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This species is accepted, and its native range is W. Tropical Africa.
Coffea stenophylla G.Don original illustration from Curtis's Botanical Magazine

[FWTA]

Rubiaceae, F. N. Hepper & R. W. J. Keay. Flora of West Tropical Africa 2. 1963

Morphology General Habit
A glabrous shrub or small tree, to 10 ft. high.

Native to:

Guinea, Ivory Coast, Liberia, Sierra Leone

Introduced into:

Gulf of Guinea Is., Trinidad-Tobago

Coffea stenophylla G.Don appears in other Kew resources:

Date Reference Identified As Barcode Type Status
Scott Elliot, G.F. [3909], Sierra Leone K000042920
Lane-Poole, C.E. [125], Sierra Leone K000042921
Haswell, D.R. [18], Sierra Leone K000042922
Gbanja, A. [s.n.], Sierra Leone K000042923

First published in Gen. Hist. 3: 581 (1834)

Accepted by

  • 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.
  • 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., Paiva, J., Stévart, T., Oliveira, F. & Smith, G.F. (2011). Annotated catalogue of the flowering plants of São Tomé and Príncipe Bothalia 41: 41-82.
  • 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.
  • Jongkind, C. (2014). Fauna & Flora of Liberia, flowering plant species list www.liberianfaunaflora.org.
  • Wu, Z., Raven, P.H. & Hong, D. (eds.) (2011). Flora of China 19: 1-884. Missouri Botanical Garden Press, St. Louis.

Literature

Flora of West Tropical Africa

  • Bot. Mag. t. 7475
  • Chev. Caf. du Globe 2: t. 46: 3: 210.
  • F.T.A. 3: 182
  • Gen. Syst. 3: 581 (1834)

Kew Backbone Distributions

  • 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.
  • Figueiredo, E., Paiva, J., Stévart, T., Oliveira, F. & Smith, G.F. (2011). Annotated catalogue of the flowering plants of São Tomé and Príncipe Bothalia 41: 41-82.
  • Jongkind, C. (2014). Fauna & Flora of Liberia, flowering plant species list www.liberianfaunaflora.org.

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Herbarium Catalogue Specimens

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Kew Names and Taxonomic Backbone
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