Rio Napo, 8 km de Puerto Misahualli, W. Palacios 2979 (G, MO); Cantén Tena, Estacion Biol. 
Jatun Sacha, Rio Napo, 8 km al E de Misahualli, W. Palacios 4396 (G, MO); Carretera Hollio- 
Loreto, km 32, 8 km al W de Guamani., D. Neill et al. 8605 (MO); Estacion experimental 
INIAP-Payamino, Reserva Floristica El Chuncho, J. Zaruma 61] (MO); Canton Archidona, 
Carretera Hollin-Loreto, entre Avila y Loreto, Huiruno, comunidad Quichua, C. Cerén 7867 
(MO); Canton Tena, Estacion Biol. Jatun Sacha, Rio Napo, 8 km al este de Misahualli, W. 
Palacios 4763 (MO); Reserva Biol. Jatun Sacha, Rio Napo, 8 km rio abajo de Misahualli, 
margen derecha, W. Palacios 1316 (MO); Canton Tena, Estacion Biol. Jatun Sacha, 8 km al este 
de Misahualli, C. Ceron 5970 (MO). 
Cinnamomum neurophyllum (Mez & Pittier) Kostermans, Reinwardtia 6: 22. 1961. 
Phoebe neurophylla Mez & Pittier, Bull. Herb. Boissier, ser. 2, 3: 231. 1903. Type. Costa Rica. 
Diquis Valley, by river Hur, Pittier 12054 (holotype, B, n.v.; isotypes, G!, P!, US!). 
Trees 10 - 18 m tall; twigs, minute and inconspicuously pubescent, hairs 0.1 (0.2) mm 
long, straight, appressed, soon glabrous; petioles (6) 11.5 - 21.5 (30) mm long, (1.2) 1.5 - 2.5 (3) 
mm wide, sparsely pubescent, hairs as on twigs, soon glabrous; leaf blades (6.5) 12 - 23.5 (30.5) 
cm long, (2) 4 - 7.5 (10.5) cm wide, narrowly elliptic or elliptic, apex acute to short acuminate, 
base acute to short attenuate, sparsely pubescent above and below when young, soon glabrous on 
both surfaces, triplinerved or slightly subtriplinerved, midvein sunken above, pubescent when 
young, soon glabrous, strongly raised below, glabrescent, hairs as on twigs, secondary veins 3 - 4 
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