Liberica Coffee Reimagined: Three New Species Could Transform Farming and Conservation
Dubai, 12 August 2025, (Qahwa World) – A landmark study published in Nature Plants (DOI: 10.1038/s41477-025-02073-y) has redrawn the coffee world’s genetic map.Researchers led by A.P. Davis have confirmed—through high-resolution genomic, morphological, and ecological analyses—that what was long considered a single species, Coffea liberica, is actually three distinct species: C. liberica (Liberica) C. dewevrei (Excelsa)</p>