Taxon: Capsicum annuum L. var. glabriusculum (Dunal) Heiser & Pickersgill

See other conspecific taxa:

• Capsicum annuum (3406 accessions)
• Capsicum annuum var. annuum (4 accessions)

Common names:

• American bird pepper   (Source: F Panama ) – English
  
• bird pepper   (Source: Baileya 19:151-156.) – English
  
• turkey pepper   (Source: Native Pl Database ) – English
  
• ají   (Source: F PuertoR ) – Spanish
  
• chile pequin   (Source: Native Pl Database ) – Spanish
  
• chilipiquin   (Source: Baileya 19:151.) – Spanish
  
• chiltepe   (Source: F Guat ) – Spanish
  
• chiltepin   (Source: Ariz SonorDes Mus ) – Spanish
  
• piquin   (Source: Herbs Commerce ed2 ) – Spanish
  
• chiltepinpeppar   (Source: Vara kulturvaxt namn ) – Swedish
  

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see MMPND for additional names in foreign scripts

Economic importance:

• Food additives: flavoring   (fide Eshbaugh in J. Janick & J. E. Simmon 137. 1993, as C. annuum var. aviculare)
  
• Gene sources: primary genetic relative of Tabasco pepper   (based on records of fertile hybrids with Capsicum frutescens fide Int J Pl Sci 162:1411. 2001)
  
• Gene sources: primary genetic relative of bell/chili pepper   (fide Phytologia 47:156. 1980)
  
• Gene sources: primary genetic relative of habanero pepper   (based on records of fertile hybrids with Capsicum frutescens, a closely related species, fide Int J Pl Sci 162:1411. 2001)
  
• Gene sources: progenitor of bell/chili pepper   (fide Amer J Bot 96:1200. 2009)
  
• Gene sources: secondary genetic relative of aji   (based on hybrid pollen viability values of F1 hybrids with Capsicum baccatum var. pendulum fide Crop Breed Appl Biot 11:246, 247. 2011)
  
• Gene sources: tertiary genetic relative of rocoto   (based on crossing barriers of Capsicum annuum with Capsicum pubescens fide HortScience 26:585. 1991)
  
• Medicines: folklore   (fide Herbs Commerce ed2)
  

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Distributional range:

• NORTHERN AMERICA (Check conservation status in U.S. & Canada in NatureServe Explorer database)
  Southeastern U.S.A.: United States - Florida, Georgia [e.], Louisiana
  South-Central U.S.A.: United States - Texas
  Southwestern U.S.A.: United States - Arizona [s.]
  Mexico
• SOUTHERN AMERICA
  Caribbean: Anguilla; Bahamas; Barbados; Cayman Islands; Dominica; Dominican Republic; Grenada; Guadeloupe; Haiti; Jamaica; Martinique; Montserrat; Netherlands Antilles; Puerto Rico; St. Kitts and Nevis; St. Lucia; St. Vincent and Grenadines
  Mesoamerica: Belize; Costa Rica; Guatemala; Honduras; Nicaragua; Panama
  Western South America: Colombia

• naturalized elsewhere

References:

• ASDM Sonoran Desert Digital Library. Arizona Sonoran Desert Museum digital library (on-line resource).
• Adams, C. 1972. Flowering plants of Jamaica. [treats as C. baccatum L.].
• Aguilar-Meléndez, A. et al. 2009. Genetic diversity and structure in semiwild and domesticated chiles (Capsicum annuum; Solanaceae) from Mexico. Amer. J. Bot. 96:1190–1202.
• Aldén, B., S. Ryman & M. Hjertson. 2009. Våra kulturväxters namn - ursprung och användning. Formas, Stockholm (Handbook on Swedish cultivated and utility plants, their names and origin).
• Balick, M. J. et al. 2000. Checklist of the vascular plants of Belize, with common names and uses. Mem. New York Bot. Gard. 85.
• Eshbaugh, W. H. 1980. The taxonomy of the genus Capsicum (Solanaceae) - 1980. Phytologia 47:156.
• Eshbaugh, W. H. 1993. Peppers: history and exploitation of a serendipitous new crop discovery. In: Janick, J. & J. E. Simmon, eds., New crops. 132–139.
• Gómez-Pompa, A. & V. Sosa, eds. 1978–. Flora de Veracruz.
• Heiser, C. B., Jr. & B. Pickersgill. 1975. Names for the bird peppers (Capsicum - Solanaceae). Baileya 19:151–156.
• Howard, R. 1974–1989. Flora of the lesser Antilles.
• Kearney, T. H. & R. H. Peebles. 1969. Arizona flora, ed. 2. [treats as C. baccatum L.].
• Liberty Hyde Bailey Hortorium. 1976. Hortus third.
• Liogier, H. A. 1984–. Descriptive flora of Puerto Rico and adjacent islands.
• Markle, G. M. et al., eds. 1998. Food and feed crops of the United States, ed. 2.
• McGuffin, M., J. T. Kartesz, A. Y. Leung, & A. O. Tucker. 2000. Herbs of commerce, ed. 2.
• Mongkolporn, O. & P. W. J. Taylor. 2011. Chapter 4. Capsicum. In: Kole, C., ed., Wild crop relatives: genomic and breeding resources, vegetables. 43–57. [mentions as the only tetraploid (2n=48) species in the genus].
• Monteiro da Silva, C. E. et al. 2011. Reproductive characterization of interspecific hybrids among Capsicum species. Crop Breed. Appl. Biotechnol. 11:241–249.
• Moscone, E. A. et al. 2007. The evolution of chili peppers (Capsicum - Solanaceae): a cytogenetic perspective. Acta Hort. 745:137–170.
• NatureServe. 2009–. NatureServe Explorer: an online encyclopedia of life (on-line resource).
• Porcher, M. H. et al. Searchable World Wide Web Multilingual Multiscript Plant Name Database (MMPND) (on-line resource).
• Proctor, G. R. 1984. Flora of the Cayman Islands. Kew Bulletin Additional Series XI. [treats as C. baccatum L.].
• Standley, P. C. & J. A. Steyermark. 1946–1976. Flora of Guatemala.
• Sudré, C. P. et al. 2010. Genetic variability in domesticated Capsicum spp. as assessed by morphological and agronomic data in mixed statistical analysis. Genet. Molec. Res. 9:283–294.
• Turner, B. L. et al. 2003. Atlas of the vascular plants of Texas. Sida Botanical Miscellany no. 24. [treats C. annuum L.].
• University of Texas at Austin, Lady Bird Johnson Wildflower Center. Native Plant Information Network database (on-line resource).
• Walsh, B. M. & S. B. Hoot. 2001. Phylogenetic relationships of Capsicum (Solanaceae) using DNA sequences from two noncoding regions: The chloroplast atpB-rbcL spacer region and nuclear waxy introns. Int. J. Pl. Sci. 162:1409–1418. [as Capsicum annuum var. "avicular"].
• Weakley, A. S. 2007. Flora of the Carolinas, Virginia, and Georgia, and surrounding areas.
• Woodson, R. E. & R. W. Schery, eds. 1943–1980. Flora of Panama.
• Wunderlin, R. & B. Hansen. Atlas of Florida vascular plants (on-line resource).
• Zijlstra, S. et al. 1991. Pollen tube growth in interspecific crosses between Capsicum species. HortScience 26:585–586.

Synonyms:

• (=) Capsicum annuum var. aviculare auct.
  (previously associated with 5 accessions)
• (=) Capsicum annuum var. minimum (Mill.) Heiser
  (previously associated with 1 accession)
• (≡) Capsicum hispidum var. glabriusculum Dunal (basionym)
  
• (=) Capsicum microphyllum Dunal
  

Check other web resources for Capsicum annuum L. var. glabriusculum (Dunal) Heiser & Pickersgill:

• PLANTS: USDA-NRCS Database of Plants of the United States and its Territories
• TROPICOS: Nomenclatural and Specimen Database of the Missouri Botanical Garden
• Mansfeld: Mansfeld's World Database of Agricultural and Horticultural Crops

Images:

• GRIN Images of germplasm accessions.

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• Images Note: Be advised that their identity may be inaccurate. Proper identification of a plant may require specialized taxonomic knowledge or comparison with properly documented herbarium material.

Abbreviations & symbols in GRIN Taxonomy

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