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- Title
Coffea anthonyi, a new self-compatible Central African coffee species, closely related to an ancestor of Coffea arabica.
- Authors
Stoffelen, Piet; Noirot, Michel; Couturon, Emmanuel; Bontems, Sylvain; De Block, Petra; Anthony, François
- Abstract
Coffea anthonyi Stoff. & F. Anthony from Cameroon and the Republic of Congo is formally described. Morphological, biochemical and molecular characteristics, isozyme diversity and phylogenetic relationships are discussed. The new diploid species has strong relationships with the East African C. eugenioides and the allotetraploid cultivated C. arabica. As such, it could be related to a progenitor species of C. arabica. The new species is self-compatible, being a rare character within the genus Coffea. This new small-leaved Central African species is of particular interest from a phylogenetic as well as from a breeding point of view.
- Subjects
CONGO (Brazzaville); CENTRAL Africa; PHYSIOLOGICAL effects of coffee; PHYLOGENY; ISOENZYMES; PLANT classification
- Publication
Taxon, 2009, Vol 58, Issue 1, p133
- ISSN
0040-0262
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1002/tax.581014