Caribbean Chinchweed

Pectis carthusianorum Less.

cellularity

• Cellularity and growth form: multicellular

fruit length

• North American Flora: 4 mm (max)
• North American Flora: 3.5 mm (min)

geographic distribution

• USDA Plants data: Puerto Rico
• North American Flora: Hispaniola
• North American Flora: Cuba
• North American Flora: Venezuela
• Dominican Republic Species List: The Dominican Republic

leaf arrangement

• Kubitzki et al: opposite

leaf length

• North American Flora: 1.5 cm (min)
• North American Flora: 4 cm (max)

leaf width

• North American Flora: 2 mm (min)
• North American Flora: 5 mm (max)

life cycle habit

• USDA Plants data: annual

native range includes

• USDA Plants data: Puerto Rico
• Kubitzki et al: The Neotropics

plant growth form

• USDA Plants data: herb
• USDA Plants data: herb
• North American Flora: branched
• Plant Growth Form Data from NMNH Botany specimens: herb
• Kubitzki et al: herb

produces

• Rockwell et al: oxygen

stem height

• North American Flora: 1.5 dm (min)
• North American Flora: 4.5 dm (max)

trophic guild

• Rockwell et al: photoautotroph

type specimen repository

• GBIF national node type records France: museum national d'histoire naturelle (mnhn)
• GBIF national node type records Germany: Botanische Staatssammlung München