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Coffee trees belong to the tribe Coffeae in the Rubiaceae (Bridson and Verdcourt 1988). The genus Coffea L. is subdivided in two subgenera: Coffea and Baracoffea. Approximately 100 taxa have been identified so far in the subgenus Coffea (Charrier and Berthaud 1985). All species are woody, ranging from small-sized shrubs to robust trees and originate from the inter-tropical forests of Africa and Madagascar. Commercial coffee production relies on two species only, C. arabica L. and C. canephora Pierre, but many Coffea species form a valuable gene reservoir for different breeding purposes (Berthaud and Charrier 1988). C. arabica is a natural allotetraploid and autogamous, while other species are diploid and generally self-incompatible (Charrier and Berthaud 1985).
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Dussert, S., Chabrillange, N., Engelmann, E., Anthony, F., Vasquez, N., Hamon, S. (2002). Cryopreservation of Coffea (Coffee). In: Towill, L.E., Bajaj, Y.P.S. (eds) Cryopreservation of Plant Germplasm II. Biotechnology in Agriculture and Forestry, vol 50. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-662-04674-6_16
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