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Zea

not marked as a favorite taxon *Zea perennis (A.S. Hitchcock) Reeves & Mangelsdorf. Common name: Mexican Teosinte. Habitat: Disturbed areas; apparently established at least formerly. Distribution: Native to Jalisco, Mexico. Z. perennis was considered by Hitchcock & Chase (1951) to be "established on James Island, S.C.".

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Origin/Endemic status: Neotropics

Synonymy ⓘ: = FNA25, K1, K4, NS, POWO; = Euchlaena perennis Hitchc. — HC; = n/a — RAB. Basionym: Euchlaena perennis Hitchc. 1922

Links to other floras: = Zea perennis - FNA25

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