Napoleonaea Explained

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.^{[1] [2]} The genus is native to Africa.^{[3] [4] [5]}

Accepted species^[3]

Notes and References

1. Palisot de Beauvois, Ambroise Marie François Joseph. 1804. Napoléone Impériale 1.
2. http://www.tropicos.org/Name/40025166 Tropicos, Napoleonaea P. Beauv.
3. http://apps.kew.org/wcsp/namedetail.do?name_id=313182 Kew World Checklist of Selected Plant Families
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.