Genus Coffea L.


Summary
Genus number:
2779
Last updated:
10 June 2014
Family:
Rubiaceae
Tribe:
Coffeeae
Common name(s):

coffee
Accession count:

1092 (12  active, 1  available) in National Plant Germplasm System
Comments:
all accepted species are in GRIN


Synonyms
Synonym(s)

Subdivisions of Coffea L.
Subgenus
Baracoffea
Coffea
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Fruit

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References:
  1. Davis, A. P. et al. 2006. An annotated taxonomic conspectus of the genus Coffea (Rubiaceae). Bot. J. Linn. Soc. 152:465-512.
  2. Davis, A. P. et al. 2011. Growing coffee: Psilanthus (Rubiaceae) subsumed on the basis of molecular and morphological data; implications for the size, morphology, distribution and evolutionary history of Coffea. Bot. J. Linn. Soc. 167:357-377.
  3. 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.
  4. Nowak, M. D. et al. 2012. Sequence data from new plastid and nuclear COSII regions resolves early diverging lineages in Coffea (Rubiaceae). Syst. Bot. 37:995-1005. www.aspt.net/systematic-botany
  5. van der Vossen, H. A. M. & M. Wessel. 2000. Stimulants. In: Faridah Hanum, I. & L. J. G. van der Maesen, eds., Plant Resources of South-East Asia (PROSEA) 16:66.
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/taxonomygenus?id=2779. Accessed 17 April 2026.