| Mariosousa | |
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| Mariosousa willardiana | |
Scientific classification 
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| 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] | |
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13; see text | |
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| The range of the genus Mariosousa | |
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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.
Species[edit]
The genus Mariosousa comprises the following species:[1][4]
- Mariosousa acatlensis (Benth.) Seigler & Ebinger—Acatlan acacia
- Mariosousa centralis (Britton & Rose) Seigler & Ebinger—Central American acacia
- Mariosousa compacta (Rose) Seigler & Ebinger
- Mariosousa coulteri (Benth.) Seigler & Ebinger—Coulter acacia
- Mariosousa dolichostachya (S.F. Blake) Seigler & Ebinger—longspike acacia
- Mariosousa durangensis (Britton & Rose) Seigler & Ebinger—Durango acacia
- Mariosousa heterophylla (Benth.) Seigler & Ebinger—palo blanco, Willard acacia
- Mariosousa mammifera (Schltdl.) Seigler & Ebinger
- Mariosousa millefolia (S. Watson) Seigler & Ebinger—Milfoil wattle, Santa Rita acacia
- Mariosousa russelliana (Britton & Rose) Seigler & Ebinger
- Mariosousa salazarii (Britton & Rose) Seigler & Ebinger
- Mariosousa sericea (Martens & Galeotii) Seigler & Ebinger
- Mariosousa usumacintensis (Lundell) Seigler & Ebinger
Mariosousa willardiana is considered a synonym of Mariosousa heterophylla.
References[edit]
- ^ a b c Seigler DS, Ebinger JE, Miller JT (2006). "Mariosousa, a New Segregate Genus from Acacia s.l. (Fabaceae, Mimosoideae) from Central and North America". Novon. 16 (3): 413–420. doi:10.3417/1055-3177(2006)16[413:MANSGF]2.0.CO;2. S2CID 86112681.
- ^ Maslin B. "List of Acacia sensu lato species". World Wide Wattle. Retrieved 31 December 2013.
- ^ The Legume Phylogeny Working Group (LPWG). (2017). "A new subfamily classification of the Leguminosae based on a taxonomically comprehensive phylogeny". Taxon. 66 (1): 44–77. doi:10.12705/661.3. hdl:10568/90658.
- ^ Seigler DS, Ebinger JE (2018). "New Combinations in Parasenegalia and Mariosousa (Fabaceae: Mimosoideae)" (PDF). Phytologia. 100 (4): 256–259.