Mariosousa usumacintensis

Mariosousa usumacintensis
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Plantae
(unranked): Angiosperms
(unranked): Eudicots
(unranked): Rosids
Order: Fabales
Family: Fabaceae
Subfamily: Caesalpinioideae[1]
(unranked): Mimosoid clade[1]
Genus: Mariosousa
Species: M. usumacintensis
Binomial name
Mariosousa usumacintensis
(Lundell) Seigler & Ebinger
Synonyms[2]

Acacia usumacintensis Lundell

Mariosousa usumacintensis is a plant species native to the Mexican State of Tabasco. It was named after the Río Usumacinta, near the location where the type specimen was collected.[3][4]

Mariosousa usumacintensis is a tree up to 15 m (50 feet) tall. Prickles are located at the bases of the petioles, each prickle with a large flat gland near the base.[5]

References

  1. 1 2 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.
  2. ↑ Tropicos
  3. ↑ Cowan, C. P. 1983. Flora de Tabasco. Listados Florístisticos de México 1: 1–123
  4. ↑ Sousa Sánchez, M., M. Ricker & H. M. Hernández Macías. 2003. An index for the tree species of the family Leguminosae in Mexico. Harvard Papers in Botany 7(2): 381–398.
  5. ↑ Lundell, Cyrus Longworth. 1940. Studies of tropical plants. Contributions from the University of Michigan Herbarium 4:3-32.
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