Coffeeae is a

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s in the

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Rubiaceae and contains about 333

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in 11

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. Its representatives are found in tropical and southern Africa,

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, the western Indian Ocean, tropical and subtropical Asia, and

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Genera

Currently accepted names * '' Argocoffeopsis'' Lebrun (8 sp) * '' Belonophora''

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(5 sp) * '' Calycosiphonia'' Pierre ex Robbr. (2 sp) * '' Coffea'' L. (137 sp) * '' Diplospora''

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(23 sp) * '' Discospermum'' Dalzell (13 sp) * ''

Empogona ''Empogona'' is a genus of flowering plants in the Family (biology), family Rubiaceae. The genus is found in tropical and southern Africa and Madagascar. It was for a time deemed a subgenus or section of ''Tricalysia''. Species * ''Empogona aci ...

(30 sp) * '' Kupeantha'' Cheek (6 sp) * '' Nostolachma'' T.Durand (6 sp) * '' Sericanthe'' Robbr. (22 sp) * ''

Tricalysia ''Tricalysia'' is a genus of flowering plants in the family Rubiaceae. The genus is found in tropical and southern Africa and on the islands in the Western Indian Ocean. Species * ''Tricalysia achoundongiana'' Robbr., Sonké & Kenfack * '' T ...

A.Rich. Achille Richard was a French botanist, botanical illustrator and physician (27 April 1794 in Paris – 5 October 1852). Biography Achille was the son of the botanist Louis-Claude Marie Richard (1754–1821). He was a pharmacist in the Frenc ...

(81 sp) Synonyms * ''Argocoffea'' = '' Argocoffeopsis'' * ''Bunburya'' = ''

'' * ''Buseria'' = '' Coffea'' * ''Cafe'' = '' Coffea'' * ''Cofeanthus'' = '' Coffea'' * ''Diplocrater'' = ''

'' * ''Diplosporopsis'' = '' Belonophora'' * ''Discocoffea'' = ''

'' * ''Eriostoma'' = ''

'' * ''Hexepta'' = '' Coffea'' * ''Hymendocarpum'' = '' Nostolachma'' * ''Kerstingia'' = '' Belonophora'' * ''Lachnastoma'' = '' Nostolachma'' * ''Leiochilus'' = '' Coffea'' * ''Natalanthe'' = ''

'' * ''Neorosea'' = ''

'' * ''Nescidia'' = '' Coffea'' * ''Paolia'' = '' Coffea'' * ''Paracoffea'' = '' Coffea'' * ''Pleurocoffea'' = '' Coffea'' * ''Probletostemon'' = ''

'' * ''Psilanthopsis'' = '' Coffea'' * ''Psilanthus'' = '' Coffea'' * ''Rosea'' = ''

'' * ''Solenixora'' = '' Coffea'' * ''Xantonnea'' = '' Discospermum''

References

Ixoroideae tribes {{Ixoroideae-stub