Mozambican Coffea accessions from Ibo and Quirimba Islands: identification and geographical distribution

• Published in: AoB plants Vol. 16; no. 2; p. plae004
• Main Authors: Navarini, Luciano, Scaglione, Davide, Del Terra, Lorenzo, Scalabrin, Simone, Mavuque, Lopes, Turello, Luca, Nguenha, Rafael, Luongo, Gianluca
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: US Oxford University Press 01.02.2024
• Subjects: Botanists; Breeding; Coffee; Cultivars; Genetic analysis; Geographical distribution; Hybrids; Indigenous plants; Indigenous species; Islands; Plant breeding; Plants (botany); Single-nucleotide polymorphism; Studies; genetic diversity; phylogenetic tree; Mozambique; taxonomy; genetic characterization; Ibo coffee; Coffea racemose; Coffea zanguebariae

Abstract Mozambique does not have a tradition of farming Coffea arabica or Coffea canephora, the two species that dominate the worldwide coffee market. However, native coffee plants have been growing spontaneously and in some cases cultivated in the Ibo and Quirimba islands in the north of the count...