Character | G. mucronata | G. paramicola | G. myrsinoides | |
Sexuality | monoecious | hermaphrodite | hermaphrodite | |
Plans tall | (20-) 40 - 250 cm | 10 - 40 (-60) cm | 10 - 400 cm | |
Blade size | 1 - 2 × 0.4 - 0.6 (-1) cm | 0.4 - 1.2 × 0.25 - 0.6 cm | (0.8-) 1.2 - 2 (-4) × 0.4 - 0.9 (-1.2) cm | |
Blade apex | mucronate | mucronate | obtuse to acute | |
Blade margin | with 4 - 5 incisions to each side of blade | mucronate with 4 - 5 incisions to each side of blade | with 6 - 9 (-11) incisions to each side of blade | |
main vein abaxially | highlighted throughout its length | highlighted throughout its length | highlighted only at base | |
Secondary veins | not evident | not evident | Conspicuous | |
Corolla size | 5 - 6 mm long | 2 - 3.5 mm long | 5 - 6 (-7) mm | |
Corolla form | Urceolate to urceolate-cylindrical | urceolate | urceolate-cylindrical | |
Corolla apex | as wide as the base to narrower | as wide as the base | narrower than the base | |
Corolla color | white | white | white to pink | |
Fruits size | 6 - 8 (-10) mm in diameter | 3 - 6 mm broad × 4 - 6 (-7) mm long | 6 - 1.6 mm in diameter | |
Fruits form | globose, contracted at apex | globose to elongated, rounded at apex | globose, contracted at apex | |
Fruits color | white to red | white to red | black | |
Altitudinal distribution Geographical distribution | 0 - 1050 (-2200) m Bolivia, Argentina and Chile | (2400-) 3000 - 3800 m Costa Rica and Panama | (900-) 2000 - 3900 (-4630) m México, Guatemala, Honduras, Nicaragua, Costa Rica, Panama, Colombia, Venezuela, Ecuador, Peru, Bolivia and Argentina |