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|accepted_name=Canella
|accepted_authority=P. Browne
|publications={{Treatment/Publication
|title=Civ. Nat. Hist. Jamaica,
|place=275, plate 27, fig. 3. 1756
|year=1756
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|common_names=Canella or wild-cinnamon;Latin canella;cinnamon;related to cana;cane or reed;and
|basionyms=
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|hierarchy=Canellaceae;Canella
|hierarchy_nav=<div class="higher-taxa"><div class="higher-taxon"><small>family</small>[[Canellaceae]]</div><div class="higher-taxon"><small>genus</small>[[Canella]]</div></div>
|etymology=ella, diminutive, because of the tightly rolled bark when dried
|volume=Volume 3
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--><span class="statement" id="st-undefined" data-properties=""><b>Trees </b>[or large, sprawling shrubs], (3-)8-10(-15)m. <b>Bark</b> whitish gray. <b>Stems</b> erect [to prostrate]. <b>Leaf</b> blade deep green, shiny, obovate to oblanceolate, thick, leathery, base acute, apex rounded, notched, or blunt; oil cells possibly evident as pellucid dots, emitting strong aromatic odor when broken, causing sharp burning sensation on tongue when bitten. <b>Inflorescences</b> of 5-40 flowers, crowded toward end of stem. <b>Flowers</b> bisexual, protogynous; sepals green, imbricate, thick; petals basally connate, dark red to violet, lighter at base, thick; stamens 10; filaments connate into tube surrounding pistil, tube protruding slightly beyond anthers and nearly equal to length of petals; anthers extrorsely dehiscent; pistil flask-shaped; ovary conic; style short; stigma 2-lobed. <b>Berry</b> changing from green through red to dark purple with age, globose, fleshy. <b>Seeds</b> shiny, hard. <b>x</b>=14.</span><!--

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|distribution=Tropical regions in North America;West Indies;and ne South America.
|discussion=<p>Species 1 (1 in the flora).</p><!--
--><p>An early report of a second species in the Maracaibo region of Venezuela and reports of either species in Colombia appear unfounded.</p>
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|references={{Treatment/Reference
|id=wilson1964a
|text=Wilson, T.K. 1964. Comparative morphology of the Canellaceae. III. Pollen. Bot. Gaz. 125(3): 192-197.
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|id=wilson1966a
|text=Wilson, T.K. 1966. Comparative morphology of the Canellaceae. IV. Floral morphology and conclusions. Amer. J.Bot. 53(4): 336-343.
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|id=wilson1986a
|text=Wilson, T.K. 1986. The natural history of Canella alba (Canellaceae). In: R.R. Smith, ed. 1986. Proceedings of the First Symposium on the Botany of the Bahamas.... San Salvador, Bahamas. Pp. 101-115.
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name=Canella
|authority=P. Browne
|rank=genus
|parent rank=family
|synonyms=
|basionyms=
|family=Canellaceae
|distribution=Tropical regions in North America;West Indies;and ne South America.
|reference=wilson1964a;wilson1966a;wilson1986a
|publication title=Civ. Nat. Hist. Jamaica,
|publication year=1756
|special status=
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|genus=Canella
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