poaceae.
It is a true grass and a teosinte.
It is native to Guatemala, Honduras and Mexico, but it can also be found in areas where it has been introduced, including Brazil, Colombia, and French Guiana.
Diploperennial teosinte · Dent corn · Flint corn · Maize · Nicaraguan Teosinte · Perennial teosinte · Corn
Text excerpted from the Wikipedia article Zea luxurians 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.
