Zea nicaraguensis is a true grass species in the genus Zea. It is considered to be phenotypically the most distinctive, as well as the most threatened teosinte. This teosinte thrives in flooded conditions along 200 m of a coastal estuarine river in northwest Nicaragua. Virtually all populations of teosinte are either threatened or endangered: Z. nicaraguensis survives as about 6000 plants in an area of 200 x 150 m.
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