mm long, glabrous, ovary 0.9 - 1.1 mm long, 0.9 - 1.1 mm wide; fruit 8.5 - 10.5 mm long, 6 - 8.5 
mm wide, ellipsoid, cupule 3.5 -6 mm long, 4 - 5 mm wide, pedicel 1 - 3 mm long, 0.8 - 1.2 mm 
wide, or absent, tepals partially persistent, sometimes distal half remaining but withered, finally 
falling off. 
Flowers present in January, March, and September; ripe fruits in October, November, and 
March. This species seems to be a common one in the cerrado vegetation of the highlands in 
south-central Brazil (Goias, Minas Gerais), between 850 - 1200 m altitude. 
As indicated above, no authentic material for the species could be seen and studied. 
However, most of the specimens here considered under this name fit well the original 
description, and several ones match the general appearance of the type (as seen in the 
photograph). Therefore, instead of creating a new name, | preferred to apply the combination 
Cinnamomum haussknechtii to these specimens hoping the type material can be studied later to 
confirm this decision. 
The characters that help to separate this species from others in the area is the combination 
of leaves with lower surface more or less pubescent (hairs not appressed), usually glaucous, 
anthers of whorl III with two sporangia (or if four, the upper ones conspicuously reduced), and 
tepals partially persistent. Leaf shape and pubescence vary widely, but the characters mentioned 
above are good enough to hold all these specimens together. Harley et al. 25777 is a case of 
extreme variation; its deep red hairs on the veins would key it out to C. rubrinervium, but hairs 
do not conceal leaf surface, which is glaucous, and therefore it is placed in C. haussknechtii. 
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