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Description: Information on the stock of teosinte grown at Connecticut University.
Zea mexicana {Poaceae} Teosinte (Schrad.) Reeves & Mangel Annual or perennial, stems to 10 or rarely 15 feet, coarse, branching at base, flattened on one side between the dark-colored fruiting nodes; leaf blades sword-shaped, long-pointed, to 3.25 inches wide, midrib prominent, sheaths expanded, very strongly veined; female spikelets solitary on opposite sides of obliquely articulate rachis, first glume hard, covering the cavity, second glume membranous, lemma hyaline; grains about /25 inches long, glossy, with markings resembling and insect pupa on the face.
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Page title:Zea mexicana {Poaceae} Teosinte
Keywords:Zea mexicana Teosinte Mexico Poaceae
Description:EEB Greenhouse Accession Data for Zea mexicana
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