Napoleonaea
| Napoleonaea | |
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| Napoleonaea imperialis | |
Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Eudicots |
| Clade: | Asterids |
| Order: | Ericales |
| Family: | Lecythidaceae |
| Subfamily: | Napoleonaeoideae |
| Genus: | Napoleonaea P.Beauv. |
| Type species | |
| Napoleonaea imperialis | |
| Synonyms[1] | |
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Napoleonaea is a genus of woody plant in the family Lecythidaceae first described as a genus in 1804, the same year its namesake (Napoleon Bonaparte) crowned himself Emperor of the French.[2][3] The genus is native to Africa.[1][4][5]
- Accepted species[1]
- Napoleonaea egertonii Baker f. - Nigeria, Gabon
- Napoleonaea gabonensis Liben - Cameroon, Gabon
- Napoleonaea gossweileri Baker f. - Republic of the Congo, Angola, Zambia
- Napoleonaea heudelotii A.Juss. - Guinea, Sierra Leone, Liberia, Burkina Faso
- Napoleonaea imperialis P.Beauv. - from Benin to Angola
- Napoleonaea lutea Baker f. ex Hutch. & Dalziel - Nigeria
- Napoleonaea reptans Baker f. ex Hutch. & Dalziel - Nigeria
- Napoleonaea septentrionalis Liben - Central African Republic, Republic of the Congo, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Gabon
- Napoleonaea talbotii Baker f. - Nigeria, Gabon, Cameroon, Republic of the Congo
- Napoleonaea vogelii Hook. & Planch. - from Guinea to Angola
References[edit]
Wikimedia Commons has media related to Napoleonaea.
- ^ a b c Kew World Checklist of Selected Plant Families
- ^ Palisot de Beauvois, Ambroise Marie François Joseph. 1804. Napoléone Impériale 1.
- ^ Tropicos, Napoleonaea P. Beauv.
- ^ Ronde de Craene, L. P. Floral development of Napoleonaea (Lecythidaceae), a deceptively complex flower. Flowers on the Tree of Life. Cambridge University Press. 2011.
- ^ Liben, L. (1971). Révision du genre africain Napoleonaea P. Beauv. (Lecythidaceae). Bulletin du Jardin Botanique National de Belgique 41: 363-382.
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