Coffea brassii (J.-F.Leroy) Davis, Aaron P., 2010

Davis, Aaron P., 2010, Six species of Psilanthus transferred to Coffea (Coffeeae, Rubiaceae), Phytotaxa 10, pp. 41-45 : 42

publication ID	https://doi.org/10.11646/phytotaxa.10.1.6
DOI	https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.4899784
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scientific name	Coffea brassii (J.-F.Leroy)
status	comb. nov.

Treatment

Coffea brassii (J.-F.Leroy) View in CoL A.P.Davis, comb. nov.

Basionym:— Paracoffea brassii View in CoL J.-F. Leroy (1968: 598). Psilanthus brassii (J.-F. Leroy) View in CoL A.P. Davis (2003: 183). Type: PAPUA NEW GUINEA. Central Province: Baroka, Nakeo District , 30 m, 8 April 1933, L.J. Brass 3743 (holotype BO!, isotype A).

Distribution: — Papua New Guinea (Central Province) and Australia (Torres Strait Islands and Queensland). TDWG: 43 NWG; 50 QLD.

Characteristics: — Coffea brassii is similar to C. mabesae (Elmer) J.-F.Leroy from the Philippines but differs because the leaves, flowers (corolla) and fruits are almost consistently glabrous (leaves sometimes with a few scattered hairs) instead of these parts being distinctly puberulous to pubescent. Further morphological information for this species can be found in Leroy (1968), Davis (2003) and Forster (2004).

References

Davis, A. P. (2003). A new combination in Psilanthus (Rubiaceae) for Australia, and nomenclatural notes on Paracoffea. Novon 13: 182 - 184.

Forster, P. I. (2004) The tribe Coffeeae DC. (Rubiaceae: Ixoroideae) in Australia. Austrobaileya 6: 903 - 909.

Leroy, J. - F. (1968 (dated 1967 )). Un cafeier du genre Paracoffea en Nouvelle-Guinee. Journal d'Agriculture Tropicale et de Botanique Appliquee 14: 598 - 600. [dated December 1967, publ. 1968].