Chiapas in Mexico. 
C. chiapensis is a very peculiar species in the group of neotropical Cinnamomum species; 
its narrow thick mostly pinninerved leaves coupled with the absence of domatia and pauciflorous 
inflorescences are distinctive features for this species. 
Specimens examined. MEXICO. Chiapas. Mt. Ovando, EF. Matuda 2064 (MO(2 sheets), 
F, LL(2 sheets), A, MICH, NY, U); Jaltenango, Reserva de la Biosfera "El Triunfo", aprox. 3 km 
al SE del campamento El Triunfo, sobre el sendero a Tres de Mayo, F. Lorea 5525 (FCME (8 
dups)); Escuintta, E. Matuda 429 (MEXU). 
Cinnamomum concinnum Lorea-Hernandez, nom. nov. 
Phoebe elegans van der Werff, Ann. Missouri Bot. Gard. 75: 415. 1988. Type. Mexico. Oaxaca: 
San Miguel Chimalapa, cima del Cerro Salomon, 11 April, 1986. M. Ishiki 1501] (holotype, 
MO)!; isotypes, CHAPA, n.v., HBG, n.v., LL, n.v., MEXU, n.v., MO!). Cinnamomum 
elegans Reinecke, Bot. Jahrb. Syst. 25: 633. 1898., prevents the use of the epithet "elegans" 
for this species. 
Trees 3 -5 m tall; twigs glabrous; petiole (8.5) 11 - 18 (20.5) mm long, (0.3) 0.4- 0.8 (1) 
mm wide, glabrous; leaf blade (2.5) 4.5 - 8 (9.5) cm long, (1) 2 - 3 (3.5) cm wide, ovate, rarely 
lanceolate, apex long acuminate or less acuminate, base rounded or truncate, often oblique, 
glabrous on both sides, trinerved or triplinerved, midvein flat above, slightly elevated below, 
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