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Taxon:
Coffea congensis
A. Froehner
Nomenclature
Common Names
Distribution
Economic Uses
Summary
Genus:
Coffea
Subgenus:
Coffea
Family:
Rubiaceae
Subfamily:
Ixoroideae
Tribe:
Coffeeae
Nomen number:
11098
Place of publication:
Notizbl. Königl. Bot. Gart. Berlin 1:230, 235. 1897
Comment:
probably a form of
C. canephora
Verified:
11/06/1985
ARS Systematic Botanists.
Accessions:
0
(
0
active,
0
available)
in National Plant Germplasm System.
Other conspecific taxa
Autonyms (not in current use), synonyms and invalid designations
Autonym(s)
Coffea congensis
A. Froehner var.
congensis
Heterotypic Synonym(s)
Coffea congensis
A. Froehner var.
chalotii
Pierre ex De Wild.
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Reference(s)
Anthony, F. et al.
2011. Chapter 3.
Coffea
and
Psilanthus
. Wild crop relatives: genomic and breeding resources, plantation and ornamental crops 41-61.
Note:
mentions
Berthaud, J. et al.
1989. Les caféiers en Afrique: diversité génétique et amélioration des plantes. Bull. Soc. Bot. France 136:239-250.
Note:
this review commented that diploid
Coffea congensis
crosses with
C. canephora
producing mostly fertile F1 hybrids, while others are sterile males; it also showed that crosses with
C. liberica
resulted in mostly fertile hybrids
Chinnappa, C. C.
1981. Palynology and systematics of the genus
Coffea
. J. Coffee Res. 11:66.
Clarindo, W. R. et al.
2012. Cytogenetic and flow cytometry data expand knowledge of genome evolution in three
Coffea
species. Pl. Syst. Evol. 298:835-844.
URL:
http://link.springer.com/journal/volumesAndIssues/606
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. 152:482-483.
Erhardt, W. et al.
2002. Zander: Handwörterbuch der Pflanzennamen, 17. Auflage
Guangdong Inst. Bot., ed.
1964-1977. Flora Hainanica.
Keay, R. W. J. & F. N. Hepper.
1953-1972. Flora of west tropical Africa, ed. 2.
Kunkel, G.
1984. Plants for human consumption
Lashermes, P. & F. Anthony.
2007. Chapter 5. Coffee. Genome mapping and molecular breeding in plants (7 vols.) Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. 6:109-118.
Nandhini, R. M. B. et al.
2013. Molecular distinction of C × R hybrid (
Coffea congensis
×
Coffea canephora
) from morpgologically resembling male parents using
rbc
L and
mat
K gene sequences. S. African J. Bot. 88:334-340.
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
Purseglove, J. W.
1968. Tropical crops. Dicotyledons 2. 458, 483.
Note:
mentions the probability of this sp. being a form of
Coffea canephora
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
Terrell, E. E. et al.
1986. Agricultural Handbook no. 505
Uphof, J. C. T.
1968. Dictionary of economic plants, ed. 2.
Vossen, H. A. M. van der & M. Wessel, eds.
2000. Stimulants. Plant Resources of South-East Asia (PROSEA) 16:126.
URL:
http://proseanet.org
Common names
English
Congo coffee –
Reference(s)
German
Kongo-Kaffeestrauch –
Reference(s)
Distribution
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Status
Continent
Subcontinent
Country
State
Note
1
Native
Africa
West-Central Tropical Africa
Cameroon
s.e.
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
Native
Africa
WEST-CENTRAL TROPICAL AFRICA:
Central African Republic
,
Cameroon
(s.e.),
Democratic Republic of the Congo
,
Congo
,
Gabon
Economic Uses
Usage
Type
Note
Reference
Social
stimulant
Vossen, H. A. M. van der & M. Wessel, eds.
2000. Stimulants. Plant Resources of South-East Asia (PROSEA) 16:126.
URL:
http://proseanet.org
Name
References