Napoleonaea

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

Napoleonaea
Napoleonaea imperialis
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Plantae
Clade:	Tracheophytes
Clade:	Angiosperms
Clade:	Eudicots
Clade:	Asterids
Order:	Ericales
Family:	Lecythidaceae
Subfamily:	Napoleonaeoideae
Genus:	Napoleonaea P.Beauv.
Type species
Napoleonaea imperialis P.Beauv.
Synonyms[1]
Belvisia Desv. 1814, illegitimate homonym, not Mirb. 1802 (Polypodiaceae) Napoleona P.Beauv., spelling variant