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Taxon:
Coffea liberica
W. Bull ex Hiern
Nomenclature
Common Names
Distribution
Economic Uses
Summary
Genus:
Coffea
Subgenus:
Coffea
Family:
Rubiaceae
Subfamily:
Ixoroideae
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:
0
(
0
active,
0
available)
in National Plant Germplasm System.
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
Reference(s)
Adam, J.-G.
1971-. Flore descriptive des monts Nimba.
Backer, C. A. & R. C. Bakhuizen van den Brink, Jr.
1963-1968. Flora of Java.
Bridson, D. M.
1985. The lectotypification of
Coffea liberica
(Rubiaceae). Kew Bull. 40:805.
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.
Davis, A. P. et al.
2006. An annotated taxonomic conspectus of the genus
Coffea
(Rubiaceae). Bot. J. Linn. Soc. 152:488-489.
Encke, F. et al.
1984. Zander: Handwörterbuch der Pflanzennamen, 13. Auflage
Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO).
2010. Ecocrop (on-line resource).
URL:
http://ecocrop.fao.org/ecocrop/srv/en/cropListDetails?code=&relation=beginsWith&name=Coffea+liberica&quantity=1
Fosberg, F. R. et al.
1979-1982. Geographical checklist of the Micronesian Dicotyledonae/ Pteridophyta and Gymnospermae.
Guangdong Inst. Bot., ed.
1964-1977. Flora Hainanica.
Keay, R. W. J. & F. N. Hepper.
1953-1972. Flora of west tropical Africa, ed. 2.
Liberty Hyde Bailey Hortorium.
1976. Hortus third.
Markle, G. M. et al., eds.
1998. Food and feed crops of the United States, ed. 2
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.
URL:
http://aob.oxfordjournals.org/content/by/year
Parham, J. W.
1972. Plants of the Fiji islands, revised ed.
Porcher, M. H. et al.
Searchable World Wide Web Multilingual Multiscript Plant Name Database (MMPND) (on-line resource).
URL:
http://www.plantnames.unimelb.edu.au/Sorting/Frontpage.html
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
Raina, S. N. et al.
1998. In situ hybridization identifies the diploid progenitor species of
Coffea arabica
(Rubiaceae). Theor. Appl. Genet. 97:1204-1209.
URL:
http://link.springer.com/journal/volumesAndIssues/122
Rehm, S. & G. Espig.
1991. The cultivated plants of the tropics and subtropics
Silvestrini, M. et al.
2008. Genetic diversity of a
Coffea
germplasm collection assessed by RAPD markers. Genet. Resources Crop Evol. 55:901-910.
URL:
http://link.springer.com/journal/volumesAndIssues/10722
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
Standley, P. C. & J. A. Steyermark.
1946-1976. Flora of Guatemala.
Turrill, W. B. et al., eds.
1952-. Flora of tropical East Africa.
Vossen, H. A. M. van der & M. Wessel, eds.
2000. Stimulants. Plant Resources of South-East Asia (PROSEA) 16:74.
URL:
http://proseanet.org
Woodson, R. E. & R. W. Schery, eds.
1943-1980. Flora of Panama.
Common names
Distribution
Exportable format
order_code
Status
Continent
Subcontinent
Country
State
Note
1
Native
Africa
East Tropical Africa
Uganda
1
Native
Africa
Northeast Tropical Africa
Sudan
s.
1
Native
Africa
South Tropical Africa
Angola
1
Native
Africa
West Tropical Africa
Benin
1
Native
Africa
West Tropical Africa
Côte D'Ivoire
1
Native
Africa
West Tropical Africa
Ghana
1
Native
Africa
West Tropical Africa
Guinea
1
Native
Africa
West Tropical Africa
Liberia
1
Native
Africa
West Tropical Africa
Nigeria
1
Native
Africa
West-Central Tropical Africa
Cameroon
1
Native
Africa
West-Central Tropical Africa
Central African Republic
1
Native
Africa
West-Central Tropical Africa
Congo
1
Native
Africa
West-Central Tropical Africa
Democratic Republic of the Congo
1
Native
Africa
West-Central Tropical Africa
Gabon
2
Cultivated
also cult. in tropics
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)
Economic Uses
Usage
Type
Note
Reference
Human food
beverage base
Vossen, H. A. M. van der & M. Wessel, eds.
2000. Stimulants. Plant Resources of South-East Asia (PROSEA) 16:74.
URL:
http://proseanet.org
Social
stimulant
Vossen, H. A. M. van der & M. Wessel, eds.
2000. Stimulants. Plant Resources of South-East Asia (PROSEA) 16:74.
URL:
http://proseanet.org
Name
References