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Napoleonaea
Sign in to saveNapoleonaea 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. The genus is native to Africa.
Species
GENUS
- KingdomPlantae
- PhylumTracheophyta
- ClassMagnoliopsida
- OrderEricales
- FamilyLecythidaceae
Observations recorded5,007
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Museum specimens
- Specimen records
- 88
- With media
- 90
- Family
- Lecythidaceae
- Collections
- NY, MO, MNHN
- Recorded in
- Gabon, Guinea, Cameroon, Liberia
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- taxon
- Parent taxon
- Lecythidaceae
- Named after
- Napoleon
- Image
- Napoleonaea imperialis 1.jpg
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- Category:Napoleonaea
- Commons category
- Napoleonaea
- taxon name
- Napoleonaea
- taxon rank
- genus
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Encyclopedic overview
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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. The genus is native to Africa. Accepted species
==References==
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Napoleonaea” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.