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The genus Coffea is in the family Rubiaceae in the major group Angiosperms (Flowering plants).

Statistics are at the end of the page.

Species in Coffea

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See "Status", "Confidence level", "Source" for definitions.

Name	Status	Confi­dence level	Source
Coffea abbayesii J.-F.Leroy	Accepted		WCSP
Coffea affinis De Wild.	Accepted		WCSP
Coffea alleizettii Dubard	Accepted		WCSP
Coffea ambanjensis J.-F.Leroy	Accepted		WCSP
Coffea ambongensis J.-F.Leroy ex A.P.Davis & Rakotonas.	Accepted		WCSP
Coffea andrambovatensis J.-F.Leroy	Accepted		WCSP
Coffea ankaranensis J.-F.Leroy ex A.P.Davis & Rakotonas.	Accepted		WCSP
Coffea anthonyi Stoff. & F.Anthony	Accepted		WCSP
Coffea arabica L.	Accepted		WCSP
Coffea arenesiana J.-F.Leroy	Accepted		WCSP
Coffea augagneurii Dubard	Accepted		WCSP
Coffea bakossii Cheek & Bridson	Accepted		WCSP
Coffea bertrandii A.Chev.	Accepted		WCSP
Coffea betamponensis Portères & J.-F.Leroy	Accepted		WCSP
Coffea bissetiae A.P.Davis & Rakotonas.	Accepted		WCSP
Coffea boinensis A.P.Davis & Rakotonas.	Accepted		WCSP
Coffea boiviniana (Baill.) Drake	Accepted		WCSP
Coffea bonnieri Dubard	Accepted		WCSP
Coffea brevipes Hiern	Accepted		WCSP
Coffea bridsoniae A.P.Davis & Mvungi	Accepted		WCSP
Coffea buxifolia A.Chev.	Accepted		WCSP
Coffea canephora Pierre ex A.Froehner	Accepted		WCSP
Coffea carrissoi A.Chev.	Accepted		WCSP
Coffea charrieriana Stoff. & F.Anthony	Accepted		WCSP
Coffea commersoniana (Baill.) A.Chev.	Accepted		WCSP
Coffea congensis A.Froehner	Accepted		WCSP
Coffea costatifructa Bridson	Accepted		WCSP
Coffea coursiana J.-F.Leroy	Accepted		WCSP
Coffea dactylifera Robbr. & Stoff.	Accepted		WCSP
Coffea decaryana J.-F.Leroy	Accepted		WCSP
Coffea dubardii Jum.	Accepted		WCSP
Coffea eugenioides S.Moore	Accepted		WCSP
Coffea fadenii Bridson	Accepted		WCSP
Coffea farafanganensis J.-F.Leroy	Accepted		WCSP
Coffea fotsoana Stoff. & Sonké	Accepted		WCSP
Coffea fragilis J.-F.Leroy	Accepted		WCSP
Coffea gallienii Dubard	Accepted		WCSP
Coffea grevei Drake ex A.Chev.	Accepted		WCSP
Coffea heimii J.-F.Leroy	Accepted		WCSP
Coffea × heterocalyx Stoff.	Accepted		WCSP
Coffea homollei J.-F.Leroy	Accepted		WCSP
Coffea humbertii J.-F.Leroy	Accepted		WCSP
Coffea humblotiana Baill.	Accepted		WCSP
Coffea humilis A.Chev.	Accepted		WCSP
Coffea jumellei J.-F.Leroy	Accepted		WCSP
Coffea kapakata (A.Chev.) Bridson	Accepted		WCSP
Coffea kianjavatensis J.-F.Leroy	Accepted		WCSP
Coffea kihansiensis A.P.Davis & Mvungi	Accepted		WCSP
Coffea kimbozensis Bridson	Accepted		WCSP
Coffea kivuensis Lebrun	Accepted		WCSP
Coffea labatii A.P.Davis & Rakotonas.	Accepted		WCSP
Coffea lancifolia A.Chev.	Accepted		WCSP
Coffea leonimontana Stoff.	Accepted		WCSP
Coffea leroyi A.P.Davis	Accepted		WCSP
Coffea liaudii J.-F.Leroy ex A.P.Davis	Accepted		WCSP
Coffea liberica Hiern	Accepted		WCSP
Coffea ligustroides S.Moore	Accepted		WCSP
Coffea littoralis A.P.Davis & Rakotonas.	Accepted		WCSP
Coffea lulandoensis Bridson	Accepted		WCSP
Coffea macrocarpa A.Rich.	Accepted		WCSP
Coffea magnistipula Stoff. & Robbr.	Accepted		WCSP
Coffea mangoroensis Portères	Accepted		WCSP
Coffea manombensis A.P.Davis	Accepted		WCSP
Coffea mapiana Sonké, Nguembou & A.P.Davis	Accepted		WCSP
Coffea mauritiana Lam.	Accepted		WCSP
Coffea mayombensis A.Chev.	Accepted		WCSP
Coffea mcphersonii A.P.Davis & Rakotonas.	Accepted		WCSP
Coffea millotii J.-F.Leroy	Accepted		WCSP
Coffea minutiflora A.P.Davis & Rakotonas.	Accepted		WCSP
Coffea mogenetii Dubard	Accepted		WCSP
Coffea mongensis Bridson	Accepted		WCSP
Coffea montekupensis Stoff.	Accepted		WCSP
Coffea montis-sacri A.P.Davis	Accepted		WCSP
Coffea moratii J.-F.Leroy ex A.P.Davis & Rakotonas.	Accepted		WCSP
Coffea mufindiensis Hutch. ex Bridson	Accepted		WCSP
Coffea myrtifolia (A.Rich. ex DC.) J.-F.Leroy	Accepted		WCSP
Coffea namorokensis A.P.Davis & Rakotonas.	Accepted		WCSP
Coffea perrieri Drake ex Jum. & H.Perrier	Accepted		WCSP
Coffea pervilleana (Baill.) Drake	Accepted		WCSP
Coffea pocsii Bridson	Accepted		WCSP
Coffea pseudozanguebariae Bridson	Accepted		WCSP
Coffea pterocarpa A.P.Davis & Rakotonas.	Accepted		WCSP
Coffea racemosa Lour.	Accepted		WCSP
Coffea rakotonasoloi A.P.Davis	Accepted		WCSP
Coffea ratsimamangae J.-F.Leroy ex A.P.Davis & Rakotonas.	Accepted		WCSP
Coffea resinosa (Hook.f.) Radlk.	Accepted		WCSP
Coffea rhamnifolia (Chiov.) Bridson	Accepted		WCSP
Coffea richardii J.-F.Leroy	Accepted		WCSP
Coffea sahafaryensis J.-F.Leroy	Accepted		WCSP
Coffea sakarahae J.-F.Leroy	Accepted		WCSP
Coffea salvatrix Swynn. & Philipson	Accepted		WCSP
Coffea sambavensis J.-F.Leroy ex A.P.Davis & Rakotonas.	Accepted		WCSP
Coffea schliebenii Bridson	Accepted		WCSP
Coffea sessiliflora Bridson	Accepted		WCSP
Coffea stenophylla G.Don	Accepted		WCSP
Coffea tetragona Jum. & H.Perrier	Accepted		WCSP
Coffea togoensis A.Chev.	Accepted		WCSP
Coffea tricalysioides J.-F.Leroy	Accepted		WCSP
Coffea tsirananae J.-F.Leroy	Accepted		WCSP
Coffea vatovavyensis J.-F.Leroy	Accepted		WCSP
Coffea vavateninensis J.-F.Leroy	Accepted		WCSP
Coffea vianneyi J.-F.Leroy	Accepted		WCSP
Coffea vohemarensis A.P.Davis & Rakotonas.	Accepted		WCSP
Coffea zanguebariae Lour.	Accepted		WCSP

Statistics

The Plant List includes 329 scientific plant names of species rank for the genus Coffea. Of these 104 are accepted species names.

The Plant List includes a further 70 scientific plant names of infraspecific rank for the genus Coffea. We do not intend The Plant List to be complete for names of infraspecific rank. These are primarily included because names of species rank are synonyms of accepted infraspecific names.

Species names

The status of the 329 species names for the genus Coffea recorded in The Plant List, are as follows:

	Status	Total
◕	Accepted	104	31.6%
◕	Synonym	202	61.4%
◕	Unplaced	12	3.6%
◕	Unassessed	11	3.3%

All names

The status of the 399 names (including infraspecific names) for the genus Coffea recorded in The Plant List, are as follows:

	Status	Total
◕	Accepted	108	27.1%
◕	Synonym	267	66.9%
◕	Unplaced	12	3.0%
◕	Unassessed	12	3.0%

Of these names,

• 15 are recorded as invalid
• 15 are recorded as illegitimate
• 1 are recorded as a spelling variant

The confidence with which the status of the 329 species names recorded in The Plant List for the genus Coffea, are assigned as follows:

	Confidence level	Accepted	Synonym	Unplaced	Unassessed	Total
	High confidence	104	200	0	0	304	92.4%
	Medium confidence	0	2	0	0	2	0.6%
	Low confidence	0	0	12	11	23	7.0%

The source of the species name record found in The Plant List for the genus Coffea, are as follows: