Napoleonaea

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|image = Napoleonaea imperialis 1.jpg

|image_caption = Napoleonaea imperialis

|taxon = Napoleonaea

|authority = P.Beauv.

|type_species = Napoleonaea imperialis

|type_species_authority = P.Beauv.

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|synonyms = *Belvisia Desv. 1814, illegitimate homonym, not Mirb. 1802 (Polypodiaceae)

• Napoleona P.Beauv., spelling variant

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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.Palisot de Beauvois, Ambroise Marie François Joseph. 1804. Napoléone Impériale 1.[http://www.tropicos.org/Name/40025166 Tropicos, Napoleonaea P. Beauv.] The genus is native to Africa.[http://apps.kew.org/wcsp/namedetail.do?name_id=313182 Kew World Checklist of Selected Plant Families]Ronde de Craene, L. P. [http://ebooks.cambridge.org/chapter.jsf?bid=CBO9781139013321&cid=CBO9781139013321A019 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.

;Accepted species

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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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