Capsicum L.
Distribution
Native to:
Argentina Northeast, Argentina Northwest, Bolivia, Brazil North, Brazil Northeast, Brazil South, Brazil Southeast, Brazil West-Central, Colombia, Costa Rica, Cuba, Ecuador, El Salvador, Galápagos, Guatemala, Honduras, Mexico Central, Mexico Gulf, Mexico Northeast, Mexico Northwest, Mexico Southeast, Mexico Southwest, Nicaragua, Paraguay, Peru, Uruguay, Venezuela, Venezuelan Antilles
Introduced into:
Alabama, Aldabra, Algeria, Andaman Is., Angola, Assam, Austria, Bahamas, Bangladesh, Belize, Benin, Bermuda, Bismarck Archipelago, Borneo, Botswana, Bulgaria, Burundi, Cambodia, Cameroon, Canary Is., Cape Verde, Caroline Is., Cayman Is., Central African Repu, Chad, Christmas I., Comoros, Congo, Cook Is., Djibouti, Dominican Republic, East Himalaya, Equatorial Guinea, Eritrea, Ethiopia, Fiji, French Guiana, Gabon, Gambia, Ghana, Gilbert Is., Greece, Guinea, Guinea-Bissau, Gulf of Guinea Is., Guyana, Haiti, Hawaii, India, Ivory Coast, Jamaica, Jawa, Kazakhstan, Kazan-retto, Kenya, Korea, KwaZulu-Natal, Laos, Leeward Is., Line Is., Madagascar, Madeira, Malawi, Maldives, Mali, Marianas, Marquesas, Marshall Is., Mauritius, Morocco, Mozambique, Mozambique Channel I, Myanmar, Nepal, Netherlands Antilles, New Caledonia, New Guinea, New South Wales, New York, Nicobar Is., Niger, Nigeria, Niue, Northern Provinces, Northern Territory, Oman, Pakistan, Panamá, Philippines, Puerto Rico, Queensland, Rodrigues, Rwanda, Réunion, Samoa, Senegal, Sierra Leone, Society Is., Solomon Is., Somalia, Southwest Caribbean, Sri Lanka, Sudan, Sulawesi, Suriname, Swaziland, Tadzhikistan, Tanzania, Thailand, Togo, Tonga, Trinidad-Tobago, Tuamotu, Tunisia, Turkey, Turkmenistan, Turks-Caicos Is., Uganda, Uzbekistan, Vanuatu, Vietnam, Wake I., West Himalaya, Windward Is., Yemen, Zambia, Zaïre, Zimbabwe
Synonyms
Heterotypic Synonyms
- Fregirardia Dunal in Index Seminum (MPU, Monspeliensis) 1849: 7 (1849)
Accepted Species
- Capsicum annuum L.
- Capsicum baccatum L.
- Capsicum buforum Hunz.
- Capsicum caatingae Barboza & Agra
- Capsicum caballeroi M.Nee
- Capsicum campylopodium Sendtn.
- Capsicum carassense Barboza & Bianch.
- Capsicum cardenasii Heiser & P.G.Sm.
- Capsicum ceratocalyx M.Nee
- Capsicum chacoense Hunz.
- Capsicum chinense Jacq.
- Capsicum coccineum (Rusby) Hunz.
- Capsicum cornutum (Hiern) Hunz.
- Capsicum cumanense Fingerh.
- Capsicum dimorphum (Miers) Kuntze
- Capsicum dusenii Bitter
- Capsicum eshbaughii Barboza
- Capsicum eximium Hunz.
- Capsicum flexuosum Sendtn.
- Capsicum friburgense Bianch. & Barboza
- Capsicum frutescens L.
- Capsicum galapagoense Hunz.
- Capsicum geminifolium (Dammer) Hunz.
- Capsicum havanense Kunth
- Capsicum hookerianum (Miers) Kuntze
- Capsicum hunzikerianum Barboza & Bianch.
- Capsicum lanceolatum (Greenm.) C.V.Morton & Standl.
- Capsicum leptopodum (Dunal) Kuntze
- Capsicum longidentatum Agra & Barboza
- Capsicum minutiflorum (Rusby) Hunz.
- Capsicum mirabile Sendtn.
- Capsicum mositicum Toledo ex Handro
- Capsicum pereirae Barboza & Bianch.
- Capsicum pubescens Ruiz & Pav.
- Capsicum ramosissimum Witasek
- Capsicum recurvatum Witasek
- Capsicum regale Barboza & Bohs
- Capsicum rhomboideum (Humb. & Bonpl. ex Dunal) Kuntze
- Capsicum schottianum Sendtn.
- Capsicum scolnikianum Hunz.
- Capsicum tovarii Eshbaugh, P.G.Sm. & Nickrent
- Capsicum villosum Sendtn.
Publications
POWO follows these authorities in accepting this name:
- Govaerts, R. (1999). World Checklist of Seed Plants 3(1, 2a & 2b): 1-1532. MIM, Deurne.
Flora of West Tropical Africa
- Smith & Heiser in Am. J. Bot. 38: 362 (1951).
- —F.T.A. 4, 2: 250
Flora Zambesiaca
- Capsicum L., Sp. Pl.: 188 (1753)
- Gen. Pl., ed. 5: 86 (1754).
- Hunziker, Gen. Solanacearum: 232 (2001).
- Sp. Pl.: 188 (1753)
Flora of Somalia
- Flora Somalia, Vol 3, (2006) Author: by M. Thulin [updated by M. Thulin 2008]
Flora of Tropical East Africa
- 9th Rep. Missouri Bot. Gard.: 53–110 (1898);
- Bothalia 14: 845–848 (1983);
- DeWitt & Bosland, Peppers of the World (1996);
- Fingerhuth, Monogr. gen. capsici: 1–32 (1832);
- Gen. Pl. ed. 5: 86 (1754);
- Gen. Solanaceae: 232–244 (2001);
- Sp. Pl. 1: 188 (1753)
- van den Berg et al. (eds), Solanaceae V: 179–185 (2001)
Other Data
Other Kew resources that provide information on this taxon:
Date | Reference | Identified As | Barcode | Type Status | Has image? |
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Dec 1, 2003 | Custodio Filho, A. [s.n.], Brazil | K001073049 | Yes | ||
Jul 4, 1905 | Harley, R.M. [54171], Brazil | K000788508 | No | ||
Jul 4, 1905 | Lucas, E.J. [667], Brazil | K000788510 | No | ||
Jul 4, 1905 | Harley, R. [3445], Brazil | K000788513 | No | ||
Jul 4, 1905 | Lucas, E.J. [667], Brazil | K000788509 | No | ||
Matuda, E. [2406], Mexico | K000063191 | No | |||
Hinton, G.B. [11977], Mexico | K000063193 | No | |||
s.coll. [Cat. no. s.n.] | K001132446 | Yes | |||
s.coll. [Cat. no. s.n.] | K001132448 | Yes | |||
Burchell, W.J. [2428], Brazil | K001073046 | Yes | |||
Miers, J. [s.n.], Brazil | K001073053 | Yes | |||
Eggers, H.F.A. von [5302], Cuba | K001073054 | Yes | |||
Burchell, W.J. [3627], Brazil | K001073056 | Yes | |||
Burchell, W.J. [3628], Brazil | K001073055 | Yes | |||
Sandeman, C. [2038], Brazil | K001073058 | Yes | |||
s.coll. [Cat. no. s.n.] | K001132445 | Yes | |||
s.coll. [Cat. no. s.n.] | K001132444 | Yes | |||
Taylor, N.P. [429], Mexico | K000063190 | No | |||
Dusén, P. [14437], Brazil | K001073051 | Yes | |||
Röttler, J.P. [Cat. no. s.n.] | K001132449 | Yes | |||
Glaziou, A.F.M. [11385], Brazil | K001073045 | Yes | |||
s.coll. [Cat. no. s.n.] | K001132443 | Yes | |||
Glaziou, A.F.M. [8872], Brazil | K001073044 | Yes | |||
Handro, O. [2206], Brazil | K001073052 | Yes | |||
Glaziou, A.F.M. [12108], Brazil | K001073047 | Yes | |||
s.coll. [s.n.] | K001073057 | Yes | |||
s.coll. [Cat. no. s.n.] | K001132447 | Yes | |||
s.coll. [Cat. no. s.n.] | K001132442 | Yes | |||
Glaziou, A.F.M. [4168], Brazil | K001073048 | Yes | |||
Prance, G.T. [9295], Brazil | K001073050 | Yes | |||
Müller, F. [174], Mexico | K000063192 | No |
Sources
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Flora Zambesiaca
- Flora Zambesiaca
- http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0
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Flora of Somalia
- Flora of Somalia
- http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0
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Flora of Tropical East Africa
- Flora of Tropical East Africa
- http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0
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Herbarium Catalogue Specimens
- Digital Image © Board of Trustees, RBG Kew http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/
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Kew Backbone Distributions
- The International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Vascular Plants 2023. Published on the Internet at http://www.ipni.org and https://powo.science.kew.org/
- © Copyright 2022 World Checklist of Vascular Plants. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0
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Kew Living Collection Database
- Common Names from Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew Living Collection https://www.kew.org/
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Kew Names and Taxonomic Backbone
- The International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Vascular Plants 2023. Published on the Internet at http://www.ipni.org and https://powo.science.kew.org/
- © Copyright 2022 International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Vascular Plants. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0
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Kew Science Photographs
- Copyright applied to individual images