Napoleonaea
| Napoleonaea | |
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| N. imperialis | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| (unranked): | Angiosperms |
| (unranked): | Eudicots |
| (unranked): | Asterids |
| Order: | Ericales |
| Family: | Lecythidaceae |
| Genus: | Napoleonaea P.Beauv. |
| Type species | |
| Napoleonaea imperialis P.Beauv. | |
| Synonyms[1] | |
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Napoleonaea is a genus of woody plant in the Lecythidaceae family first described as a genus in 1804, the same year its namesake (Napoleone di Buonaparte) 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. - 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 - CAR, Congo, Zaire, Gabon
- Napoleonaea talbotii Baker f. - Nigeria, Gabon, Cameroon, Congo
- Napoleonaea vogelii Hook. & Planch. - from Guinea to Angola
References
- 1 2 3 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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