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Coffea spp. / coffee / 咖啡属植物

Introduction
Coffea is genus in the family Rubiaceae, order Gentianales, native to Africa, with many varieties. Each variety is associated with specific climate conditions and altitudes. Wild coffee trees are evergreen shrubs, standing 3 to 3.5 meters tall. They have small white flowers on their branches that possess the fragrance of jasmine. The fruit is 1.5 to 1.8 centimeters long, red in color, and contains two seeds arranged side by side. Each seed is encased in an endocarp and a parchment-like membrane.
Common name: / coffee / 咖啡属植物
Taxonomy: Viridiplantae; Streptophyta; Streptophytina; Embryophyta; Tracheophyta; Euphyllophyta; Spermatophyta; Magnoliopsida; Mesangiospermae; eudicotyledons; Gunneridae; Pentapetalae; asterids; lamiids; Gentianales; Rubiaceae; Ixoroideae; Gardenieae complex; Ber

Genome

1. Scalabrin S, Magris G, Liva M, et al. A chromosome-scale assembly reveals chromosomal aberrations and exchanges generating genetic diversity in Coffea arabica germplasm. Nat Commun. 2024;15(1):463. Published 2024 Jan 23.
2. Tran HTM, Ramaraj T, Furtado A, et al. Use of a draft genome of coffee (Coffea arabica) to identify SNPs associated with caffeine content. Plant Biotechnol J. 2018;16(10):1756-1766.
3. Denoeud F, Carretero-Paulet L, Dereeper A, et al. The coffee genome provides insight into the convergent evolution of caffeine biosynthesis. Science. 2014 Sep 5;345(6201):1181-4.
4. Argout X, Martin G, Droc G, et al. The cacao Criollo genome v2.0: an improved version of the genome for genetic and functional genomic studies. BMC Genomics. 2017;18(1):730. Published 2017 Sep 15.
5. Raharimalala N, Rombauts S, McCarthy A, et al. The absence of the caffeine synthase gene is involved in the naturally decaffeinated status of Coffea humblotiana, a wild species from Comoro archipelago. Sci Rep. 2021;11(1):8119. Published 2021 Apr 14.

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