Identidad taxonómica

Scientific name
Coffea arabica L.
Canonical name: The scientific name without its authorship or date, for example Zea mays instead of Zea mays L.
Coffea arabica
Authorship: The author or authors credited with publishing the scientific name. It is written after the name, sometimes with the year, for example L. (Linnaeus) in Zea mays L. An author in parentheses first published the name in another genus or rank.
L.
Common names
Arabica Coffee, Coffee, Arabian coffee, Arabica coffee, Arabian coffee, Coffee tree, Coffee,, Kona Coffee, coffee-tree, coffeetree
Names in other languages (67)Arab kávé, Araba kofeo, Arabica-Kaffee, Arabica-koffie, Arabicakaffe, Arabicakaffee, Arabicakoffie, Arap Kahvesi, Bergkaffee, Cafeto, Cafeto arábigo, Caffè, Café arabica, Caféier, Caféier d'Arabie, Café, Café d'Arabie, Capie cottay, Chaabe, Càphê arabica, Kaffe, Kaffeestrauch, Kahawa, Kahve, Kapé, Kawa arabska, Koffie, Kofi, Kope, Kopi, Kopi Arabika, Muhubva, Pianta del caffè, araabia kohvipuu, arabian-coffee, arabiankahvi, arabischer Kaffeebaum, arabischer Kaffeestrauch, arabiskt kaffe, cafeeiro, cafeiro, cafeto arábico, cafeto de Arabia, café, café-arábica, caféeiro, caféier d'Arabie, kafe, kape, koffieboom, kávovník arabský, taofe, taofe, taohe, yobeyáanin, Καφές Kafes, Кава арабіка, Кава аравійська, Кавове дерево аравійське, Кофе арабика, Кофе аравийский, קפה ערביקה, കാപ്പിചെടി, ඇරබිකා කෝපි, กาแฟ, กาแฟอาราบิกา, アラビアコーヒーノキ, 咖啡樹, 小果咖啡, 커피나무
Kingdom: One of the broadest ranks of biological classification. It groups organisms that share very basic features, for example plants (Plantae), animals (Animalia) or fungi (Fungi).
Plantae
Phylum: Rank below kingdom that groups organisms with a shared general body plan, for example chordates (Chordata), arthropods (Arthropoda) or vascular plants (Tracheophyta). In botany the same rank is also called division.
Tracheophyta
Class: Rank below phylum, for example mammals (Mammalia), birds (Aves), insects (Insecta) or monocot plants such as grasses and orchids (Liliopsida).
Magnoliopsida
Order: Rank below class that groups related families, for example grasses and their relatives (Poales) or bats (Chiroptera).
Gentianales
Family: Rank below order that groups related genera. Family names usually end in -aceae in botany (for example Poaceae, the grass family) and in -idae in zoology (for example Felidae, the cat family).
Rubiaceae
Genus: Rank that groups closely related species. Its name is the first word of a species' scientific name and starts with a capital letter, for example Zea in Zea mays.
Coffea
Specific epithet: The second word of a species' scientific name. On its own it does not name the species: it always goes with the genus, for example mays in Zea mays.
arabica
Taxonomic rank: The level a name occupies in the hierarchy of biological classification, such as kingdom, family, genus, species or subspecies.
species
Reference species
Coffea arabica
Taxonomic status: Whether the taxonomic catalogue the record comes from currently accepts this name for the organism, or treats it as a synonym of another accepted name or as doubtful.
accepted name

Photos and conservation status

IUCN Red List category: The extinction-risk category that the International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN) assigns to a species on its Red List. EX Extinct: there is no reasonable doubt that the last individual has died. EW Extinct in the wild: it survives only in cultivation, in captivity or as a population far outside its past range. CR Critically endangered, EN Endangered and VU Vulnerable: the three threatened categories, from an extremely high to a high risk of extinction in the wild. NT Near threatened: close to qualifying as threatened. LC Least concern: evaluated and not threatened. DD Data deficient: there is not enough information to assess its risk. NE Not evaluated: not yet assessed against the criteria. It describes the risk of the species worldwide, not its situation in a project's area.
Endangered (EN)
Source: IUCN Red List via GBIF, queried on 2026-10-09 06:16.
Photo of Coffea arabica L.
Photo: Richard Jacob · CC BY 4.0 · View original image · Original observation
Photo of Coffea arabica L.
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Photo of Coffea arabica L.
Photo: Stephen Lewis · CC0 1.0 · View original image · Original observation
Photo of Coffea arabica L.
Photo: Tim · CC BY 4.0 · View original image · Original observation
Photo of Coffea arabica L.
Photo: Josi Guimarães · CC BY 4.0 · View original image · Original observation
Photo of Coffea arabica L.
Photo: Tim · CC BY 4.0 · View original image · Original observation

Research-grade iNaturalist observations via GBIF, CC0 or CC BY licences only, queried on 2026-10-09 06:16.

Interacciones documentadas

GloBI says it is documented somewhere in the world. Biolitica answers whether it could happen here.

A documented interaction means it was recorded somewhere in the world. It does not mean it occurs here.

Types shown: 12 of 15 is a symbiont of × is a host of × has its flowers visited by × is pollinated by × is eaten by × is an arbuscular mycorrhizal host of × interacts with × has as a parasite × has as a pathogen × is adjacent to × co-occurs ecologically with × has as a vector × 3 more types with data for this species

Blocks that do not sit under a navigation concept heading keep the source's own term: no navigation concept has been assigned to them yet.

is a symbiont of 2100 organisms

The authority declares no effect on this species for this term: neither that it harms it nor that it benefits it. In the source ontology symbiosis covers mutualism, commensalism and parasitism alike, so this block holds attackers and allies side by side.

Organism Reads as Studies Where it was documented Actions
Fungi Including Lichens Fungi is a symbiont of 3 not compared Not a modelling unit: the source publishes it at kingdom level.
Curvularia verruculosa Pleosporaceae is a symbiont of 2 not compared
Auriculariales sp. is a symbiont of 2 not compared Not a modelling unit: the source did not resolve a species — the name carries an open-nomenclature qualifier.
Rhodotorula mucilaginosa is a symbiont of 2 not compared
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is a host of 539 organisms

The authority declares no effect on this species for this term: neither that it harms it nor that it benefits it. In the source ontology symbiosis covers mutualism, commensalism and parasitism alike, so this block holds attackers and allies side by side.

Organism Reads as Studies Where it was documented Actions
coffee leaf rust Hemileia vastatrix Zaghouaniaceae is a host of 224 not compared
Cercospora coffeicola is a host of 135 not compared
bacterial leaf scorch Xylella fastidiosa Xanthomonadaceae is a host of 100 no location
Mycena citricolor Mycenaceae is a host of 75 not compared
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Flower visit

has its flowers visited by 212 organisms

The authority declares no effect on this species for this term: neither that it harms it nor that it benefits it. Visiting a flower is not pollinating it. «Pollinates» is a different term and a different block, and merging the two is the measured defect that turned ~88 shared «pollinators» into birds and primates.

Organism Reads as Studies Where it was documented Actions
Spiny-legged Stingless bee Trigona spinipes Apidae has its flowers visited by 2 not compared
European Honey Bee Apis mellifera Apidae has its flowers visited by 2 not compared
Narrow Stingless Bee Tetragonisca angustula Apidae has its flowers visited by 2 not compared
Small Carpenter Bees Ceratina Apidae has its flowers visited by 2 not compared Not a modelling unit: the source publishes it at genus level.
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Pollination

is pollinated by 100 organisms

This term declares that the organism benefits this species. «Visits the flowers of» is a different term and a different block: a visitor is not a pollinator, and merging the two is the measured defect that turned ~88 shared «pollinators» into birds and primates.

Organism Reads as Studies Where it was documented Actions
European Honey Bee Apis mellifera Apidae is pollinated by 4 not compared
Gomphina Veneridae is pollinated by 3 not compared Not a modelling unit: the source publishes it at genus level.
Ants, Bees, Wasps, And Sawflies Hymenoptera is pollinated by 2 not compared Not a modelling unit: the source publishes it at order level.
Butterflies & Moths Lepidoptera is pollinated by 2 not compared Not a modelling unit: the source publishes it at order level.
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is eaten by 98 organisms

This term does declare that the organism harms this species.

Organism Reads as Studies Where it was documented Actions
Loggerhead Kingbird Tyrannus caudifasciatus Tyrannidae is eaten by 2 not compared
Guayaquila pallescens Membracidae is eaten by 2 no location
Antillean Euphonia Euphonia musica Fringillidae is eaten by 2 not compared
Puerto Rican Flycatcher Myiarchus antillarum Tyrannidae is eaten by 2 not compared
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is an arbuscular mycorrhizal host of 94 organisms

The authority declares no effect on this species for this term: neither that it harms it nor that it benefits it.

Organism Reads as Studies Where it was documented Actions
Archaeospora trappei Archaeosporaceae is an arbuscular mycorrhizal host of 1 not compared
Dentiscutata heterogama Gigasporaceae is an arbuscular mycorrhizal host of 1 not compared
Funneliformis mosseae Glomeraceae is an arbuscular mycorrhizal host of 1 not compared
Entrophospora walkeri Entrophosporaceae is an arbuscular mycorrhizal host of 1 not compared
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interacts with 57 organisms

The authority declares no effect on this species for this term: neither that it harms it nor that it benefits it.

Organism Reads as Studies Where it was documented Actions
Naupactini interacts with 11 not compared Not a modelling unit: the source publishes it at tribe level.
Hemispherical Scale Saissetia coffeae Coccidae interacts with 4 not compared
Parasitoid wasp Blepyrus insularis Encyrtidae interacts with 2 no location
Closterocerus ritchiei Eulophidae interacts with 2 no location
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has as a parasite 45 organisms

This term does declare that the organism harms this species.

Organism Reads as Studies Where it was documented Actions
Parasitoid wasp Blepyrus insularis Encyrtidae has as a parasite 3 no location
Parasitoid wasp Metaphycus flavus Encyrtidae has as a parasite 2 no location
Phymastichus coffea Eulophidae has as a parasite 2 no location
Closterocerus Eulophidae has as a parasite 2 no location Not a modelling unit: the source publishes it at genus level.
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has as a pathogen 26 organisms

This term does declare that the organism harms this species. It is a narrow block, and it cannot be the only one that is read: the most frequent term in the catalogue is the one above, which declares no harm, so much of what a reader would call a pest arrives there instead.

Organism Reads as Studies Where it was documented Actions
Meloidogyne Meloidogynidae has as a pathogen 1 no location Not a modelling unit: the source publishes it at genus level.
Rhizoctonia solani AG-A Ceratobasidiaceae has as a pathogen 1 no location
Black Dot Of Potatoes Colletotrichum camelliae Glomerellaceae has as a pathogen 1 no location
Rapid ohia death/ohia wilt Ceratocystis fimbriata Ceratocystidaceae has as a pathogen 1 no location
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is adjacent to 10 organisms

The authority declares no effect on this species for this term: neither that it harms it nor that it benefits it.

Organism Reads as Studies Where it was documented Actions
Decapitatus flavidus Mycenaceae is adjacent to 5 not compared
Cercospora coffeicola is adjacent to 3 not compared
Akanthomyces lecanii Cordycipitaceae is adjacent to 2 no location
Corticium koleroga Corticiaceae is adjacent to 2 not compared
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co-occurs ecologically with 2 organisms

The authority declares no effect on this species for this term: neither that it harms it nor that it benefits it.

Organism Reads as Studies Where it was documented Actions
Coffee berry borer Hypothenemus hampei Curculionidae co-occurs ecologically with 1 not compared
Fadus Sphinx Aellopos fadus Sphingidae co-occurs ecologically with 1 not compared
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has as a vector 2 organisms

The authority declares no effect on this species for this term: neither that it harms it nor that it benefits it.

Organism Reads as Studies Where it was documented Actions
birds Aves has as a vector 1 no location Not a modelling unit: the source publishes it at class level.
Jamaica Fruit-eating Bat Artibeus jamaicensis Phyllostomidae has as a vector 1 no location
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Acompañantes documentados

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Documented uses and recommendations

Uses and recommendations that a source documents for this species beside a crop, each in its own context. They are the source's statements, not traits of the species and not Biolítica's recommendations, and none of them is a relation between two species.

Among the sources you can read, none documents a use or recommendation of this species beside a crop.