Mariosousa
Mariosousa is a genus of 13 species of flowering plants in the legume family, Fabaceae. It belongs to the subfamily Mimosoideae. Members of this genus were formerly considered to belong to the genus Acacia.
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
The genus Mariosousa comprises the following species:
- Mariosousa acatlensis Seigler & Ebinger—Acatlan acacia
- Mariosousa centralis Seigler & Ebinger—Central American acacia
- Mariosousa compacta Seigler & Ebinger
- Mariosousa coulteri Seigler & Ebinger—Coulter acacia
- Mariosousa dolichostachya Seigler & Ebinger—longspike acacia
- Mariosousa durangensis Seigler & Ebinger—Durango acacia
- Mariosousa heterophylla Seigler & Ebinger—Palo Blanco, Willard acacia
- Mariosousa mammifera Seigler & Ebinger
- Mariosousa millefolia Seigler & Ebinger—Milfoil wattle, Santa Rita acacia
- Mariosousa russelliana Seigler & Ebinger
- Mariosousa salazarii Seigler & Ebinger
- Mariosousa sericea Seigler & Ebinger
- Mariosousa usumacintensis Seigler & Ebinger
