et al. 10575 (MO, F, NY, G, U); Along road Otavalo-Apuela, H. van der Werff et al. 12177 (MO 
(2sheets)). 
Cinnamomum paratriplinerve Lorea-Hernandez, sp. nov. TYPE: Costa Rica. 
Puntarenas: Monteverde, Santa Elena, 1400 m, (fl, young fr), 2 March 1989, E. Bello 589 
(holotype, CR; isotype, MO). 
Arbores. Folia plerumque elliptica vel anguste elliptica, apice acuminato vel longe 
acuminato, triplinervia aut subtriplinervia, infra sparsim et inconspicue pubescentia 
trichomatibus rectis, adpressis; domatiis interdum praesentibus ad axillas venarum 
secundariarum paris basalis tantum, pagina foliari utrinque ad domatia subplana. Inflorescentia 
ex cymis in paniculam aggregatis constans, bracteis foliaceis nonnunquam praesentibus, satis 
deciduis. Flos tepalis extus glabris, pedicello glabro vel glabrato, hypanthio intus glabrescente; 
tepalis in fructu partim persistentibus. 
Trees 6 - 15 (25) m tall; twigs ridged, two ridges coming down from petiole insertions, 
soon terete, pubescent, hairs ca. 0.2 (0.3) mm long, rather straight and appressed, few spreading, 
more or less persistent or soon falling; petioles (5) 8 - 14 (18) mm long, (0.6) 1 - 1.4 (1.7) mm 
wide, pubescent above, glabrescent below, hairs as on twigs; leaf blades (3.5) 7 - 12 (14.5) cm 
long, (1.5) 2.5 - 4 (5) cm wide, elliptic to narrowly elliptic, rarely oblanceolate or ovate, apex 
acuminate to long acuminate, base attenuate, glabrous above, sparsely or moderately but usually 
inconspicuously pubescent below, hairs appressed, more or less straight, as on twigs, triplinerved 
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