Lecythidaceae

Napoleonaea P.Beauv.

First published in Napoléone: 1 (1804)
This genus is accepted
The native range of this genus is W. Tropical Africa to Angola. It grows primarily in the wet tropical biome.

Distribution

Native to:

Angola, Benin, Burkina, Cabinda, Cameroon, Central African Repu, Congo, Equatorial Guinea, Gabon, Ghana, Guinea, Gulf of Guinea Is., Ivory Coast, Liberia, Nigeria, Sierra Leone, Togo, Zambia, Zaïre

Synonyms

Homotypic Synonyms

Heterotypic Synonyms

Accepted Species

Publications

POWO follows these authorities in accepting this name:

  • Liben, L. (1971). Révision du genre africain Napoleonaea P. Beauv. (Lecythidaceae). Bulletin du Jardin Botanique National de Belgique 41: 363-382.
  • Prance, G.T. & Jongkind, C.C.H. (2015). A revision of African Lecythidaceae. Kew Bulletin 70(1; 6): 1-68.

Flora Zambesiaca

  • Fl. Oware Benin 2: 29, t. 78 (1810).
  • Napoleone Impériale (1804)

Useful Plants and Fungi of Colombia

  • Jansen, P., Lemmens, R., Oyen, L., Siemonsma, J., Stavast, F. & Van Valkenburg, J. (1991) Plant Resources of South-East Asia. Basic list of species and commodity grouping. Final version. Pudoc, Wageningen.

Other Data

Other Kew resources that provide information on this taxon:

Date Reference Identified As Barcode Type Status Has image?
Harris, D.J. [2545], Cameroon 60040.000 No
Harris, D.J. [2544], Cameroon 63122.000 No
Thomas, D.W. [4285], Cameroon K000027926 No
Small, D. [600], Sierra Leone Napoleona 6979.000 No
Royen, P. van [10792], Papua New Guinea Belvisia K000645644 No
Nakaike, T. [489], Papua New Guinea Belvisia K000645645 No
Royen, P. van [NGF30144], Papua New Guinea Belvisia K000645649 No
Kairo, A. [731], Papua New Guinea Belvisia K000645652 No
Kairo, A. [761], Papua New Guinea Belvisia K000645651 No
Brass, L.J. [25429], Papua New Guinea Belvisia K000645653 No
Leach, G. [LAE56161], Papua New Guinea Belvisia K000645646 No
Nakaike, T. [455], Papua New Guinea Belvisia K000645654 No
Gay, H.J. [533], Papua New Guinea Belvisia K000645650 No

Sources

  • Flora Zambesiaca

    • Flora Zambesiaca
    • http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0

  • Flora of West Tropical Africa

    • Flora of West Tropical Africa

  • Herbarium Catalogue Specimens

  • Kew Backbone Distributions

    • The International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Vascular Plants 2023. Published on the Internet at http://www.ipni.org and https://powo.science.kew.org/
    • © Copyright 2022 World Checklist of Vascular Plants. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0

  • Kew Names and Taxonomic Backbone

    • The International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Vascular Plants 2023. Published on the Internet at http://www.ipni.org and https://powo.science.kew.org/
    • © Copyright 2022 International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Vascular Plants. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0