| Geographic distribution | Panamá | Honduras, Costa Rica and Panamá | Colombia and Ecuador | Colombia, Ecuador, Venezuela, Guianas, Peru, Brazil and Bolivia | Central Colombia | Central Colombia |
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| Monocarp number / shape | 25–50 / ellipsoid | 75–100 / ellipsoid | 15–35 / ellipsoid | 5–100, ellipsoid to subglobose | ca. 25 / ellipsoid | 5–12 / globose |
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| Leaf blade indumentum (adaxial / abaxial) | Sparsely covered with appressed and erect hairs to glabrous above / densely covered with erect brown hairs | Glabrous, midrib and secondary veins (sometimes) covered with erect, brown hairs / with sparse, erect or appressed, brown hairs | Glabrous, except for a few appressed, brown hairs / glabrous or sparse, appressed, brown hairs | Glabrous or midrib variably covered with appressed or rarely erect hairs / with sparse to dense, appressed hairs | Sparsely covered with erect (and appressed) hairs / densely covered with erect brown hairs | Sparsely covered with appressed hairs / with moderate, appressed hairs |
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| Pedicel length | 8–20 mm | 30–60 mm | 10–30 mm | 10–35 mm | 10–40 mm | 10–17 mm |
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| Sepal size | 2–5 × 3–5 mm | 5–7 × 3–6 mm | 3–7 × 3–8 mm | 4–10 × 4–10 mm | 5–8 × 6–10 mm | 5–6 × 7–8 mm |
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| Petal size / color | 1–1.5(–2.5) × 0.5–0.9(–1.5) cm, / yellowish green, canary yellow when mature | 1.4–3 × 0.4–1.1 cm / green, yellow when mature | 1–2 × 0.5–1.1 cm / greyish to black | 1–5 × 0.5–2 cm / green, yellow, cream or white, sometimes glaucous | 0.8–1.1 × 0.5–1 cm / unknown | 1.9–3 × 0.7–1.5 cm / green, light reddish when mature |
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| Number of secondary veins (pairs) | 8–12 | 10–15 | 10–16 | 10–25 | 15–25 | 13–15 |
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