Coffea

coffea Translingual thumb Etymology From mul la-new -, from European vernacular words for en coffee (cognate in various vernaculars), from mul ar قَهْوَة; Coffea arabica#Taxonomy Carl Linnaeus coined the genus name in 1737. Proper noun 1 f genus family Rubiaceae coffee plants, most of which yield beans with a substantial amount of caffeine Hypernyms genus ; Ixoroideae subfamily subfamily; Coffeeae tribe tribe Hyponyms genus Coffea arabica species type species; Coffea canephora species (syn. Coffea robusta species); Coffea charrieriana species (charrier coffee), Coffea liberica species (Liberian coffee), Coffea pseudozanguebariae species, Coffea racemosa species (Inhambane coffee), Coffea stenophylla species (highland coffee, Sierra Leone coffee) selected other species Coffea subg. Baracoffea subgenus, Coffea subg. Coffea subgenus subgenera References 1 1 1