Cinnamomum amplexicaule (Schlechtendal et Chamisso) Kostermans, Reinwardtia 6: 
20. 1961. 
Persea amplexicaulis Schlechtendal et Chamisso, Linnaea 5: 90. 1830. Type. Mexico. Veracruz: 
Cerro Colorado, between Xalapa and volcano Cofre de Perote, August 1828, Schiede 87 
(holotype, B!). 
Phoebe amplexicaulis (Schlechtendal et Chamisso) Mez, Jahrb. K6nigl. Bot. Gart. Berlin 5: 216. 
1889. 
Trees 3 - 8 m, or shrubs to 3 m tall; twigs ridged, ridges coming down from petiole bases, 
almost smooth with age, sparsely tomentose, soon glabrous, hairs straight and appressed or more 
or less spreading; petiole absent or (1) 2 - 5 (6.5) mm long, (0.5) 1 - 2 mm wide, glabrous; leaf 
blade (4) 8 - 15.5 (23) cm long, (1.5) 2.5 - 4.5 (6) cm wide, lanceolate, less frequently ovate, 
narrowly elliptic or elliptic, apex acuminate, acute or blunt-obtuse, base cordate, amplexicaule or 
not, or round, truncate or obtuse, glabrous on both surfaces, sparsely pubescent when young, 
hairs as on twigs, pinnatinerved, midvein slightly depressed above or flat, strongly raised below, 
glabrous or inconspicuously pubescent, hairs as on twigs, secondary veins (6) 7 - 10 (12) pairs, 
flat above, raised below, tertiary veins flat above, slightly raised below, domatia absent; 
inflorescence (5.5) 7.5 - 13.5 (17) cm long, axillary to leaves, cymose, loosely paniculate, 
sometimes with small foliose bracts at main branchings, peduncle (2.5) 4.5 - 8.5 (11) cm long, 
glabrous or sparsely pubescent, rachis glabrous or sparsely pubescent, flower pedicel (3.5) 5 - 13 
(16) mm long, glabrous, rarely sparsely pubescent; flower narrow campanulate, pale yellowish 
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