Lecythidaceae
Napoleonaea

Napoleonaea angolensis Welw.

First published in Apont.: 586 (1859)
This species is accepted
The native range of this species is SE. Nigeria to Angola. It is a tree and grows primarily in the wet tropical biome.

Distribution

Native to:

Angola, Cabinda, Cameroon, Congo, Equatorial Guinea, Gabon, Nigeria, Zaïre

Synonyms

Heterotypic Synonyms

Publications

POWO follows these authorities in accepting this name:

  • Prance, G.T. & Jongkind, C.C.H. (2015). A revision of African Lecythidaceae. Kew Bulletin 70(1; 6): 1-68.

An alternative taxonomy had been proposed by the following authorities:

  • Figueiredo, E. & Smith, G.F. (2008). Plants of Angola. Strelitzia 22: 1-279. National Botanical Institute, Pretoria. [Cited as Napoleonaea vogelii.]
  • Liben, L. (1971). Révision du genre africain Napoleonaea P. Beauv. (Lecythidaceae). Bulletin du Jardin Botanique National de Belgique 41: 363-382. [Cited as Napoleonaea vogelii.]

Kew Backbone Distributions

  • Prance, G.T. & Jongkind, C.C.H. (2015). A revision of African Lecythidaceae. Kew Bulletin 70(1; 6): 1-68.

Other Data

Other Kew resources that provide information on this taxon:

Date Reference Identified As Barcode Type Status Has image?
Welwitsch [4592], Angola K000225944 Yes
Talbot, P. [193], Nigeria Napoleonaea parviflora K000225952 Unknown type material Yes
Talbot, P. [193], Nigeria Napoleonaea parviflora K000225953 Unknown type material Yes

Sources

  • Herbarium Catalogue Specimens

    • Digital Image © Board of Trustees, RBG Kew http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/

  • 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 2023 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 2023 International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Vascular Plants. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0