Rubiaceae

Coffea L.

First published in Sp. Pl.: 172 (1753)
This genus is accepted
The native range of this genus is Tropical & S. Africa, W. Indian Ocean, Tropical Asia to Queensland.

Distribution

Doubtfully present in:

Northern Provinces

Native to:

Angola, Assam, Bangladesh, Benin, Burkina, Cabinda, Cambodia, Cameroon, Central African Republic, Comoros, Congo, DR Congo, East Himalaya, Eswatini, Ethiopia, Gabon, Ghana, Guinea, Guinea-Bissau, Gulf of Guinea Is., India, Ivory Coast, Jawa, Kenya, KwaZulu-Natal, Lesser Sunda Is., Liberia, Madagascar, Malawi, Mauritius, Mozambique, Mozambique Channel Is., Myanmar, Nepal, New Guinea, Nigeria, Philippines, Queensland, Rwanda, Réunion, Sierra Leone, Somalia, Sri Lanka, Sudan-South Sudan, Tanzania, Thailand, Togo, Uganda, Vietnam, Zambia, Zimbabwe

Introduced into:

Andaman Is., Ascension, Belize, Bermuda, Bismarck Archipelago, Bolivia, Borneo, Brazil North, Brazil Northeast, Brazil South, Brazil Southeast, Brazil West-Central, Caroline Is., Central American Pacific Is., Chad, China South-Central, China Southeast, Colombia, Cook Is., Costa Rica, Cuba, Dominican Republic, Easter Is., Ecuador, El Salvador, Fiji, Galápagos, Guatemala, Hainan, Haiti, Hawaii, Honduras, Jamaica, Leeward Is., Malaya, Maluku, Marianas, Marquesas, Marshall Is., Mexico Central, Mexico Southeast, Mexico Southwest, New Caledonia, Nicaragua, Nicobar Is., Norfolk Is., Ogasawara-shoto, Panamá, Peru, Puerto Rico, Samoa, Senegal, Seychelles, Society Is., St.Helena, Sulawesi, Sumatera, Taiwan, Trinidad-Tobago, Tuamotu, Tubuai Is., Vanuatu, Venezuela, Windward Is.

Synonyms

Heterotypic Synonyms

Accepted Species

Classification

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Publications

POWO follows these authorities in accepting this name:

  • 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.
  • 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.

Flora of West Tropical Africa

  • A. Chev. Les Caféiers du Globe 1 (1929)
  • A. Chev. Les Caféiers du Globe 2 (1942)
  • A. Chev. Les Caféiers du Globe 3 (1947)
  • Lebrun, Inst. Roy. Colon. Belge, sect. Sci. Nat. et Méd., Mém. 11 (1941).
  • —F.T.A. 3: 179

Flora Zambesiaca

  • Gen. Pl., ed. 5: 80 (1754).
  • J.D. Hooker in Bentham & J.D. Hooker, Gen. Pl. 2: 114 (1873).
  • Sp. Pl.: 172 (1753)

Flora of Somalia

  • Flora Somalia, Vol 3, (2006) Author: by M. Thulin [updated by M. Thulin 2008]

Flora of Tropical East Africa

  • G.P. 2: 114 (1873)
  • L., Gen. Pl., ed. 5: 80 (1754)
  • Sp. Pl.: 172 (1753)

Other Data

Other Kew resources that provide information on this taxon:

Sources

  • EBC Common Names

    • Common Names from Kew's Economic Botany Collection https://www.kew.org/science/collections-and-resources/collections/economic-botany-collection

  • Flora Zambesiaca

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

  • Flora of Somalia

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

  • Flora of Tropical East Africa

    • Flora of Tropical East Africa
    • http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0

  • Kew Backbone Distributions

    • The International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Vascular Plants 2026. 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 2026. 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

  • Trees of New Guinea

    • Trees of New Guinea
    • http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0