Zea perennis (Hitchc.) Reeves & Mangelsd. (1942:817)
Perennial teosinte
Taxonomy & Nomenclature
Synonym/s: Euchlaena perennis Hitchc. in J. Washington Acad. Sci. 12: 207 (1922)
Conservation Status
Last wild record: 1921 (Hitchcock, 1922 fide Lucas & Synge, 1978:225)
Since Rediscovered in the Wild [by implication] (Sánchez et al., 2019)
Distribution & Habitat
Jalisco, Mexico
Anatomy & Morphology
Biology & Ecology
Hypodigm
Media
References
Original scientific description:
Hitchcock, A. S. (1922). A perennial species of teosinte. J. Wash. Acad. Sci. 12: 205-208.
Other references:
Clayton, W. D., Harman, K. T. and Williamson, H. (2006). World Grass Species - Synonymy database The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew.
Dávila, P., Mejia-Saulés, M. T., Gómez-Sánchez, N., Valdés-Reyna, J., Ortíz, J. J., Morín, C., Castrejón, J. and Ocampo, A. (2006). Catálogo de las Gramíneas de México: 1-671. CONABIO, México city.
Flora of North America Editorial Committee. (2003). Flora of North America North of Mexico 25: 1-781. Oxford University Press, New York, Oxford.
Lucas, Grenville Llewellyn and Synge, Hugh (compilers). (1978). The IUCN Plant Red Data Book. Morges, Switzerland: IUCN. 540 pp. [pp. 225-226]
POWO. (2025). Plants of the World Online (online resource). Facilitated by the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew, United Kingdom. Available at: https://powo.science.kew.org/ [Accessed 3 March 2025]
Sánchez, J. J., Ruíz Corral, J. A., de la Cruz Larios, L. and Contreras, A. (2019). Zea perennis. The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2019: e.T77727073A77727085. https://dx.doi.org/10.2305/IUCN.UK.2019-2.RLTS.T77727073A77727085.en. Accessed on 03 March 2025.