Overview
Interesting Facts
Common Names
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Common Names in Chinese:
Zhong Guo Ka Fei
Common Names in English:
Robusta Coffee, Australian Sandarac, Congo Coffee, Congo Coffeetree, Congo Coffeetree (Usa), Rubusta Coffee
Common Names in Finnish:
Kahvi
Common Names in French:
Café Robusta, Caféier Canéphore, Caféier Robuste
Common Names in German:
Robustakaffee, Robustakaffeebaum, Robustakaffeestrauch
Common Names in Italian:
Caffe Di Congo
Common Names in Japanese:
Robusuta Koohiii
Common Names in Portuguese:
Café, Café-Robusta, Cafeiro
Common Names in Russian:
Kofe Robusta
Common Names in Spanish:
Cafeto Robusto
Common Names in Thai:
Kafae
Common Names in Vietnamese:
Càphê Robusta
Description
Family Rubiaceae
The Rubiaceae are trees , shrubs , or infrequently herbs comprising about 450 genera and 6,500 species, including some lianous forms. The leaves are simple and usually entire, and are opposite or sometimes whorled ; stipules are present and interpetiolar . The flowers are nearly always bisexual and actinomorphic , often heterostylous, and usually are in cymose inflorescences. The calyx is mostly somewhat reduced and 4-5-lobed or sometimes the lobes are obsolete or rarely one of them greatly expanded and brightly colored . The sympetalous corolla is mostly 4-5-lobed, occasionally with 3 or up to 10 lobes. The androecium consists of as many stamens as corolla lobes and is adnate to the corolla tube or epigynous zone, alternate with the lobes. The gynoecium consists of a single compound pistil of 2 or seldom more carpels, a single style, and a nearly always inferior ovary with the number of locules equaling the number of carpels, each with 1-many axile ovules. An epigynous nectary disk is usually present. The fruit is variable, sometimes forming multiples . -- Gerald Carr.
Physical Description
Habit: Evergreen .
Flowers: Bloom Period: March. • Flower Color: near white, white
Size/Age/Growth
Size: 12-15' tall.
Habitat
Typically found at an altitude of 0 to 2,490 meters (0 to 8,169 feet).[1]
Biology
Growth
Culture: Space 8-10' apart.
Soil: Minimum pH: 6.1 • Maximum pH: 6.5
Sunlight: Sun Exposure: Light Shade.
Temperature: Cold Hardiness: 10a, 10b, 11. (map)
Taxonomy
- Domain:
Eukaryota
(
)
- Whittaker & Margulis,1978
- eukaryotes
- Kingdom:
Plantae
()
- Haeckel, 1866
- Plants
- Subkingdom:
Viridaeplantae
()
- Cavalier-Smith, 1981
- Phylum:
Tracheophyta
()
- Sinnott, 1935 ex Cavalier-Smith, 1998
- Vascular Plants
- Subphylum:
Euphyllophytina
()
- Infraphylum:
Radiatopses
()
- Kenrick & Crane, 1997
- Subclass:
Asteridae
()
- Takhtajan, 1967
- Superorder:
Gentiananae
()
- Thorne Ex Reveal, 1992
- Order:
Gentianales
()
- Lindley, 1833
- Family:
Rubiaceae
()
- A.L. de Jussieu, 1789
- Coffee Family
- Subfamily:
Ixoroideae
()
- Subfamily:
Ixoroideae
(
- Family:
Rubiaceae
(
- Order:
Gentianales
(
- Superorder:
Gentiananae
(
- Subclass:
Asteridae
(
- Infraphylum:
Radiatopses
(
- Subphylum:
Euphyllophytina
(
- Phylum:
Tracheophyta
(
- Subkingdom:
Viridaeplantae
(
- Kingdom:
Plantae
(
Synonyms
Coffea arabica var. stuhlmannii A. Froehner • Coffea bukobensis A. Zimm. • Coffea canephora f. sankuruensis De Wild. • Coffea canephora var. crassifolia Lautent Ex De Wild. • Coffea canephora var. gossweileri A. Chev. • Coffea canephora var. hiernii Pierre Ex De Wild. • Coffea canephora var. hinaultii Pierre Ex De Wild. • Coffea canephora var. kouilouensis De Wild. • Coffea canephora var. laurentii (De Wild.) A. Chev. • Coffea canephora var. maclaudii (A. Chev.) A. Chev. • Coffea canephora var. muniensis Pierre Ex De Wild. • Coffea canephora var. nganda Haarer • Coffea canephora var. oka A. Chev. • Coffea canephora var. oligoneura Pierre Ex De Wild. • Coffea canephora var. opaca Pierre Ex De Wild. • Coffea canephora var. robusta (L. Linden) A. Chev. • Coffea canephora var. sankuruensis (De Wild.) De Wild. • Coffea canephora var. stuhlmannii (A. Froehner) A. Chev. • Coffea canephora var. trillesii De Wild. • Coffea canephora var. ugandae (Cramer) A. Chev. • Coffea canephora var. welwitschii (Pierre Ex De Wild.) A. Chev. • Coffea canephora var. wildemanii Pierre Ex De Wild. • Coffea laurentii De Wild. • Coffea maclaudii A. Chev. • Coffea quillon Wester • Coffea robusta L. Linden • Coffea ugandae Cramer • Coffea welwitschii Pierre Ex De Wild.
Notes
Name
Status: Accepted Name
.
Last scrutiny: 11-Nov-2003
Similar Species
Members of the genus Coffea
ZipcodeZoo has pages for 11 species, subspecies, varieties, forms, and cultivars in this genus:
C. arabica (Arabian Coffee) · C. arabica 'Catura' (Coffee) · C. arabica 'Kona' (Kona Coffee) · C. benghalensis (Bengal Coffee) · C. canephora (Robusta Coffee) · C. congensis (Congo Coffee) · C. liberica (Liberian Coffee) · C. liberica var. dewevrei (Excelsa Coffee) · C. racemosa (Coffee) · C. stenophylla (Coffea) · C. zanguebariae (Zanzibar Coffee)
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Further Reading
- Agricultural news. Bridgetown, Barbados, Bowen & sons;1902-22. url p. 133, p. 420.
- An annotated catalogue of types of the University of Illinois mycological collections (ILL) / Urbana: University of Illinois Press, c1997. url p. 27.
- An introduction to modern genetics, by C.H. Waddington. .. New York, The Macmillan company, 1939. url p. 323.
- Bulletin of miscellaneous information /Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. 1913 London: H.M. Stationery Office, 1900-1941. url p. 170.
- Bulletin of the British Museum (Natural History). London: BM(NH) url p. 279.
- Citrus fruits in the Philippines. Manila: Bureau of Agriculture, 1915. url p. 41.
- Coffee / by B. E. Dahlgren, Chief Curator, Dept. of Botany. Chicago: Field Museum of Natural History, 1938. url p. 27.
- Contributions from the United States National Herbarium 45 2003 Washington, D.C.: Smithsonian Institution Press, 1890- url p. 345, p. 405, p. 415, p. 511.
- Flora Costaricensis / William Burger, editor. 33 1993 Chicago, Ill.: Field Museum of Natural History, 1993. url p. 106, p. 329.
- Flora Malesiana. general editor, C.G.G.J. van Steenis. Djakarta: Noordhoff-Kolff, 1950- url p. 591.
- Flora Vitiensis nova: a new Flora of Fiji (spermatophytes only) / Albert C. Smith. Lawaii, Hawaii: Pacific Tropical Botanical Garden, 1979- url p. 223, p. 224, p. 225.
- Illinois Natural History Survey bulletin. Champaign, Ill.: The Survey, 1987- url p. 282, p. 295.
- Inventory of seeds and plants imported / U.S. Department of Agriculture, Bureau of Plant Industry. Washington, D.C.: G.P.O., 1914-1924. url p. 50, p. 88.
- Journal of Hymenoptera research. Washington, D.C.: International Society of Hymenopterists, [1992- url p. 97.
- Journal of the Association of Official Agricultural Chemists. Baltimore. url p. 274, p. 275.
- List of intercepted plant pests / United States Department of Agriculture, Plant Quarantine and Control Administration. [Washington, D.C.: U.S. G.P.O.], 1932- url p. 31, p. 41, p. 5.
- Monographs in systematic botany from the Missouri Botanical Garden. 73 1999 [St. Louis, Mo.]: Missouri Botanical Garden, 1978- url p. 40.
- The Gardeners' chronicle: a weekly illustrated journal of horticulture and allied subjects. London: [Gardeners Chronicle], 1874-1955. url p. 345.
- The Review of applied entomology. Farnham Royal, Eng., etc.: Commonwealth Agricultural Bureaux, etc. url p. 600.
- The economics of biodiversity loss: Scoping the science European Commission url p. 187.
Notes
Contributors
- Bisby, F.A., Y.R. Roskov, M.A. Ruggiero, T.M. Orrell, L.E. Paglinawan, P.W. Brewer, N. Bailly, J. van Hertum, eds (2007). Species 2000 & ITIS Catalogue of Life: 2007 Annual Checklist. Species 2000: Reading, U.K.
- Brands, S.J. (comp.) 1989-present. The Taxonomicon. Universal Taxonomic Services, Zwaag, The Netherlands. Accessed January 10, 2012.
- Global Biodiversity Information Facility. Accessed March 01, 2008. http://www.gbif.org Mediated distribution data from 5 providers.
- Ruggiero M., Gordon D., Bailly N., Kirk P., Nicolson D. (2011). The Catalogue of Life Taxonomic Classification, Edition 2, Part A. In: Species 2000 & ITIS Catalogue of Life: 2011 Annual Checklist (Bisby F.A., Roskov Y.R., Orrell T.M., Nicolson D., Paglinawan L.E., Bailly N., Kirk P.M., Bourgoin T., Baillargeon G., Ouvrard D., eds). DVD; Species 2000: Reading, UK.
- USDA, ARS, National Genetic Resources Program. Germplasm Resources Information Network - (GRIN) [Online Database]. National Germplasm Resources Laboratory, Beltsville, Maryland. URL (April 27, 2008)
- USDA, NRCS. 2005. The PLANTS Database, Version 3.5 (http://plants.usda.gov). National Plant Data Center, Baton Rouge, LA 70874-4490 USA.
- World Checklist of Selected Plant Families. Release date: November 27, 2009
Data Sources
Accessed through GBIF Data Portal March 01, 2008:
- BeBIF Provider: National Botanic Garden Belgium - Albertian Rift Rubiaceae (ENBI wp13)
- Comisión nacional para el conocimiento y uso de la biodiversidad: Herbario del Instituto de Ecología, A.C., México (IE-BAJÍO)
- Comisión nacional para el conocimiento y uso de la biodiversidad: Herbario del Instituto de Ecología, A.C., México (IE-XAL)
- Herbier de l'Université Louis Pasteur: herbier de nouvelle-caledonie
- Missouri Botanical Garden
- Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew
Identifiers
- Biodiversity Heritage Library NamebankID: 1
- Catalogue of Life Accepted Name Code: Kew-45464
- Globally Unique Identifier: urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:747068-1
- GRIN Nomen Number: 11092
- Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS) Taxonomic Serial Number (TSN): 506060
- U.S.D.A. Plant Symbol: CORO8
- Zipcode Zoo Species Identifier: 31815
Footnotes
- Mean = 593.090 meters (1,945.833 feet), Standard Deviation = 574.530 based on 33 observations. Altitude information for each observation from British Oceanographic Data Centre. [back]
