Abstract
Meiotic behaviour of hybrids between Coffea dewevrei var. ‘excelsa’ and C. eugenioides, and between C. liberica and C. eugenioides, and of open pollinated progeny of these hybrids reveals a close genome relationship in spite of striking morphological differences and distinct geographic separation. In the cross C. dewevrei ‘excelsa’ X C. eugenioides several maternal types occurred, attributed to parthenogenesis. The hybrids are self-sterile and set few seeds on open pollination, again partly involving parthenogenesis, and participation of some unreduced gametes in hybridization.
Subdivision of the section Eucoffea into different subsections (C. dewevrei and C. liberica belonging to subsection Pachycoffea, C. eugenioides to Erythrocoffea) has no cytological basis.
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Reddy, A.G.S.M., Narayan, K.N. Meiosis in hybrids between tree coffees (C. liberica, C. dewevrei) and Nandi coffee (C. eugenioides). Genetica 55, 123–127 (1981). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00135106
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