Zea perennis

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Poales
Classification System: APG IV Superregnum: Eukaryota Regnum: Plantae Cladus: Angiosperms Cladus: Monocots Cladus: Commelinids Ordo: Poales

Familia: Poaceae
Subfamilia: Panicoideae
Tribus: Andropogoneae
Subtribus: Tripsacinae
Genus: Zea
Species: Zea perennis

Name

Zea perennis (Hitchc.) Reeves & Mangelsd., Amer. J. Bot. 29: 817 (1942).

• Type locality: Mexico: Jalisco: collected in prairie along the railroad, about one mile south of the station, Zapotlán (Ciudad Guzman).
• Typus: leg. A.S. Hitchcock 7146; 1910-09-12; Holotype: US-727077;

Synonyms

• Basionym
• Euchlaena perennis Hitchc., J. Washington Acad. Sci. 12: 207 (1922)

Distribution

Native distribution areas:
Northern America Mexico Mexico Southwest Introduced into Mexico Central, Northern Provinces, South Carolina References: Brummitt, R.K. 2001. TDWG – World Geographical Scheme for Recording Plant Distributions, 2nd Edition

References

Primary references

• Reeves, R.G. & Mangelsdorf, P.C. 1942. A Proposed Taxonomic Change in the Tribe Maydeae (Family Gramineae). American Journal of Botany 29(10): 815–817. JSTOR Reference page. 
• Hitchcock, A.S. 1922. A perennial species of teosinte. Journal of the Washington Academy of Sciences 12: 205–208. BHL Reference page. 

Links

• International Plant Names Index. 2022. Zea perennis. Published online. Accessed: Oct. 11 2022.
• Govaerts, R. et al. 2022. Zea perennis in Kew Science Plants of the World Online. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published online. Accessed: 2022 Oct. 11. Reference page. 
• Tropicos.org 2022. Zea perennis. Missouri Botanical Garden. Published online. Accessed: 11 Oct. 2022.

Vernacular names

English: perennial teosinte