Botanico del C.R.U.O., J. D. Robledo 177 (IEB); without precise locality, E. Bourgeau 27630 
(F). 
Cinnamomum erythropus (Nees et Martius) Kostermans, Reinwardtia 6: 21. 1961. 
Persea erythropus Nees et Martius, Linnaea 8: 49. 1833. Type. Brazil. Minas Gerais: ad Antonio 
Pereira, Martius s/n (GZU!). 
Phoebe erythropus (Nees et Martius) Mez, Jahrb. K6nigl. Bot. Gart. Berlin 5: 189. 1889. 
Phoebe oleifolia Mez, Arbeiten K6nigl. Bot. Gart. Breslau 1: 117. 1892. Type. Brazil. Minas 
Gerais: Morro da Gloria, near Faria, 26 January 1891, Glaziou 18434 (holotype, B, n.v.; 
isotypes, A!, BR!, C!, F!, G!, US!). 
Cinnamomum oleifolium (Mez) Kostermans, Reinwardtia 6: 22. 1961. 
Trees or small shrubs up to 2 - 6 (8) m tall; twigs smooth to conspicously ridged, one 
thick ridge or two narrow ones coming from petiole bases, dense to sparsely pubescent, hairs 0.2 
- 0.6 mm long, spreading to erect, glabrescent when older; petiole 2 - 6 mm long, 1 - 1.5 (1.8) 
mm wide, densely pubescent, hairs as on twigs; leaf blade (3) 5 - 8.5 (9.5) cm long, (1) 2 - 3.5 (5) 
cm wide, usually obovate, often elliptic, narrowly elliptic, or oblanceolate, apex obtuse to acute, 
usually apiculate, base acute or acuminate, pubescent to glabrescent above, hairs spreading to 
erect, pubescent below, hairs rather erect, on veins and leaf surface, flakes of white wax usually 
present on lower surface, pinnate veined, rarely subtriplinerved, midvein impressed above, 
glabrous or pubescent, strongly raised below, densely pubescent, hairs more or less erect, 
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