Cinnamomum pachypodum (Nees) Kostermans, Reinwardtia 10: 447. 1988. 
Persea pachypoda Nees, Linnaea 21: 490. 1848. Type. Mexico. Hidalgo: Agua Blanca de 
Iturbide (?), El Banco, between Apulco and San Cornelio Ehrenberg 942 (holotype, B, n.v.; 
isotypes, F!, GZU!). 
Phoebe pachypoda (Nees) Mez, Jahrb. K6nigl. Bot. Gart. Berlin 5: 196. 1889. 
Oreodaphne benthamiana Nees, Linnaea 21: 521. 1848. Type. Mexico. Guanajuato: near 
Guanajuato, Mar - Apr 1837, Hartweg 84 (holotype B!; isotypes, BM!, G!, P!). 
Phoebe benthamiana (Nees) Mez, Jahrb. KG6nigl. Bot. Gart. Berlin 5: 195. 1889. 
Phoebe hartwegii Meissner, in DC. Prodr. 15: 30. 1864. Type. Based on same collection as type 
of Oreodaphne benthamiana. Nom. illeg. 
Persea hartwegii (Meissner) Hemsley, Biol. Centr. Amer. II]: 72. 1882. Nom. illeg. 
Phoebe ehrenbergii Mez, Jahrb. Konig]. Bot. Gart. Berlin 5: 201. 1889. Type. Mexico. Mexico: 
Temascaltepec, Ehrenberg 712 (holotype, B not seen; isotype, F! (a leaf and a flower)). 
Cinnamomum ehrenbergii (Mez) Kostermans, Reinwardtia 6: 21. 1961. 
Phoebe arsenei C.K. Allen, J. Arnold Arbor. 26: 312. 1945. Type. Mexico. Michoacan: Morelia, 
near El Rincon, 1950 m, 11 Apr 1909, Arséne 2448 (holotype, GH!; isotypes, MO!, NY!, P!, 
US!). 
Cinnamomum arsenei (C.K. Allen) Kostermans, Reinwardtia 6: 20. 1961. 
Trees (4) 6 - 10 (15) m, or shrubs 2 -4 (6) m tall; twigs densely velutinous, hairs 0.4 - 0.7 
mm long, erect, rather straight; petiole (2.0) 6.5 - 11.0 (14.0) mm long, densely velutinous; leaf 
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