Monographs Details:
Authority:
Maguire, Bassett. 1967. The botany of the Guayana Highland--Part VII. Mem. New York Bot. Gard. 17: 1-439.
Maguire, Bassett. 1967. The botany of the Guayana Highland--Part VII. Mem. New York Bot. Gard. 17: 1-439.
Family:
Rubiaceae
Rubiaceae
Description:
Distribution and Ecology - Widely distributed in the American tropics from Mexico and Central America, the West Indies, and South America.
Distribution and Ecology - Widely distributed in the American tropics from Mexico and Central America, the West Indies, and South America.
Discussion:
Ixora occidentalis L., Syst. ed. 10. 893. 1759.
Coffea occidentalis (L.) Jacq., Enum. Pl. Carib. 16. 1760; Sel. Stirp. Am. 67, pl. 47. 1763. Type. Jamaica, Browne.
This species shows great variability in the number of flowers and branching of the inflorescence, the length of the corolla, and the length of the calyx-tube. It appears to break down into subspecific categories and varieties indicated in the following key.
Distribution:
Mexico North America| Central America| West Indies| South America|
Mexico North America| Central America| West Indies| South America|