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The taxonomic position of some Coffea species is controversial. Many of the known species have been discovered along harvests made in the tropical forests of Africa since 1940. The literature suggests that the true Coffea species are those from central and equatorial regions of Africa, including Madagascar and the neighbouring islands close to Indian Ocean. The other species from Asian regions, previously described as being part of the genus Coffea, are no longer considered true Coffea species. Chevalier (1947) in his classification, considered 65 species from which 24 belonged to other genera. Cramer (1957), however, suggested the existence of at least 100 species. Purseglove (1968), cited by Wrigley (1988) referred to 50 species of the Coffea genus, from which 33 were from Tropical Africa, 14 from Madagascar and 3 from Mauritius and Reunion Islands. As these species are studied, divergences are noticed as for the number of true species from Madagascar. New Coffea species were described by Bridson (1982), especially in Eastern parts of Africa, although some of them have not been thoroughly characterized. Leroy (1980) recognized three genera of coffee plants: Coffea, Psilanthus and Nostolachma. The latter is restricted to Asia and Indonesia. He also distinguished three subgenera of Coffea and two of Psilanthus.
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Fazuoli, L.C., Maluf, M.P., Filho, O.G., Filho, H.M., Silvarolla, M.B. (2000). Breeding and Biotechnology of Coffee. In: Sera, T., Soccol, C.R., Pandey, A., Roussos, S. (eds) Coffee Biotechnology and Quality. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-017-1068-8_3
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