      
Taxon: Capsicum annuum L.
Genus: Capsicum
Family: Solanaceae subfamily: Solanoideae tribe: Capsiceae.
Nomen number: 8904
Place of publication: Sp. pl. 1:188-189. 1753
Typification: View record from Linnaean Plant Name Typification Project
of the Natural History Museum of London.
Name verified on: 22-Jan-1997 by ARS Systematic Botanists. Last updated: 10-Dec-2010
Species priority site is: Plant Genetic Resources Conservation Unit, Griffin, GA (S9).
Accessions:
3406 in National Plant Germplasm System.
Check PlantSearch
database of Botanic Gardens
Conservation International for possible non-NPGS germplasm.
See also subordinate taxa:
- American bird pepper (Source: F Panama
) – English [Capsicum annuum var. glabriusculum]
- bell pepper (Source: Hortus 3
) – English [Capsicum annuum var. annuum]
- bird pepper (Source: Baileya
19:151-156.) – English [Capsicum annuum var. glabriusculum]
- capsicum pepper (Source: Hortus 3
) – English [Capsicum annuum var. annuum]
- Cayenne pepper (Source: Hortus 3
) – English [Capsicum annuum var. annuum]
- cherry pepper (Source: Hortus 3
) – English [Capsicum annuum var. annuum]
- chili pepper (Source: Hortus 3
) – English [Capsicum annuum var. annuum]
- cone pepper (Source: Hortus 3
) – English [Capsicum annuum var. annuum]
- green pepper (Source: Hortus 3
) – English [Capsicum annuum var. annuum]
- long pepper (Source: Hortus 3
) – English [Capsicum annuum var. annuum]
- paprika (Source: Dict Gard
) – English [Capsicum annuum var. annuum]
- pimento pepper (Source: Food Feed Crops US
) – English [Capsicum annuum var. annuum]
- red capsicum (Source: Aust Pl Common Names
) – English
- red cone pepper (Source: Hortus 3
) – English [Capsicum annuum var. annuum]
- red pepper (Source: Hortus 3
) – English [Capsicum annuum var. annuum]
- sweet pepper (Source: BSBI
) – English
- sweet pepper (Source: Hortus 3
) – English [Capsicum annuum var. annuum]
- turkey pepper (Source: Native Pl Database
) – English [Capsicum annuum var. glabriusculum]
- la liao (Source: F ChinaEng
) – Transcribed Chinese
- green capsicum (Source: Econ Pl Aust
) – English (Australia) [Capsicum annuum var. annuum]
- piment annuel (Source: L Noms French ed7
) – French
- piment doux (Source: Dict Rehm
) – French [Capsicum annuum var. annuum]
- poivre d'Espagne (Source: Dict Rehm
[as C. baccatum var. baccatum]) – French [Capsicum annuum var. annuum]
- poivre de Cayenne (Source: Dict Rehm
[as C. frutescens]) – French [Capsicum annuum var. annuum]
- poivron (Source: L Noms French ed7
) – French
- poivron doux (Source: Dict Rehm
) – French [Capsicum annuum var. annuum]
- Cayennepfeffer (Source: Dict Rehm
[as C. frutescens]) – German [Capsicum annuum var. annuum]
- Gemüsepaprika (Source: Dict Rehm
) – German [Capsicum annuum var. annuum]
- spanischer Pfeffer (Source: Zander ed14
) – German [Capsicum annuum var. annuum]
- peperoncino (Source: Mult Glossary Crops
) – Italian [Capsicum annuum var. annuum]
- peperone (Source: F Ital
) – Italian [Capsicum annuum var. annuum]
- peperone dolce (Source: Mult Glossary Crops
) – Italian [Capsicum annuum var. annuum]
- tō-garashi (Source: F Okin
) – Japanese Rōmaji [Capsicum annuum var. annuum]
- gochu (Source: Kulturpflanze
34:87.) – Transcribed Korean
- pimentão (Source: Dict Rehm
) – Portuguese [Capsicum annuum var. annuum]
- ají (Source: F Guat
) – Spanish [Capsicum annuum var. annuum]
- ají (Source: F PuertoR
) – Spanish [Capsicum annuum var. glabriusculum]
- chile (Source: F Guat
) – Spanish [Capsicum annuum var. annuum]
- chile pequin (Source: Native Pl Database
) – Spanish [Capsicum annuum var. glabriusculum]
- chilipiquin (Source: Baileya
19:151.) – Spanish [Capsicum annuum var. glabriusculum]
- chiltepe (Source: F Guat
) – Spanish [Capsicum annuum var. glabriusculum]
- chiltepin (Source: Ariz SonorDes Mus
) – Spanish [Capsicum annuum var. glabriusculum]
- guindilla (Source: Dict Rehm
) – Spanish [Capsicum annuum var. annuum]
- jalapeno (Source: Food Feed Crops US
) – Spanish [Capsicum annuum var. annuum]
- pasilla (Source: HerbSpices
) – Spanish [Capsicum annuum var. annuum]
- pimiento (Source: Names Soukup
) – Spanish [Capsicum annuum var. annuum]
- piquin (Source: Herbs Commerce ed2
) – Spanish [Capsicum annuum var. glabriusculum]
- poblano (Source: HerbSpices
) – Spanish [Capsicum annuum var. annuum]
- serrano (Source: HerbSpices
) – Spanish [Capsicum annuum var. annuum]
- chiltepinpeppar (Source: Vara kulturvaxt namn
) – Swedish [Capsicum annuum var. glabriusculum]
- spanskpeppar (Source: Vara kulturvaxt namn
) – Swedish
Native: (links to
other web resources are provided for some distributions)
- 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:
Cultivated:
- PROTABASE, the information base of PROTA (Plant Resources of Tropical Africa) (on-line resource).
- Adams, C.
1972. Flowering plants of Jamaica.
[treats as C. baccatum].
- 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.
- Botanical Society of the British Isles.
BSBI taxon database (on-line resource).
- Correll, D. S. & H. B. Correll.
1982. Flora of the Bahama archipelago.
- D'Arcy, W. G. & W. H. Eshbaugh.
1974. New World peppers (Capsicum-Solanaceae) North of Columbia. A résumé.
Baileya
19:98.
- Demilly, D. et al.
2001. Liste alphabétique des principales espèces de plantes cultivées et de mauvaises herbes. Noms latins et noms français, ed. 7.
- Encke, F. et al.
1984. Zander: Handwörterbuch der Pflanzennamen, 13. Auflage.
- Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO).
2010. Ecocrop (on-line resource).
- Gómez-Pompa, A. & V. Sosa, eds.
1978–. Flora de Veracruz.
- Howard, R.
1974–1989. Flora of the lesser Antilles.
- Ibiza, V. P. et al.
2011. Taxonomy and genetic diversity of domesticated Capsicum species in the Andean region.
Genet. Resources Crop Evol.
DOI 10.1007/s10722–011–9744–z.
- Ince, A. G. et al.
2010. Genetic relationships within and between Capsicum species.
Biochem. Genet.
48:83–95.
- Integrated Botanical Information System (IBIS).
Australian plant common name database (on-line resource).
- Kearney, T. H. & R. H. Peebles.
1969. Arizona flora, ed. 2.
[treats as C. baccatum].
- Kochieva, E. Z. et al.
2004. Assessment of genetic relationships in the genus Capsicum using different DNA marker systems.
In: Voorrips, R. E., ed., Proceedings of the XIIth EUCARPIA meeting on genetics and breeding of Capsicum and eggplant, Noordwijkerhout, Netherlands, 17-19 May, 2004.
- Leung, A. Y. & S. Foster.
1996. Encyclopedia of common natural ingredients used in food, drugs, and cosmetics, ed. 2.
- Liberty Hyde Bailey Hortorium.
1976. Hortus third.
- Liogier, A. H.
1981–. Flora of Hispaniola: Part 1; La Flora de la Española. Part II-.
- Liogier, H. A.
1984–. Descriptive flora of Puerto Rico and adjacent islands.
- Mansfeld, R.
1959. Die Kulturpflanze, Beiheft 2.
- Moscone, E. A. et al.
2007. The evolution of chili peppers (Capsicum - Solanaceae): a cytogenetic perspective.
Acta Hort.
745:137–170.
- Mun-Chan, B. et al.
1986. A checklist of the Korean cultivated plants.
Kulturpflanze
34:87.
- NatureServe.
2009–. NatureServe Explorer: an online encyclopedia of life (on-line resource).
- Pickersgill, B. et al.
1979. Numerical taxonomic studies on variation and domestication in some species of Capsicum.
In: Hawkes, J. G. et al., eds., The biology and taxonomy of the Solanacae.
679–699.
- Pickersgill, B.
1997. Genetic resources and breeding of Capsicum spp.
Euphytica
96:129–133.
- Proctor, G. R.
1984. Flora of the Cayman Islands. Kew Bulletin Additional Series XI.
[treats as C. baccatum].
- Rodriguez, J. M. et al.
1999. Variation among and within Capsicum species revealed by RAPD markers.
Theor. Appl. Genet.
99:147–156.
- Siemonsma, J. S. & Kasem Piluek, eds.
1993. Vegetables.
In: Faridah Hanum, I. & L. J. G. van der Maesen, eds., Plant Resources of South-East Asia (PROSEA).
8:136–140.
- Smith, P. G. & C. B. Heiser, Jr.
1951. Taxonomic and genetic studies on the cultivated peppers, Capsicum annuum L. and C. frutescens L.
Amer. J. Bot.
38:362–368.
- Standley, P. C. & J. A. Steyermark.
1946–1976. Flora of Guatemala.
- Stevens, W. D. et al., eds.
2001. Flora de Nicaragua. Monogr. Syst. Bot. Missouri Bot. Gard. 85(1-3).
- Turner, B. L. et al.
2003. Atlas of the vascular plants of Texas. Sida Botanical Miscellany no. 24.
- Vibrans, H., ed.
Malezas de México (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.
- 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.
- Wu Zheng-yi & P. H. Raven et al., eds.
1994–. Flora of China (English edition).
- Wunderlin, R. & B. Hansen.
Atlas of Florida vascular plants (on-line resource).
- More:
Synonyms:
Check other web resources for Capsicum annuum L.:
Images:
- More:
- Check PlantSystematics.org for additional images
-
 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.
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