Belonophora coffeoides
| Belonophora coffeoides | |
|---|---|
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| (unranked): | Angiosperms |
| (unranked): | Eudicots |
| (unranked): | Asterids |
| Order: | Gentianales |
| Family: | Rubiaceae |
| Genus: | Belonophora |
| Species: | B. coffeoides |
| Binomial name | |
| Belonophora coffeoides Hook.f. | |
Belonophora coffeoides is a species of flowering plant in the Rubiaceae family. It is found in Tropical Africa.[1] It is the type species of the genus Belonophora.[2]
Subspecies
Two subspecies are widely accepted as of April 2014:[1]
- Belonophora coffeoides subsp. coffeoides - São Tomé (not seen since 1861, possibly extinct)
- Belonophora coffeoides subsp. hypoglauca (Welw. ex Hiern) S.E.Dawson & Cheek[3][4] - Benin, Ghana, Guinée, Cote d'Ivoire, Liberia, Nigeria, Sierra Leone, Togo, Central African Republic, Cameroon, Gabon, Congo-Brazzaville, Congo-Kinshasa, Chad, Sudan, Uganda, Angola, Zambia
References
- 1 2 Kew World Checklist of Selected Plant Families, Belonophora
- ↑ Hooker, Joseph Dalton. 1873. Hooker's Icones Plantarum 12, t 1127 , Belonophora coffeoides
- ↑ Dawson, Sally E. & Cheek, Martin Roy. 2000. Kew Bulletin 55: 77–78, Belonophora coffeoides subsp. hypoglauca
- ↑ Hiern, William Philip. 1876. Transactions of the Linnean Society of London, Botany 1: 173, Coffea hypoglauca
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