Cinnamomum grisebachii Lorea-Hernandez, nom. nov. 
Phoebe triplinervis Grisebach, Mem. Amer. Acad. Arts n.s. 8: 187. 1861. Type. Cuba. Oriente: 
Monte Verde, near Guantanamo, Wright 1400 (holotype, GOET n.v.; isotypes, BR!, G!, GH!, 
P!). non Phoebe triplinervis (Ruiz & Pavon) Mez. The name Cinnamomum triplinerve (Ruiz 
& Pavon) Kostermans prevents the use of the original epithet for the species. 
Phoebe antillana var. cubensis Meissner, in DC. Prodr. 15: 31. 1864. (pro parte). 
Phoebe grisebachiana Mez, Jahrb. K6nigl. Bot. Gart. Berlin 5: 215. 1889. Basionym Phoebe 
triplinervis Grisebach. Illegitimate name. 
Trees 7 - 8 (17) m tall; twigs pubescent when young, glabrescent or glabrous soon, hairs 
ca. 0.2 mm, straight, appressed or slightly spreading; petioles (8.5) 12.5 - 21 (30) mm long, (0.8) 
1.1 - 1.6 (2) mm wide, sparsely pubescent, soon glabrous, hairs as on twigs; leaf blades (5) 9 -16 
(23) cm long, (1.5) 3 - 6 (9) cm wide, narrowly elliptic or elliptic, apex acute to short acuminate, 
base acute, glabrous above and below, triplinerved or subtriplinerved, midvein marked to flat 
above, glabrous, strongly raised below, glabrous or glabrescent, secondary veins 4 - 5 (6) pairs, 
lowest pair much more conspicuous than the others, ascending, flat above, raised below, 
glabrous, upper pairs flat above, slghtly raised below, tertiary veins flat above, rather flat below, 
primary domatia present, only the lowest pair, secondary domatia absent; inflorescence (2) 3 - 6 
(7.5) cm long, axillary to leaves, simple, or axillary to small deciduous bracts and borne by short 
axillary branches, paniculate, last branchings usually contracted, peduncle absent or up to 2.5 
(3.5) cm long, pubescent, rachis pubescent, flower pedicel 2 - 4.5 mm long, glabrous; flowers 
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