Lemblin’s Coffee (Argocoffeopsis lemblinii)
Lemblin’s Coffee is known only from the type material that was collected in 1907 in the Vallée de l’Agnéby, Ivory Coast. [1]
The species was a small shrub that reached a heigth of only about 50 cm.
Lemblin’s Coffee was never recorded again since and is considered extinct.
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References:
[1] Aaron P. Davis; Rafael Govaerts; Diane M. Bridson; Piet Stoffelen: An annotated taxonomic conspectus of the genus Coffea (Rubiaceae). Botanical Journal of the Linnean Society 152: 465-512. 2006
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edited: 20.09.2020