Zea diploperennis

Zea diploperennis
Zea diploperennis, Conservatoire botanique national de Brest, France, June 2007
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Monocots
Clade: Commelinids
Order: Poales
Family: Poaceae
Subfamily: Panicoideae
Genus: Zea
Species:
Z. diploperennis
Binomial name
Zea diploperennis
H.H.Iltis Doebley & R.Guzman & Pazy B., 1979

Zea diploperennis, the diploperennial teosinte, is a species of grass (family: Poaceae) in the genus Zea and a teosinte (wild relative of maize or corn). It is perennial.