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]
| Napoleonaea | |
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| 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 | |
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