Taxon:  Coffea liberica W. Bull ex Hiern



Summary
Genus:
Coffea
Subgenus:
Coffea
Family:
Rubiaceae
Tribe:
Coffeeae
Nomen number:
11109
Place of publication:
Trans. Linn. Soc. London, Bot. 1:171, t. 24.  1876
Verified:
04/13/2007 ARS Systematic Botanists.
Accessions:
16 (0  active, 0  available) in National Plant Germplasm System.  (Map it)
Other conspecific taxa
Coffea liberica W. Bull ex Hiern var. dewevrei (De Wild. & T. Durand) Lebrun (0 active accession[s])
Coffea liberica W. Bull ex Hiern var. liberica (0 active accession[s])
Autonyms (not in current use), synonyms and invalid designations
No images


Conservation Status

Reference(s)
  1. Adam, J.-G. 1971-. Flore descriptive des monts Nimba.
  2. Backer, C. A. & R. C. Bakhuizen van den Brink, Jr. 1963-1968. Flora of Java.
  3. Bridson, D. M. 1985. The lectotypification of Coffea liberica (Rubiaceae). Kew Bull. 40:805.
  4. Cubry, P. et al. 2008. Diversity in coffee assessed with SSR markers: structure of the genus Coffea and perspectives for breeding. Genome 51:50-63.
  5. Davis, A. P. et al. 2006. An annotated taxonomic conspectus of the genus Coffea (Rubiaceae). Bot. J. Linn. Soc. 152:488-489.
  6. Encke, F. et al. 1984. Zander: Handwörterbuch der Pflanzennamen, 13. Auflage
  7. Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO). 2010. Ecocrop (on-line resource).
  8. Fosberg, F. R. et al. 1979-1982. Geographical checklist of the Micronesian Dicotyledonae/ Pteridophyta and Gymnospermae.
  9. Guangdong Inst. Bot., ed. 1964-1977. Flora Hainanica.
  10. Keay, R. W. J. & F. N. Hepper. 1953-1972. Flora of west tropical Africa, ed. 2.
  11. Liberty Hyde Bailey Hortorium. 1976. Hortus third. A concise dictionary of plants cultivated in the United States and Canada
  12. Markle, G. M. et al., eds. 1998. Food and feed crops of the United States, ed. 2
  13. Maurin, O. et al. 2007. Towards a phylogeny for Coffea (Rubiaceae): Identifying well-supported lineages based on nuclear and plastid DNA sequences. Ann. Bot. (Oxford) 100:1565-1583.
  14. Parham, J. W. 1972. Plants of the Fiji islands, revised ed.
  15. Porcher, M. H. et al. Searchable World Wide Web Multilingual Multiscript Plant Name Database (MMPND) (on-line resource).
  16. Prakash, N. S. et al. 2002. AFLP analysis of introgression in coffee cultivars (Coffea arabica L.) derived from a natural interspecific hybrid. Euphytica 124:265-271. Note: this study confirmed that the most common strain cultivated in India represents a hybrid between Coffea arabica and C. liberica
  17. Raina, S. N. et al. 1998. In situ hybridization identifies the diploid progenitor species of Coffea arabica (Rubiaceae). Theor. Appl. Genet. 97:1204-1209.
  18. Rehm, S. & G. Espig. 1991. The cultivated plants of the tropics and subtropics
  19. Silvestrini, M. et al. 2008. Genetic diversity of a Coffea germplasm collection assessed by RAPD markers. Genet. Resources Crop Evol. 55:901-910. Note: this study evaluated 180 Brazilian accessions representing nine Coffea species, including C. liberica; based on genetic distances it supported affinities between C. liberica, C. congensis, and C. canephora
  20. Standley, P. C. & J. A. Steyermark. 1946-1976. Flora of Guatemala.
  21. Turrill, W. B. et al., eds. 1952-. Flora of tropical East Africa.
  22. Vossen, H. A. M. van der & M. Wessel, eds. 2000. Stimulants. In: Faridah Hanum, I. & L. J. G. van der Maesen, eds., Plant Resources of South-East Asia (PROSEA) 16:74.
  23. Woodson, R. E. & R. W. Schery, eds. 1943-1980. Flora of Panama.
Common names
Distribution
order_codeStatusContinentSubcontinentCountryStateNoteReference
1NativeAfricaEast Tropical AfricaUganda  Turrill, W. B. et al., eds. 1952-. Flora of tropical East Africa.
1NativeAfricaNortheast Tropical AfricaSudan s.Davis, A. P. et al. 2006. An annotated taxonomic conspectus of the genus Coffea (Rubiaceae). Bot. J. Linn. Soc. 152:488-489.
1NativeAfricaSouth Tropical AfricaAngola  Davis, A. P. et al. 2006. An annotated taxonomic conspectus of the genus Coffea (Rubiaceae). Bot. J. Linn. Soc. 152:488-489.
1NativeAfricaWest Tropical AfricaBenin  Davis, A. P. et al. 2006. An annotated taxonomic conspectus of the genus Coffea (Rubiaceae). Bot. J. Linn. Soc. 152:488-489.
1NativeAfricaWest Tropical AfricaCôte D'Ivoire  Davis, A. P. et al. 2006. An annotated taxonomic conspectus of the genus Coffea (Rubiaceae). Bot. J. Linn. Soc. 152:488-489.
1NativeAfricaWest Tropical AfricaGhana  Davis, A. P. et al. 2006. An annotated taxonomic conspectus of the genus Coffea (Rubiaceae). Bot. J. Linn. Soc. 152:488-489.
1NativeAfricaWest Tropical AfricaGuinea  Davis, A. P. et al. 2006. An annotated taxonomic conspectus of the genus Coffea (Rubiaceae). Bot. J. Linn. Soc. 152:488-489.
1NativeAfricaWest Tropical AfricaLiberia  Davis, A. P. et al. 2006. An annotated taxonomic conspectus of the genus Coffea (Rubiaceae). Bot. J. Linn. Soc. 152:488-489.
1NativeAfricaWest Tropical AfricaNigeria  Davis, A. P. et al. 2006. An annotated taxonomic conspectus of the genus Coffea (Rubiaceae). Bot. J. Linn. Soc. 152:488-489.
1NativeAfricaWest-Central Tropical AfricaCameroon  Davis, A. P. et al. 2006. An annotated taxonomic conspectus of the genus Coffea (Rubiaceae). Bot. J. Linn. Soc. 152:488-489.
1NativeAfricaWest-Central Tropical AfricaCentral African Republic  Davis, A. P. et al. 2006. An annotated taxonomic conspectus of the genus Coffea (Rubiaceae). Bot. J. Linn. Soc. 152:488-489.
1NativeAfricaWest-Central Tropical AfricaCongo  Davis, A. P. et al. 2006. An annotated taxonomic conspectus of the genus Coffea (Rubiaceae). Bot. J. Linn. Soc. 152:488-489.
1NativeAfricaWest-Central Tropical AfricaDemocratic Republic of the Congo  Davis, A. P. et al. 2006. An annotated taxonomic conspectus of the genus Coffea (Rubiaceae). Bot. J. Linn. Soc. 152:488-489.
1NativeAfricaWest-Central Tropical AfricaGabon  Davis, A. P. et al. 2006. An annotated taxonomic conspectus of the genus Coffea (Rubiaceae). Bot. J. Linn. Soc. 152:488-489.
2Cultivated    also cult. in tropicsLeroy, T. et al. 2006. Genetics of coffee quality. Brazil. J. Pl. Physiol. 18:229-242.
Native
Africa
  • NORTHEAST TROPICAL AFRICA: Sudan (s.)
  • EAST TROPICAL AFRICA: Uganda
  • WEST-CENTRAL TROPICAL AFRICA: Central African Republic, Cameroon, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Congo, Gabon
  • WEST TROPICAL AFRICA: Benin, Côte D'Ivoire, Ghana, Guinea, Liberia, Nigeria
  • SOUTH TROPICAL AFRICA: Angola
Cultivated (also cult. in tropics)

Reference(s)
  1. Davis, A. P. et al. 2006. An annotated taxonomic conspectus of the genus Coffea (Rubiaceae). Bot. J. Linn. Soc. 152:488-489.
  2. Leroy, T. et al. 2006. Genetics of coffee quality. Brazil. J. Pl. Physiol. 18:229-242.
  3. Turrill, W. B. et al., eds. 1952-. Flora of tropical East Africa.
Economic Uses
UsageTypeNoteReference
Human foodbeverage base Vossen, H. A. M. van der & M. Wessel, eds. 2000. Stimulants. In: Faridah Hanum, I. & L. J. G. van der Maesen, eds., Plant Resources of South-East Asia (PROSEA) 16:74.
Socialstimulant Vossen, H. A. M. van der & M. Wessel, eds. 2000. Stimulants. In: Faridah Hanum, I. & L. J. G. van der Maesen, eds., Plant Resources of South-East Asia (PROSEA) 16:74.
Cite as: USDA, Agricultural Research Service, National Plant Germplasm System. 2026. Germplasm Resources Information Network (GRIN Taxonomy). National Germplasm Resources Laboratory, Beltsville, Maryland.
URL: https://npgstest.ars-grin.gov/gringlobal/taxon/taxonomydetail?id=11109. Accessed 15 April 2026.