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Belonophora coffeoides

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Kingdom
  
Plantae

Family
  
Rubiaceae

Species
  
B. coffeoides

Order
  
Gentianales

Genus
  
Belonophora

Belonophora coffeoides is a species of flowering plant in the Rubiaceae family. It is found in Tropical Africa. It is the type species of the genus Belonophora.

Subspecies

Two subspecies are widely accepted as of April 2014:

  • Belonophora coffeoides subsp. coffeoides - São Tomé (not seen since 1861, possibly extinct)
  • Belonophora coffeoides subsp. hypoglauca (Welw. ex Hiern) S.E.Dawson & Cheek - Benin, Ghana, Guinée, Cote d'Ivoire, Liberia, Nigeria, Sierra Leone, Togo, Central African Republic, Cameroon, Gabon, Congo-Brazzaville, Congo-Kinshasa, Chad, Sudan, Uganda, Angola, Zambia

    • References

    Belonophora coffeoides Wikipedia
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