Coffea neobridsoniae 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.4899789
persistent identifier	https://treatment.plazi.org/id/71340805-FFBA-FFE9-FF6E-4BDDFC824ADD
treatment provided by	Felipe
scientific name	Coffea neobridsoniae A.P.Davis
status	nom. nov.

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Coffea neobridsoniae A.P.Davis View in CoL , nom. nov.

Basionym:— Psilanthus bridsoniae Sivar., Biju & P.Mathew (1992: 216) View in CoL . Type: INDIA. Kerala: Kappi-pacha Forest, near Peechi near Trissur , 7 March 1989, V.V. Sivarajan & S. D. Biju 43240 (holotype K!, isotype CALI), non C. bridsoniae Davis & Mvungi (2004) View in CoL .

Distribution: —S. India. TDWG: 40 IND.

Characteristics:— Deb (2020) synonymised P. bridsoniae under P. wightianus (Wall. ex Wight & Arn.) J.-F.Leroy and, in error, under P. fragrans . I have no hesitation in resurrecting P. bridsoniae and providing a new name in Coffea . Coffea neobridsoniae is very easily set apart from and C. wightiana Wall. ex Wight & Arn. , and in particular by its rather open habit (vs. congested, spiny-looking), membranous leaves (vs. chartaceous) with 4 or 5 secondary veins (vs. 3 or 4), long-acuminate leaf apex (vs. acute), and presence of colleters at the base of the hypanthium (vs. absent).

Note: —A new name is required for this species because there is already a Coffea species with the same specific epithet: C. bridsoniae Davis & Mvungi (2004) .