Taxonomie : D'après Delprete (Taxon, 64(3):
601. 25/06/2015): "
Coffea paniculata has been overlooked by previous specialists (e.g., Bremekamp, Steyermark), probably because it was not readily assignable to
Coussarea or
Faramea, or confused with
Coussarea paniculata (Willd.) Standl. because of the same specific epithet (e.g., Steyermark, 1967: 367). According to Aublet’s (1775) accurate description,
Coffea paniculata is characterized by having large, pointed stipules, fragrant (jasmine-like) flowers, white corollas, stamens attached at the middle of the tube with short filaments, bluish style branches, 2-seeded or rarely 1-seeded (by abortion of 1 ovule), bluish berries, and when 2-seeded, the 2 seeds adpressed against each other, planoconvex, and with a longitudinal ventral sulcus (seed globose when 1-seeded). Because of these features, this taxon was placed in
Faramea by Bentham (1850) and in
Coussarea by Lemée (1954). The bluish berries, commonly 2-seeded, and the pointed stipules indicate that this species belongs to
Faramea (vs. commonly 1-seeded, whitish, yellowish or purple fruit, and triangular stipules in
Coussarea). In addition, Aublet’s description and illustration (1775: 152–154, fig. 58) and examination of the type specimens, clarified the identity of this species, which is here maintained in
Faramea with the binomial proposed by Bentham (1850). Previously this species was commonly known as
F. torquata Müll.Arg. Comparison of the types of
F. torquata and
Coffea paniculata, and examination of collections throughout the Amazon Basin, showed that there are no morphological differences, and they are here treated as synonyms." Voir aussi C.M. Taylor (2010-2020,
Studies in American Rubiaceae).
