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Coffea

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Also known as coffee tree, coffee plant, coffee

Coffea is a genus of flowering plants in the family Rubiaceae. Coffea species are shrubs or small trees native to tropical and southern Africa and tropical Asia. The seeds of some species, called coffee beans, are roasted and ground to brew into various coffee beverages. The fruits, like the seeds, contain a large amount of caffeine, and have a distinct sweet taste.

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Coffea is a genus of plants within the family Rubiaceae. It belongs to the order Gentianales, class Magnoliopsida, and phylum Tracheophyta in the kingdom Plantae. The genus was described by Linnaeus in 1753 and is currently accepted. Its parent taxon is Coffeeae, and the type species is Coffea arabica. Common names for the genus include coffee, Koffie, بن, and kávovník.

The genus contains the coffee bean as a part. According to Plants of the World, native species include Coffea brassii (J.-F.Leroy) A.P.Davis and C. mabesae. The taxon has been described in the Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary. Records indicate 43,247 occurrences and 3,049 related entries in PubMed.

Synthesized by Vinony from 38 facts across 7 sources: Wikidata, GBIF, PubMed, Gbif Occ, Plants of the World, WoRMS, Vinony graph. Generated from structured data (not the Wikipedia text) and checked against those facts — may still contain errors.

Species

Coffea

GENUS

  1. KingdomPlantae
  2. PhylumTracheophyta
  3. ClassMagnoliopsida
  4. OrderGentianales
  5. FamilyRubiaceae
Native toAngola, Assam, Bangladesh, Benin, Burkina, Cabinda, Cambodia, Cameroon, Central African Republic, Comoros, Congo, DR Congo
Observations recorded43,247

General: natives: Coffea brassii (J.-F.Leroy) A.P.Davis and C. mabesae

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Research

3,049 papers

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Wikidata facts

Instance of
taxon
Subclass of
Rubiaceae
Has part
coffee bean
Parent taxon
Coffeeae
Image
FruitColors.jpg
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taxon rank
genus
Commons category
Coffea
taxon name
Coffea
topic's main category
Category:Coffea
GRIN URL
npgsweb.ars-grin.gov/gringlobal/taxonomygenus.aspx?id=2779
Commons gallery
Coffea
taxon common name
咖啡属
OpenStreetMap tag
crop=coffee
taxonomic type
Coffea arabica
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Encyclopedic overview

6 sections
Contents
  • Taxonomy
  • Species
  • Ecology
  • Cultivation and use
  • References
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Coffea is a genus of flowering plants in the family Rubiaceae. Coffea species are shrubs or small trees native to tropical and southern Africa and tropical Asia. The seeds of some species, called coffee beans, are roasted and ground to brew into various coffee beverages. The fruits, like the seeds, contain a large amount of caffeine, and have a distinct sweet taste.

The plant ranks as one of the world's most valuable and widely traded commodity crops and is an important export product of several countries, including those in Central and South America, the Caribbean and Africa. The coffee trade relies heavily on two of the over 120 species, Coffea arabica (commonly known simply as "Arabica"), which accounts for 60–80% of the world's coffee production, and Coffea canephora (known as "Robusta"), which accounts for about 20–40%.

Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Coffea” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.

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