Napoleonaea

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Napoleonaea
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Napoleonaea imperialis
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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]
  • BelvisiaDesv. 1814, illegitimate homonym, not Mirb. 1802 (Polypodiaceae)
  • NapoleonaP.Beauv., spelling variant

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]
  1. Napoleonaea egertonii Baker f. - Nigeria, Gabon
  2. Napoleonaea gabonensis Liben - Cameroon, Gabon
  3. Napoleonaea gossweileri Baker f. - Republic of the Congo, Angola, Zambia
  4. Napoleonaea heudelotii A.Juss. - Guinea, Sierra Leone, Liberia, Burkina Faso
  5. Napoleonaea imperialis P.Beauv. - from Benin to Angola
  6. Napoleonaea lutea Baker f. ex Hutch. & Dalziel - Nigeria
  7. Napoleonaea reptans Baker f. ex Hutch. & Dalziel - Nigeria
  8. Napoleonaea septentrionalis Liben - Central African Republic, Republic of the Congo, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Gabon
  9. Napoleonaea talbotii Baker f. - Nigeria, Gabon, Cameroon, Republic of the Congo
  10. Napoleonaea vogelii Hook. & Planch. - from Guinea to Angola

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References

  1. 1 2 3 Kew World Checklist of Selected Plant Families
  2. Palisot de Beauvois, Ambroise Marie François Joseph. 1804. Napoléone Impériale 1.
  3. Tropicos, Napoleonaea P. Beauv.
  4. Ronde de Craene, L. P. Floral development of Napoleonaea (Lecythidaceae), a deceptively complex flower. Flowers on the Tree of Life. Cambridge University Press. 2011.
  5. Liben, L. (1971). Révision du genre africain Napoleonaea P. Beauv. (Lecythidaceae). Bulletin du Jardin Botanique National de Belgique 41: 363-382.