Taxon:  Coffea travancorensis Wight & Arn.



Summary
Genus:
Coffea
Subgenus:
Coffea
Family:
Rubiaceae
Tribe:
Coffeeae
Nomen number:
11120
Place of publication:
Prodr. fl. Ind. orient. 435.  1834
Verified:
01/22/2013 ARS Systematic Botanists.
Accessions:
0 (0  active, 0  available) in National Plant Germplasm System. 
Other conspecific taxa
Autonyms (not in current use), synonyms and invalid designations
Homotypic Synonym(s)
Psilanthus travancorensis (Wight & Arn.) J.-F. Leroy

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Conservation Status

Reference(s)
  1. Chevalier, A. J. B. 1947. Les caféiers du globe. 3: Systématique des caféiers et faux-caféiers maladies et insectes nusibles. Encycl. Biol. 28:123.
  2. Chinnappa, C. C. 1981. Palynology and systematics of the genus Coffea. J. Coffee Res. 11:63.
  3. Davis, A. P. et al. 2006. An annotated taxonomic conspectus of the genus Coffea (Rubiaceae). Bot. J. Linn. Soc. 152:506. Note: mentions
  4. Davis, A. P. et al. 2011. Growing coffee: Psilanthus (Rubiaceae) subsumed on the basis of molecular and morphological data; implications for the size, morphology, distribution and evolutionary history of Coffea. Bot. J. Linn. Soc. 167:377.
  5. Leroy, J.-F. 1967. Diagnose differentielle du genre Paracoffea Leroy. J. Agric. Trop. Bot. Appl. 14:276. Note: = Paracoffea travancorensis (Wight & Arn.) J.-F. Leroy
Common names
Distribution
order_codeStatusContinentSubcontinentCountryStateNoteReference
1NativeAsia-TropicalIndian SubcontinentIndia  Davis, A. P. et al. 2011. Growing coffee: Psilanthus (Rubiaceae) subsumed on the basis of molecular and morphological data; implications for the size, morphology, distribution and evolutionary history of Coffea. Bot. J. Linn. Soc. 167:377.
1NativeAsia-TropicalIndian SubcontinentSri Lanka  Davis, A. P. et al. 2011. Growing coffee: Psilanthus (Rubiaceae) subsumed on the basis of molecular and morphological data; implications for the size, morphology, distribution and evolutionary history of Coffea. Bot. J. Linn. Soc. 167:377.
Native
Asia-Tropical
  • INDIAN SUBCONTINENT: India, Sri Lanka

Reference(s)
  1. Davis, A. P. et al. 2011. Growing coffee: Psilanthus (Rubiaceae) subsumed on the basis of molecular and morphological data; implications for the size, morphology, distribution and evolutionary history of Coffea. Bot. J. Linn. Soc. 167:377.
Cite as: USDA, Agricultural Research Service, National Plant Germplasm System. 2026. Germplasm Resources Information Network (GRIN Taxonomy). National Germplasm Resources Laboratory, Beltsville, Maryland.
URL: https://npgsweb.ars-grin.gov/gringlobal/taxon/taxonomydetail?id=11120. Accessed 16 October 2026.