Mariosousa
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| 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 | |
| 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.
