Rubiaceae
Coffea
First published in Notizbl. Bot. Gart. Berlin-Dahlem 1: 237 (1897)
This species is accepted
The native range of this species is W. Tropical Africa to South Sudan and N. Angola. It is a tree and grows primarily in the wet tropical biome.
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Distribution
Native to:
Angola, Benin, Cabinda, Cameroon, Central African Republic, Congo, Gabon, Ghana, Guinea, Guinea-Bissau, Ivory Coast, Liberia, Nigeria, Sudan, Tanzania, Togo, Uganda, Zaïre
Introduced into:
Borneo, Brazil North, Brazil Southeast, Caroline Is., Costa Rica, Ecuador, El Salvador, Jamaica, Jawa, Leeward Is., New Caledonia, New Guinea, Nicaragua, Senegal, Society Is., Sulawesi, Sumatera, Thailand, Trinidad-Tobago, Vanuatu, Windward Is.
Synonyms
Heterotypic Synonyms
- Coffea arabica var. stuhlmannii A.Froehner in Bot. Jahrb. Syst. 25: 263 (1898)
- Coffea bukobensis Zimm. in Pflanzer 4: 326 (1908)
- Coffea canephora var. crassifolia Laurent ex De Wild. in Miss. Ém. Laurent 1: 333 (1906)
- Coffea canephora var. gossweileri A.Chev. in Rev. Bot. Appl. Agric. Trop. 19: 339 (1939)
- Coffea canephora var. hiernii Pierre ex De Wild. in Caféiers: 20 (1901)
- Coffea canephora var. hinaultii Pierre ex De Wild. in Caféiers: 21 (1901)
- Coffea canephora var. kouilouensis De Wild. in Caféiers: 21 (1901)
- Coffea canephora var. laurentii (De Wild.) A.Chev. in Encycl. Biol. 22: t. 29 (1942)
- Coffea canephora var. maclaudii (A.Chev.) A.Chev. in Encycl. Biol. 22: t. 34 (1942)
- Coffea canephora var. muniensis Pierre ex De Wild. in Caféiers: 23 (1901)
- Coffea canephora var. nganda Haarer in Modern Coffee Prod.: 19 (1962), nom. illeg.
- Coffea canephora var. oka A.Chev. in Encycl. Biol. 22: t. 33 (1942), not validly publ.
- Coffea canephora var. oligoneura Pierre ex De Wild. in Caféiers: 23 (1901)
- Coffea canephora var. opaca Pierre ex De Wild. in Agric. Prat. Pays Chauds 4: 117 (1904)
- Coffea canephora subvar. robusta (L.Linden) A.Chev. in Encycl. Biol. 28: 191 (1947)
- Coffea canephora f. sankuruensis De Wild. in Miss. Ém. Laurent 1: 330 (1906)
- Coffea canephora var. sankuruensis (De Wild.) De Wild. in Ann. Jard. Bot. Buitenzorg, Suppl. 3, 1: 369 (1910)
- Coffea canephora var. stuhlmannii (A.Froehner) A.Chev. in Encycl. Biol. 22: t. 35 (1942)
- Coffea canephora var. trillesii De Wild. in Caféiers: 24 (1901)
- Coffea canephora var. ugandae (Cramer) A.Chev. in Encycl. Biol. 22: t. 36 (1942)
- Coffea canephora var. welwitschii (Pierre ex De Wild.) A.Chev. in Rev. Bot. Appl. Agric. Trop. 19: 336 (1939)
- Coffea canephora var. wildemanii Pierre ex De Wild. in Caféiers: 25 (1901)
- Coffea laurentii De Wild. in Compt. Rend. Congr. Intern. Bot. 1: 234 (1900 publ. 1901)
- Coffea maclaudii A.Chev. in Compt. Rend. Hebd. Séances Acad. Sci. 140: 1474 (1905)
- Coffea quillon Wester in Philipp. Agric. Rev. 9: 121 (1916), nom. nud.
- Coffea robusta L.Linden in Cat. Pl. Econ.: 64 (1900)
- Coffea ugandae Cramer in Meded. Dept. Landb. Ned.-Indië 11: 680 (1913)
- Coffea welwitschii Pierre ex De Wild. in Caféiers: 19 (1901)
Classification
- Kingdom Plantae
- Phylum Streptophyta
- Class Equisetopsida
- Subclass Magnoliidae
- Order
Gentianales
- Family
Rubiaceae
- Genus
Coffea
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Publications
POWO follows these authorities in accepting this name:
- Acevedo-Rodríguez, P. & Strong, M.T. (2012). Catalogue of seed plants of the West Indies. Smithsonian Contributions to Botany 98: 1-1192.
- Akoègninou, A., van der Burg, W.J. & van der Maesen, L.J.G. (eds.) (2006). Flore Analytique du Bénin: 1-1034. Backhuys Publishers.
- Baksh-Comeau, Y., Maharaj, S.S., Adams, C.D., Harris, S.A., Filer, D.L. & Hawthorne, W.D. (2016). An annotated checklist of the vascular plants of Trinidad and Tobago with analysis of vegetation types and botanical 'hotspots'. Phytotaxa 250: 1-431.
- Beaman, J.H. & Anderson, C. (2004). The Plants of Mount Kinabalu 5: 1-609. Natural history publications (Borneo), Kota Kinabalu, Malaysia.
- Berendsohn, W.G., Gruber, A.K., Rodríguez Delcid, D. & Olmedo Galán, P. (2016). Nova Silva Cuscatlantica. Parte 3: Angiospermae - Familias R a Z y Gymnospermae. Englera 29(3): 1-356.
- Brunel, J.F., Hiepo, P. & Scholz, H. (eds.) (1984). Flore Analytique du Togo Phanérogames: 1-751. GTZ, Eschborn.
- Darbyshire, I., Kordofani, M., Farag, I., Candiga, R. & Pickering, H. (eds.) (2015). The Plants of Sudan and South Sudan: 1-400. Kew publishing, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew.
- Davidse, G. & al. (eds.) (2012). Flora Mesoamericana 4(2): 1-533. Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, México, D.F.
- Davis, A.P., Govaerts, R., Bridson, D.M. & Stoffelen, P. (2006). An annotated taxonomic conspectus of the genus Coffea (Rubiaceae). Botanical Journal of the Linnean Society 152: 465-512.
- Figueiredo, E. & Smith, G.F. (2008). Plants of Angola. Strelitzia 22: 1-279. National Botanical Institute, Pretoria.
- Figueiredo, E. (2007). The Rubiaceae of Cabinda (Angola). Botanical Journal of the Linnean Society 154: 455-495.
- Gosline, G., Bidault, E., van der Burgt, X., Cahen, D., Challen, G., Condé, N., Couch, C., Couvreur, T.L.P., Dagallier, L.M.J., Darbyshire, I., Dawson, S., Doré, T.S., Goyder, D., Grall, A., Haba, P., Haba, P., Harris, D., Hind, D.J.N., Jongkind, & al. (2023). A Taxonomically-verified and Vouchered Checklist of the Vascular Plants of the Republic of Guinea. Nature, scientific data 10, Article number: 327: [1]-[12].
- Govaerts, R. (1999). World Checklist of Seed Plants 3(1, 2a & 2b): 1-1532. MIM, Deurne.
- Govaerts, R. (2003). World Checklist of Selected Plant Families Database in ACCESS: 1-216203. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew.
- Hammel, B.E., Grayum, M.H., Herrera, C. & Zamora, N. (eds.) (2014). Manual de Plantas de Costa Rica 7: 1-840. Missouri Botanical Garden Press, St. Louis.
- Harris, D.J. (2002). The vascular plants of the Dzanga-Sangha Reserve, Central African Republic: 1-274. National Botanic Garden (Belgium), Meise.
- Herrera, K., Lorence, D.H., Flynn, T. & Balick, M.J. (2010). Checklist of the Vascular plants of Pohnpei, Federated States of Micronesia with local names and uses. Allertonia 10: 1-204.
- Lebrun, J.P. (1973). Énumération des plantes vasculaires du Sénégal: 1-209. Maisons Alfort: Institut d'élevage et de médecine vétérinaire des pays tropicaux.
- Lejoy, J., Ndjele, M.-B. & Geerinck, D. (2010). Catalogue-flore des plantes vasculaires des districts de Kisangani et de la Tshopo (RD Congo). Taxonomania. Revue de Taxonomie et de Nomenclature Botaniques 30: 1-307.
- MacKee, H.S. (1994). Catalogue des plantes introduites et cultivées en Nouvelle-Calédonie, ed. 2: 1-164. Museum national d'histoire naturelle, Paris.
- Plunkett, G.M., Ranker, T.A., Sam, C. & Balick, M.J. (2022). Towards a checklist of the vascular flora of Vanuatu. Candollea 77: 105-118.
- Sosef, M.S.M. & al. (2006). Check-list des plantes vasculaires du Gabon. Scripta Botanica Belgica 35: 1-438.
- Welsh, S.L. (1998). Flora Societensis: 1-420. E.P.S. Inc. Utah.
- Wu, Z., Raven, P.H. & Hong, D. (eds.) (2011). Flora of China 19: 1-884. Missouri Botanical Garden Press, St. Louis.
Flora of West Tropical Africa
- Aubrév. Fl. For. C. Iv., ed. 1, 2: 250, 252
- Chev. Caf. du Globe 2: tt. 28-39 ; 3: 186 (q.v. for vars.).
- Lebrun Inst. Roy Colon. Belge, sect. sci. Nat. et Méd., Mém. 11, 3: 122, tt. 11-14 (q.v. for syn.)
- in Notizbl. Bot. Gart. Berl. 1: 237 (1897)
Kew Backbone Distributions
- Acevedo-Rodríguez, P. & Strong, M.T. (2012). Catalogue of seed plants of the West Indies. Smithsonian Contributions to Botany 98: 1-1192.
- Akoègninou, A., van der Burg, W.J. & van der Maesen, L.J.G. (eds.) (2006). Flore Analytique du Bénin: 1-1034. Backhuys Publishers.
- Baksh-Comeau, Y., Maharaj, S.S., Adams, C.D., Harris, S.A., Filer, D.L. & Hawthorne, W.D. (2016). An annotated checklist of the vascular plants of Trinidad and Tobago with analysis of vegetation types and botanical 'hotspots'. Phytotaxa 250: 1-431.
- Beaman, J.H. & Anderson, C. (2004). The Plants of Mount Kinabalu 5: 1-609. Natural history publications (Borneo), Kota Kinabalu, Malaysia.
- Berendsohn, W.G., Gruber, A.K., Rodríguez Delcid, D. & Olmedo Galán, P. (2016). Nova Silva Cuscatlantica. Parte 3: Angiospermae - Familias R a Z y Gymnospermae. Englera 29(3): 1-356.
- Brunel, J.F., Hiepo, P. & Scholz, H. (eds.) (1984). Flore Analytique du Togo Phanérogames: 1-751. GTZ, Eschborn.
- Davidse, G. & al. (eds.) (2012). Flora Mesoamericana 4(2): 1-533. Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, México, D.F.
- Figueiredo, E. & Smith, G.F. (2008). Plants of Angola. Strelitzia 22: 1-279. National Botanical Institute, Pretoria.
- Figueiredo, E. (2007). The Rubiaceae of Cabinda (Angola). Botanical Journal of the Linnean Society 154: 455-495.
- Forzza, R.C., Zappi, D. & Souza, V.C. (2016-). Flora do Brasil 2020 em construção http://reflora.jbrj.gov.br/reflora/listaBrasil/ConsultaPublicaUC/ResultadoDaConsultaNovaConsulta.do.
- Herrera, K., Lorence, D.H., Flynn, T. & Balick, M.J. (2010). Checklist of the Vascular plants of Pohnpei, Federated States of Micronesia with local names and uses. Allertonia 10: 1-204.
- Lebrun, J.P. (1973). Énumération des plantes vasculaires du Sénégal: 1-209. Maisons Alfort: Institut d'élevage et de médecine vétérinaire des pays tropicaux.
- MacKee, H.S. (1994). Catalogue des plantes introduites et cultivées en Nouvelle-Calédonie, ed. 2: 1-164. Museum national d'histoire naturelle, Paris.
- Plunkett, G.M., Ranker, T.A., Sam, C. & Balick, M.J. (2022). Towards a checklist of the vascular flora of Vanuatu. Candollea 77: 105-118.
- Sosef, M.S.M. & al. (2006). Check-list des plantes vasculaires du Gabon. Scripta Botanica Belgica 35: 1-438.
- Welsh, S.L. (1998). Flora Societensis: 1-420. E.P.S. Inc. Utah.
Flora of Tropical East Africa
- A. Chev., Caféiers du Globe 1: 82, fig. 14 & 15 (1929).
- A. Chev., Caféiers du Globe 2, t. 28–39 (1942)
- A. Chev., Caféiers du Globe 3: 186 (1947).
- Cheney, Coffee, Monogr. Econ. Sp.: 72, t.26 & 27 (1925).
- Cramer, Rev. Lit. Coff. Res. Indonesia: 120 (1957).
- De Wild. in Actes Congr. Intern. Bot., Paris: 233 (1900)
- De Wild., Ann. Jard. Buitenz., suppl. 3, 1: 368 (1910).
- De Wild., Les Caféiers: 20 & 25 (1901)
- De Wild., Miss. Laurent: 330 (1906)
- F. W. Andr., The Flowering Plants of the Anglo-Egyptian Sudan 2: 432 (1952).
- Froehner in A. Engler, Botanische Jahrbücher für Systematik, Pflanzengeschichte und Pflanzengeographie 25: 269 (1898).
- Froehner in Notizblatt des Botanischen Gartens und Museums zu Berlin-Dahelm 1: 237 (1897)
- Haarer, Modern Coffee Prod.: 17 (1962).
- Keay in Flora of West Tropical Africa, ed. 2, 2: 154 (1963).
- Lebrun in Mém Inst. Col. Belge, Sect. Sci. Nat. Méd. 8°, 11(3): 122, t. 11–14 (1941).
- Portères, Ann. Agric. Afr. Trop. Occ. Fr. 1, 2: 235 t. 29 & 30 (1937).
- Robyns, Flore des Spermatophytes du Parc National Albert: 354 (1947).
- Thomas in Emp. Journ. Exp. Agric. 12: 3 (1944).
- Wellman, Coffee: 80 (1961).
Other Data
Other Kew resources that provide information on this taxon:
Date Reference Identified As Barcode Type Status Has image? Jan 1, 2010 Erlinawati, I. [IE 182] Indonesia K000174548 No Dec 1, 2003 Sebsebe; Demissew [5106] Cameroon K000198315 No May 1, 2001 Etuge, M. [1611] Cameroon K000051263 No Oct 1, 1969 Gossweiler, J. [4812] Angola K000097952 No Jan 1, 1960 Gossweiler, J. [s.n.] Angola K000097950 No Jan 1, 1940 Welwitsch [3183] Angola K000430919 Unknown Type Material Yes Gossweiler [9957] Angola K000430918 Type Yes Chalot, C. [61] Gabon K000265059 Type Yes Maurin, O. [24] Cameroon K:SPC-70452.000 No Brenan, J.P.M. [8871] Nigeria K:SPC-12184.000 No Klaine, R.P. [1928b] Gabon K000430924 Isosyntype Yes Gossweiler, J. [9957b] Angola K000097955 Type Yes Keay, R.W.J. [25542] Nigeria K:SPC-03293.000 No Onochie [40405] Nigeria K:SPC-06622.000 No Trinidad and Tobago K:SPC-65850.000 No Nkemnyi, S.N.; Van der burgt, X.M.; Alvarez, M.G.; Ngansop, T.E. [127] Cameroon K001401749 Yes Goyder, D. [7786] Angola K000388143 No Davis, A.P. [3026] Cameroon K:SPC-70355.000 No Chalot, C. [61] Gabon K000265058 Type Yes Chevalier, A. [12332bis] Guinea K000265061 Type Yes Gossweiler [9957b] Angola K000430917 Unknown Type Material Yes Gossweiler, J. [9537] Angola K000037651 No Maurin, O. [21] Cameroon K000466435 No Chevalier, A. [12332bis] Guinea K000265062 Type Yes Welwitsch [3182] Angola K000430920 Type Yes Maurin, O. [21] Cameroon K000466433 No Maurin, O. [21] Cameroon K:SPC-70450.000 No Gossweiler, J. [4795] Angola K000097951 No Chevalier, A. [12330] Guinea K000265054 Type Yes Chalot, C. [61] Gabon K000265060 Type Yes Klaine [2312] Gabon K000265057 Type Yes May 1, 1905 Chevalier, A. [12330] Guinea Coffea maclaudii K000986908 Type Yes Sources
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