Coffea semsei (Bridson) A.P.Davis, 2010

Davis, Aaron P., 2010, Six species of Psilanthus transferred to Coffea (Coffeeae, Rubiaceae), Phytotaxa 10, pp. 41-45 : 43

publication ID	https://doi.org/10.11646/phytotaxa.10.1.6
DOI	https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.4899799
persistent identifier	https://treatment.plazi.org/id/71340805-FFBA-FFE8-FF6E-4D90FD65488A
treatment provided by	Felipe (2021-05-21 13:07:32, last updated 2024-11-27 07:50:02)
scientific name	Coffea semsei (Bridson)
status	comb. nov.

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Coffea semsei (Bridson) View in CoL A.P.Davis, comb. nov.

Psilanthus semsei Bridson (1882: 36) View in CoL . Type : TANZANIA. Ulanga District: Magombera Forest Reserve, 8 November 1961, S.R. Semsei 3400 (holotype K!).

Distribution: — Tanzania (Ulanga). TDWG: 25 TAN.

Characteristics:— Coffea semsei can be set apart from all other species of Coffea formerly placed in Psilanthus due to the following combination of characters: habit deciduous; leaves membranous; leaf apex acuminate; stipules deltate to triangular, shortly apiculate (apiculum 1–2 mm long), stipular lobes of the calyculi narrowly triangular and glume-like; calyx with shortly triangular lobes, and each lobe bearing several colletes; and corolla lobes distinctly acuminate.