Zea luxurians, also referred to by the common names Maíz de Monte,[1] Florida teosinte and Guatemalan teosinte,[3] is a species of flowering plant in the family Poaceae.[4] It is a true grass and a teosinte.

Zea luxurians
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Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Monocots
Clade: Commelinids
Order: Poales
Family: Poaceae
Subfamily: Panicoideae
Genus: Zea
Species:
Z. luxurians
Binomial name
Zea luxurians
Synonyms[2]

Euchlaena luxurians Durieu & Asch.
Euchlaena mexicana var. luxurians (Durieu & Asch.) Haines
Zea mays subsp. luxurians (Durieu & Asch.) Iltis
Zea mexicana subsp. luxurians (Durieu & Asch.) Greb.

Distribution

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It is native to Guatemala, Honduras and Mexico, but it can also be found in areas where it has been introduced, including Brazil, Colombia, and French Guiana.[2][5]

Genome

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Tenaillon et al., 2011 obtain genome size estimates and transposable element (TE) content by high-throughput sequencing.[6] They find ~50% difference in size and that divergence from maize (Z. mays) is largely due to different % of TE content.[6] Ratios between TE families are highly conserved between Z. luxurians and Z. mays.[6]

References

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  1. ^ a b Aragón Cuevas, F.; Menjívar, J.; Ruíz Corral, J.A.; González Ledesma, M.; Contreras, A.; Azurdia, C.; de la Cruz Larios, L.; Sánchez, J.J. (2019). "Zea luxurians". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2019: e.T77726182A77726358. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2019-2.RLTS.T77726182A77726358.en. Retrieved 20 November 2021.
  2. ^ a b "Zea luxurians (Durieu & Asch.) R.M.Bird". Plants of the World Online. The Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. n.d. Retrieved September 27, 2020.
  3. ^ Zea luxurians. USDA ARS National Plant Germplasm System.
  4. ^ "Zea luxurians (Durieu & Asch.) R.M.Bird". World Flora Online. The World Flora Online Consortium. n.d. Retrieved September 27, 2020.
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    Devos, Yann; Aiassa, Elisa; Muñoz‐Guajardo, Irene; Messéan, Antoine; Mullins, Ewen (2016). "Update of environmental risk assessment conclusions and risk management recommendations of EFSA (2016) on EU teosinte". EFSA Journal. 20 (4): e07228. doi:10.2903/j.efsa.2022.7228. PMC 8972220. PMID 35386925. S2CID 247882906.
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    Silva, NCdA., et al. 2015.doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0139034 Presence of Zea luxurians (Durieu and Ascherson) Bird in Southern Brazil: Implications for the Conservation of Wild Relatives of Maize.] PLoS ONE 10(10): e0139034.
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    Weigel, Detlef (2011). "Natural Variation". 158 (1): 2–22. doi:10.1104/pp.111.189845. PMC 3252104. S2CID 612720. {{cite journal}}: Cite journal requires |journal= (help)
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    Tenaillon, Maud I.; Hufford, Matthew B.; Gaut, Brandon S.; Ross-Ibarra, Jeffrey (2011). "Genome Size and Transposable Element Content as Determined by High-Throughput Sequencing". Genome Biology and Evolution. 3: 219–229. doi:10.1093/gbe/evr008. PMC 3068001. PMID 21296765. S2CID 15176256.