Mariosousa | |
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Mariosousa willardiana | |
Scientific classification | |
Kingdom: | Plantae |
Clade: | Tracheophytes |
Clade: | Angiosperms |
Clade: | Eudicots |
Clade: | Rosids |
Order: | Fabales |
Family: | Fabaceae |
Subfamily: | Caesalpinioideae |
Clade: | Mimosoid clade |
Genus: |
Mariosousa Seigler & Ebinger |
Type species | |
Mariosousa coulteri (Bentham) Seigler & Ebinger
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Species [1] [2] | |
13; see text | |
The range of the genus Mariosousa | |
Synonyms | |
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Mariosousa is a genus of 13 species of flowering plants in the family Fabaceae. It belongs to the mimosoid clade of the subfamily Caesalpinioideae. [3] Members of this genus were formerly considered to belong to the genus Acacia. [1]
Restricted in range to Central America, Mexico, and the southwestern United States, members of the genus are trees or shrubs bearing alternate, bipinnately compound leaves—each with a swelling at the base of the petiole—and white- to cream- or yellow-colored flowers. The flowers are typically borne in elongated, bottle brush–like spikes. The fruits that later replace these flowers are markedly flattened pods.
The genus Mariosousa comprises the following species: [1] [4]
Mariosousa willardiana is considered a synonym of Mariosousa heterophylla.