Taxon:  Coffea liberica W. Bull ex Hiern var. dewevrei (De Wild. & T. Durand) Lebrun



Summary
Genus:
Coffea
Subgenus:
Coffea
Family:
Rubiaceae
Tribe:
Coffeeae
Nomen number:
409466
Place of publication:
Mém. Inst. Roy. Colon. Belge, Sect. Sci. Nat. (8vo) 11(3):153.  1941
Verified:
04/13/2007 ARS Systematic Botanists.
Accessions:
9 (0  active, 0  available) in National Plant Germplasm System.  (Map it)
Other conspecific taxa
Coffea liberica W. Bull ex Hiern (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
Basionym
Coffea dewevrei De Wild. & T. Durand

Heterotypic Synonym(s)
Coffea arnoldiana De Wild.
Coffea aruwimiensis De Wild.
Coffea dybowskii Pierre ex De Wild.
Coffea excelsa A. Chev.

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Conservation Status

Reference(s)
  1. Bertrand, B. et al. 2002. Growth, production, and bean quality of Coffea arabica as affected by interspecific grafting: consequences for rootstock breeding. HortScience 36:269-273.
  2. Bridson, D. M. 1985. The lectotypification of Coffea liberica (Rubiaceae). Kew Bull. 40:806.
  3. Davis, A. P. et al. 2006. An annotated taxonomic conspectus of the genus Coffea (Rubiaceae). Bot. J. Linn. Soc. 152:489.
  4. Erhardt, W. et al. 2002. Zander: Handwörterbuch der Pflanzennamen, 17. Auflage
  5. Leroy, T. et al. 2006. Genetics of coffee quality. Brazil. J. Pl. Physiol. 18:234.
  6. 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.
  7. Porcher, M. H. et al. Searchable World Wide Web Multilingual Multiscript Plant Name Database (MMPND) (on-line resource).
  8. Rehm, S. 1994. Multilingual dictionary of agronomic plants
  9. Ruas, P. M. et al. 2003. Genetic relationship in Coffea species and parentage determination of interspecific hybrids using ISSR (Inter-simple sequence repeat) markers. Genet. Molec. Biol. 26:319-327.
  10. Turrill, W. B. et al., eds. 1952-. Flora of tropical East Africa.
Common names
LanguageNameAlternate namenoteseqCitation
Englishexcelsa coffee  1Wiersema, J. H. & B. León. 1999. World economic plants: a standard reference CRC Press, Boca Raton, FL.
GermanExcelsakaffeebaum  2Rehm, S. 1994. Multilingual dictionary of agronomic plants
GermanExcelsakaffeestrauch  2Erhardt, W. et al. 2002. Zander: Handwörterbuch der Pflanzennamen, 17. Auflage
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. 152:489.
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. 152:489.
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. 152:489.
2CultivatedAfrica Africa  Turrill, W. B. et al., eds. 1952-. Flora of tropical East Africa.
6Other    exact native range obscure 
Native
Africa
  • NORTHEAST TROPICAL AFRICA: Sudan (s.)
  • EAST TROPICAL AFRICA: Uganda
  • WEST-CENTRAL TROPICAL AFRICA: Central African Republic, Democratic Republic of the Congo
Cultivated
Africa
  • REGION: Africa
Other (exact native range obscure)

Reference(s)
  1. Davis, A. P. et al. 2006. An annotated taxonomic conspectus of the genus Coffea (Rubiaceae). Bot. J. Linn. Soc. 152:489.
  2. Turrill, W. B. et al., eds. 1952-. Flora of tropical East Africa.
Economic Uses
UsageTypeNoteReference
Human foodbeverage base Turrill, W. B. et al., eds. 1952-. Flora of tropical East Africa.
Human foodbeverage base Bridson, D. M. 1985. The lectotypification of Coffea liberica (Rubiaceae). Kew Bull. 40:806.
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=409466. Accessed 15 April 2026.