Cinnamomum effusum (Meissner) Kostermans, Reinwardtia 6: 21. 1961. 
Phoebe effusa Meissner, in DC. Prodr. 15: 33. 1864. Type. Mexico. Veracruz: Linden 13, 14, 78 
(syntypes, only # 78 was found in BR!, G!, MICH!). 
Phoebe effusa var. parvifolia Meissner, in DC. Prodr. 15: 33. 1864.Type. Mexico. Veracruz: 
Orizaba, January 1855 Botteri 1044 (syntypes, BM!, P!), and April 1854 Botteri 1039 
(syntypes, BM!, G!, NY!, P!). 
Persea effusa (Meissner) Hemsley, Biol. Centr. Amer. II. 71. 1882. 
Phoebe barbeyana Mez, Jahrb. Kénigl. Bot. Gart. Berlin 5: 209. 1889. Type. Mexico. Veracruz: 
Orizaba, 12 May 1866 Bourgeau 2436 (holotype, B, n.v.; isotypes, G!, K!, P!). 
Trees (4) 8 - 15 (20) m, or shrubs (2) 5 - 8 m tall; twigs sparse to densely puberulo- 
tomentose, hairs 0.15 - 0.3 mm long, mostly appressed, straight or slightly wavy; petiole (4) 5.5 - 
8.5 (11.5) mm long, puberulous, leaf blade (4) 7 - 12.5 (18) cm long, and (1.5) 2.5 - 5 (7) cm 
wide, elliptic, narrowly elliptic, or sometimes obovate or oblanceolate, apex acute to long 
acuminate, base acute to acuminate, triplinerved or subtriplinerved, with (3) 4 - 6 pairs of 
secondary veins, upper surface glabrous, lower surface glabrous or sometimes sparsely 
puberulous, hairs 0.2 - 0.5 mm long, appressed, secondary veins sparsely puberulous or glabrous 
underneath; primary domatia present in the axils of several secondary veins, secondary domatia 
present at least in one axil of a tertiary vein, but not in all leaves, sometimes absent; 
inflorescence (3.5) 6 - 14 (19) cm long, axillary to leaves or to small deciduous bracts, then on 
very short shoots and looking terminal, cymose-paniculate, terminal branchings seldom reduced, 
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