1944. Type. Guatemala. Alta Verapaz: southeast of Tactic. Standley 91326 (holotype, F!: 
isotype, A!). = Ocotea standleyi C.K. Allen 
Phoebe nectandroides Mez, Jahrb. K6nigl. Bot. Gart. Berlin 5: 194. 1889. = Oreodaphne 
mexicana var. subsessilis Meissner, in DC. Prodr. 15(1): 118. 1864. Syntypes. Mexico. 
Oaxaca: San Pedro Nolasco. Jiirgensen 937 (BM!, G!), Galeotti 7004 (A!, BR!, F!, G!, P!). = 
Oreodaphne mexicana var. longipes Meissner, in DC. Prodr. 15(1): 118. 1864. Veracruz: 
near Orizaba. Botteri 1018 (A!, BM!, G!, P!). = Ocotea helicterifolia group. 
Phoebe platyphylla Lundell, Contr. Univ. Michigan Herb. 6: 23. 1941. Type. Mexico. Chiapas: 
Finca Suiza, near Montecristo. Matuda 1930 (holotype, MICH!; isotypes, A!, F!, LL!, NY!, 
US!). = Ocotea platyphylla (Lundell) Rohwer 
Phoebe purpurea Mez, Jahrb. Konigl. Bot. Gart. Berlin 5: 196. 1889. Type. Guatemala. 
Laraxquicam. Tuerckheim 37] (syntypes, BM!, BR!, G!, P!). = Ocotea helicterifolia group. 
Phoebe rivularis Vattimo, Rodriguésia 24: 254. 1964. Type. Brazil. Goias: Distrito Federal, 
Brasilia. Heringer s/n (holotype, RB!; isotype, RB!). = Ocotea aciphylla (Nees) Mez 
Phoebe savannarum Standley & Steyermark, Publ. Field Mus. Nat. Hist., Bot. ser. 23: 118. 1944. 
Type. Guatemala. Alta Verapaz: between Cerro Chinaja at Sachaj and Sacacao. Steyermark 
45712 (holotype, F!; isotype, A!, LL!). = Nectandra longicaudata (Lundell) C.K. Allen 
Phoebe saxchanalensis Lundell, Contr. Univ. Michigan Herb. 7: 14. 1942. Type. Mexico. 
Chiapas: Sierra Madre, Saxchanal. Matuda 4311 (holotype, MICH!; isotypes, A!, F!, LL!, 
NY!). = Ocotea acuminatisima (Lundell) Rohwer 
Phoebe steyermarkiana C. K. Allen, Mem. New York Bot. Gard. 10: 74. 1964. Type. Venezuela. 
Bolivar: Chimanta Massif, central section. J. Steyermark & J. Wurdack 921 (holotype, NY!; 
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