Rubiaceae
Coffea

Coffea ebracteolata (Hiern) Brenan

First published in Kew Bull. 8: 115 (1953)
This species is accepted
The native range of this species is W. Tropical Africa to Cameroon. It is a shrub and grows primarily in the wet tropical biome.

Distribution

Native to:

Benin, Burkina, Cameroon, Ghana, Guinea, Ivory Coast, Liberia, Nigeria, Sierra Leone, Togo

Synonyms

Homotypic Synonyms

Heterotypic Synonyms

Classification

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Publications

POWO follows these authorities in accepting this name:

  • 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].
  • Thiombiano, A., Schmidt, M., Dressler, S., Ouédraogo, A., Hahn, K. & Zizka, G. (2012). Catalogue des plantes vasculaires du Burkina Faso. Boissiera 65: 1-391.

An alternative taxonomy had been proposed by the following authorities:

  • 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. [Cited as Psilanthus ebracteolatus.]
  • Govaerts, R. (1999). World Checklist of Seed Plants 3(1, 2a & 2b): 1-1532. MIM, Deurne. [Cited as Psilanthus ebracteolatus.]
  • Govaerts, R. (2003). World Checklist of Selected Plant Families Database in ACCESS: 1-216203. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. [Cited as Psilanthus ebracteolatus.]

Flora of West Tropical Africa

  • in Kew Bull. 8: 115 (1953).

Kew Backbone Distributions

  • Akoègninou, A., van der Burg, W.J. & van der Maesen, L.J.G. (eds.) (2006). Flore Analytique du Bénin: 1-1034. Backhuys Publishers.
  • Brunel, J.F., Hiepo, P. & Scholz, H. (eds.) (1984). Flore Analytique du Togo Phanérogames: 1-751. GTZ, Eschborn.
  • Ruhsam, M. (2005). Survey of all the Rubiaceae specimens at the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew.
  • Thiombiano, A., Schmidt, M., Dressler, S., Ouédraogo, A., Hahn, K. & Zizka, G. (2012). Catalogue des plantes vasculaires du Burkina Faso. Boissiera 65: 1-391.

Other Data

Other Kew resources that provide information on this taxon:

Date Reference Identified As Barcode Type Status Has image?
Mar 1, 2023 Haba, P.M.; Bouamou, D.; Gbilimou, L.; Haba, A. [753] Guinea K001519201 Yes
Oct 1, 2012 Nemba, J. [262] Cameroon K000106086 No
Oct 1, 2012 Etuge, M. [416] Cameroon K000106084 No
Oct 1, 2012 Latilo, M.G. [FHI 43830] Cameroon K000106087 No
Jan 1, 2012 Tchouto (Mbatchou), P. [810] Cameroon K000106082 No
Jan 1, 2012 Maitland, T.D. [612] Cameroon K000106083 No
Thomas, D. [9851] Cameroon K001422815 Yes
Portères, R. [224] Cote d'Ivoire K001286771 Isotype Yes
Portères, R. [224] Cote d'Ivoire K001286770 Type Yes
Davis, A.P. [3008] Cameroon Psilanthus ebracteolatus K:SPC-70441.000 No
Mann [N740] Cameroon Psilanthus ebracteolatus K000106085 Type Yes
Deighton, F.C. [5659] Sierra Leone Psilanthus ebracteolatus K:SPC-08563.000 No
Mann, G. [846] Sierra Leone Psilanthus ebracteolatus K000172607 Type Yes

Sources

  • Angiosperm Extinction Risk Predictions v1

    • Angiosperm Threat Predictions
    • http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0

  • Flora of West Tropical Africa

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

  • Herbarium Catalogue Specimens

    • 'The Herbarium Catalogue, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published on the Internet http://www.kew.org/herbcat [accessed on Day Month Year]'. Please enter the date on which you consulted the system.
    • Digital Image © Board of Trustees, RBG Kew http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/

  • IUCN Categories

    • IUCN Red List of Threatened Species
    • http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0

  • Kew Backbone Distributions

    • The International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Vascular Plants 2025. 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 2025. 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