of whorl III 1.2 - 1.7 mm long, filaments dense to sparsely sericeous adaxially, sparsely 
pubescent at base abaxially, anthers 0.6 - 0.8 mm long, sparsely pubescent at base of connective 
adaxially or wholly glabrous, glabrous abaxially, sporangia four, upper ones latrorse, lower ones 
latrorse-extrorse, glands (0.3) 0.5 mm long, well above filament base, ovate, sparse sericeous 
adaxially, glabrous elsewhere, staminodes 0.7 - 1 mm long, filament densely sericeous or 
glabrescent adaxially, sparsely sericeous abaxially, head 0.7 - 0.5 mm long, ovate in outline, 
acute, glabrous adaxially, sparsely long sericeous on lower half abaxially, hypanthium 0.3 (0.5) 
mm deep, glabrous or sparsely pubescent outside, glabrous inside or few sericeous hairs present 
on upper half, pistil 1.7 - 2.1 mm long, glabrous, ovary 0.8 - 1.1 mm long, 0.8 - 1 mm wide; fruit 
9 - 13 mm long, 4.5 - 9 mm wide, ellipsoid, cupule 5 - 8.5 mm long, 3.5 - 5 mm wide, sometimes 
narrowing gradually to a bottom 1.3 - 1.8 mm wide, pedicel 1.7 - 3 mm long, 0.8 - 1.6 mm wide, 
sometimes indistinct, tepals persistent. 
Individuals of this species have been found flowering in May, June, August and October, 
but it is not clear whether the species presents a continuous period of flowering throughout those 
months or if it has two peaks of flowering. Ripe fruits are present from January through April. 
The type of vegetation where this species occurs includes oak forest, pine forest, pine-oak forest, 
oak-Podocarpus forest, and cloud forest, between (600) 1200 - 2100 m altitude. As considered 
here, C. padiforme has two separate areas of distribution: one in western Mexico, and the other in 
Central America from Guatemala to Nicaragua. 
Type material of Phoebe padiformis resembles C. effusum, but pubescence made of rather 
spreading to erect hairs, and presence of domatia along several pairs of secondary veins, 
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