Tuxtepec-Oaxaca, R. Torres 8749 (MEXU, MO (2 dups)); Tuxtepec rd., near Rancheria 
Tarabundi, C.K. Allen 108 (NY(4 sheets)); Comaltepec, Ixtlan, R. Lopez L. & G. Martin 693 
(MO). 
Cinnamomum brenesii (Standley) Kostermans, Reinwardtia 6: 20. 1961. 
Phoebe brenesii Standley, Publ. Field Mus. Nat. Hist., Bot. Ser. 18: 459. 1937. Type. Costa Rica. 
Alajuela: Entre San Miguel y La Palma de San Ramon, 14 February 1933, E. Brenes 17048 
(holotype, F!; isotype, NY!). 
Trees 5 - 15 (25) m, or shrubs (?) 2 m tall; twigs tomentose, glabrescent with age, hairs 
0.2 (0.3) mm long, wavy, spreading or erect, matted when dense; petioles (8) 13 - 23 (32) mm 
long, 0.6 - 1 (1.2) mm wide, tomentose when young, soon glabrescent, hairs as on twigs; leaf 
blades (3) 5 - 9 (12) cm long, (1.5) 2.5 - 4 (5) cm wide, elliptic or ovate, rarely obovate, apex 
acuminate, base rounded to acute, shortly attenuate, sparsely pubescent when young above, soon 
glabrous, sparsely pubescent below, glabrescent or glabrous with age, hairs as on twigs, 
triplinerved or subtriplinerved, midvein slightly marked above, glabrous, raised below, 
glabrescent or glabrous, secondary veins 4 - 5 pairs, lowest pair distinct but flat above, slightly 
raised below, glabrous, other pairs distinct and flat above, almost flat below, tertiary veins often 
inconspicuous above and below, primary domatia present, often only the lowest pair, secondary 
domatia absent; inflorescence (3.5) 5.5 - 13 (16) cm long, axillary to leaves or at the base of new 
shoots and axillary to small deciduous bracts, cymose-paniculate, foliose bracts often present at 
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