Cinnamomum chana Vattimo, Arch. Jard. Bot. Rio de Janeiro 17: 223. 1962. Type. Brazil. 
Paraiba: Areia, vecinity of Escola de Agronomia do Nordeste, 15 October 1944, 1M. 
Vasconcelos 124 (holotype, RB!; isotypes, RB!, SP!). 
Cinnamomum xinguense Vattimo, Arch. Jard. Bot. Rio de Janeiro 17: 224. 1962. Type. Brazil. 
Para: Xingu, between Vitoria and Ponte Nova, 7 August 1918, Ducke s/n (holotype, RB!). 
Phoebe filamentosa C.K. Allen, Mem. New York Bot. Gard. 15: 69. 1966. Type. Venezuela. 
Mérida: along Rio Onia, near Bolero, north of Mesa Bolivar, 23 May 1944, J. Steyermark 
56740 (holotype, F!; isotypes, F!, MO!, VEN!). 
Cinnamomum portosecurianum Vattimo, Anais Congr. Soc. Bot. Brasil 15: 170. 1967. Type. 
Brazil. Bahia: Porto Seguro, November , Duarte 8044 (holotype, RB!; isotype, RB!). 
Phoebe pickelii Coe-Teixeira, Hoehnea 1: 87. 1971. Type. Brazil. SAo Paulo: Vecinity of Sao 
Paulo, Chacara dos Morrinhos, B. Pickel 4422 (holotype, not found; isotype, SP!). 
Cinnamomum pickelii (Coe-Teixeira) Kostermans, Reinwardtia 10: 448. 1988. 
Phoebe fruticosa Lundell, Wrightia 5: 342. 1977. Type. Mexico. Chiapas: Mpo. Tuxtla 
Gutiérrez, steep slope at El Sumidero, 2 July 1965, D. Breedlove 10671 (holotype, LL!; 
isotypes, DS!, ENCB!, MICH!, NY!). 
Cinnamomum fruticosum (Lundell) Kostermans, Reinwardtia 10: 443. 1988. 
Trees up to 25 m tall; twigs more or less pubescentes or glabrescent, hairs mostly 
spreading to appressed, straight to wavy, sparse with age; petioles 10 -15 (25) mm long; leaf 
blades (3.5) 6 - 13 (22) cm long, (1.5) 3 - 5.5 (9) cm wide, narrow elliptic, elliptic, or ovate, apex 
acute to acuminate, base acute to obtuse, glabrous above, usually pubescent below, but 
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