Mimoseae is an infrafamily in the subfamily Mimosoideae, containing the genus Prosopis among others. Infrafamilies Acacieae Ingeae Mimoseae Mimozygantheae Parkieae The Mimosoideae is a subfamily of the Family Fabaceae characterized by flowers with small petals and numerous prominent stamens. ... Species many, see text Mesquite trees (genus Prosopis) are found in the United States from north-central Texas and Oklahoma up to southwestern Kansas and west to southeastern California, and from southwestern Utah to the southern limits of the Sonoran and Chihuahuan Deserts in Mexico. ...