"Character state";"Eithea lagopaivae";"Eithea blumenavia" Habitat;"Semideciduous and deciduous forest";"Rain forest" Foliage;Deciduous;"Perennial, rarely deciduous" Scape;"Fully hollow";"Solid in lower fifth" "Spathe bracts";"Fused more than 1/5th basally";"Free to fused for up to 1/5th basally" Bracteoles;Absent;Present "No. flowers per inflorescence";1;"2–6, rarely 1" "Perigone color";"White, sometimes with a few magenta striations";"White with many conspicuous, magenta striations" "Width ratio of lateral to lower petals";"4:4 to 4:3";"4:3 to 4:2" "Pseudopetiole margins";Laminar;Angular "Adaxial epiderm cells (leaf blade) in CS";"Elongated rectangular";Polyhedral "Ornamentation of external periclinal epidermal cell wall (leaf blade)";Absent;Present "Adaxial surface in the midrib region (leaf blade) in CS";Flat;"2 protrusions"