Mespilodaphne cymbarum

Familia: Lauraceae
Tribus: Cinnamomeae
Genus: Mespilodaphne
Species:

Mespilodaphne cymbarum (Kunth) Trofimov, Bot. J. Linn. Soc. 190: 42 (2019)

• Basionym
  • Ocotea cymbarum Kunth, in F.W.H.von Humboldt, A.J.A.Bonpland & C.S.Kunth, Nov. Gen. Sp. 2: 166 (1817)
• Homotypic
  • Alseodaphne cymbarum (Kunth) Kostel. in Allg. Med.-Pharm. Fl. 2: 484 (1833)
  • Licaria cymbarum (Kunth) Pittier in Bol. Soc. Venez. Ci. Nat. 6: 135 (1941)
  • Misanteca cymbarum (Kunth) Lundell in Wrightia 4: 100 (1969)
  • Nectandra cymbarum (Kunth) Nees in Syst. Laur.: 305 (1836)
• Heterotypic
  • Alseodaphne amara (Mart.) Kostel. in Allg. Med.-Pharm. Fl. 2: 484 (1833)
  • Laurus coruscans Willd. ex Nees in Syst. Laur.: 305 (1836)
  • Nectandra amara Nees ex Meisn. in A.P.de Candolle, Prodr. 15(1): 156 (1864), not validly publ.
  • Nectandra barcellensis Meisn. in A.P.de Candolle, Prodr. 15(1): 155 (1864)
  • Nectandra caparrapii Sand.-Groot ex Nates in Aceite Amacey Tamb. Llam. Aceite Caparrapi: 43 (1889)
  • Nectandra elaiophora Barb.Rodr. in Vellosia, ed. 2, 1: 64 (1885-1888 publ. 1891)
  • Nectandra oleifera Posada-Ar. ex Nates in Aceite Amacey Tamb. Llam. Aceite Caparrapi: 43 (1889)
  • Ocotea amara Mart. in Repert. Pharm. 35: 180 (1830)
  • Ocotea amara Mart. in Reise Bras. 3: 1128 (1831), nom. illeg.
  • Ocotea barcellensis (Meisn.) Mez in Jahrb. Königl. Bot. Gart. Berlin 5: 337 (1889)
  • Ocotea caparrapii (Sand.-Groot ex Nates) Dugand in Revista Acad. Colomb. Ci. Exact. 3: 396 (1940)
  • Oreodaphne oleifera Posada-Ar. in Anales Acad. Med. Medellin 3: 212 (1891)

• Trofimov, D., de Moraes, P.L.R. & Rohwer, J.G. 2019. Towards a phylogenetic classification of the Ocotea complex (Lauraceae): Classification principles and reinstatement of Mespilodaphne. Botanical Journal of the Linnean Society 190(1): 25-50. DOI: 10.1093/botlinnean/boz010 . Reference page. 
• Humboldt, A., Bonpland, A. & Kunth, C.S. 1817–1818 ["1817"]. Nova genera et species plantarum, quas in peregrinatione ad plagam aequinoctialem orbis novi collegerunt, descripserunt, partim adumbraverunt Amat. Bonpland et Alex. de Humboldt. Tomus 2 (quarto ed.). 406 pp., tt. 97–192. Sumtibus Librariae Graeco-Latino-Germanicae, Lutetiae Parisiorum [Paris]. BHL Reference page. 

• Govaerts, R. et al. 2025. Mespilodaphne cymbarum in Kew Science Plants of the World Online. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published online. Accessed: 2025 Jul. 16. Reference page. 
• International Plant Names Index. 2025. Mespilodaphne cymbarum. Published online. Accessed: 16. Jul. 2025. Reference page.