Family:
Solanaceae Juss.
Genus:
Capsicum L.

Capsicum baccatum L.

This species is accepted, and its native range is Peru to Brazil and N. Argentina. It is used as a medicine, has environmental uses and for food.

[UNAL]

Bernal, R., G. Galeano, A. Rodríguez, H. Sarmiento y M. Gutiérrez. 2017. Nombres Comunes de las Plantas de Colombia. http://www.biovirtual.unal.edu.co/nombrescomunes/

Vernacular
ají, ají chirel, ají chivato, ají de babilla, ají de la capitanía, ají dulce, ají pajarito, ají pimienta, ají pimiento, ají pique, conguito, pimentón, pimiento

[CPLC]

Bernal, R., Gradstein, S.R. & Celis, M. (eds.). 2015. Catálogo de plantas y líquenes de Colombia. Instituto de Ciencias Naturales, Universidad Nacional de Colombia, Bogotá. http://catalogoplantasdecolombia.unal.edu.co

Distribution
Nativa en Colombia; Alt. 0 - 500 m.; Llanura del Caribe.
Morphology General Habit
Subarbusto, arbusto
Conservation
Preocupación Menor

[UPFC]
Distribution
Biogeografic region: Caribbean. Elevation range: 0–500 m a.s.l. Naturalised in Colombia. Colombian departments: Magdalena.
Habit
Shrub, Subshrub.
Conservation
National Red List of Colombia (2021): Potential LC.
Ecology
Habitat according IUCN Habitats Classification: forest and woodland, savanna, shrubland, native grassland, wetlands (inland), artificial - terrestrial.
Vernacular
Ají, Ají chivato, Ají cimarrón

[UPFC]
Vernacular
Ají, Ají chirel, Ají chivato, Ají pimienta, Conguito

[UPFC]
Use Environmental
Environmental uses.
Use Gene Sources
Used as gene sources.
Use Food
Used for food.
Use Medicines
Medical uses.

Native to:

Argentina Northeast, Argentina Northwest, Bolivia, Brazil South, Brazil Southeast, Brazil West-Central, Paraguay, Peru, Uruguay

Introduced into:

Angola, Bermuda, Cape Verde, Cayman Is., Chad, Colombia, Congo, Costa Rica, Cuba, Dominican Republic, Gulf of Guinea Is., Haiti, Honduras, Jamaica, Leeward Is., Mozambique, Puerto Rico, Trinidad-Tobago, Venezuela, Zambia, Zaïre

Capsicum baccatum L. appears in other Kew resources:

Date Reference Identified As Barcode Type Status Has image?
Jan 1, 2007 Wood, J.R.I. [22801], Bolivia K000809097 No
Jan 1, 2007 Nee, M. [54782], Bolivia K000809096 No
Jan 1, 2005 Mello-Silva, R. [1275], Brazil K000809086 Yes
Jan 1, 2002 Wright, C [384], Cuba K000662196 No
Jan 1, 1989 Nee, M. [36304], Bolivia K000809099 No
16651.000 No
Palmer, E. [772], Mexico K000063164 No
Pringle, C.G. [1912], Mexico K000063165 No
Palmer, E. [144], Mexico K000063167 No
Palmer, E. [1135], Mexico K000063168 No
Wynd, F.L. [687], Mexico K000063172 No
González O., J. [861], Mexico K000063173 No
Hoehne, W. [13817], Brazil K001071988 Yes
Gentry, H.S. [1541], Mexico K000063171 No
Hoehne, W. [s.n.], Brazil K001071987 Yes
Palmer, E. [136], Mexico K000063166 No
s.coll. [Cat. no. 2644], India K001116731 Yes
Preston, T.A. [s.n.], Brazil K001071990 Yes
Miers, J. [3564], Brazil K001071991 Yes
Fernando [4], Brazil K001071986 Yes
Hatschbach, G.G. [58827], Brazil K001071989 Yes
Palmer, E. [930], Mexico K000063169 No
Palmer, E. [230], Mexico K000063170 No
May 1, 1940 Eyerdam, W.J. [8720], Mexico Capsicum frutescens var. baccatum K000063174 No
May 1, 1940 Eyerdam, W.J. [8661], Mexico Capsicum frutescens var. baccatum K000063176 No

First published in Mant. Pl. 1: 46 (1767)

Accepted by

  • Acevedo-Rodríguez, P. & Strong, M.T. (2012). Catalogue of seed plants of the West Indies. Smithsonian Contributions to Botany 98: 1-1192.
  • Aedo, C., Tellería, M.T. & Velayos, M. (eds.) (1999). Bases Documentales para la Flora de Guinea Ecuatorial; Plantas vascularis y hongos: 1-414. CSIC, real jardín Botánico, Madrid.
  • Bernal, R., Gradstein, R.S. & Celis, M. (eds.) (2016). Catálogo de plantas y líquenes de Colombia 1-2: 1-3068. Libro impreso.
  • Figueiredo, E. & Smith, G.F. (2008). Plants of Angola. Strelitzia 22: 1-279. National Botanical Institute, Pretoria.
  • Gonçalves, A.E. (2005). Flora Zambesiaca 8(4): 1-124. Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew.
  • Govaerts, R. (1999). World Checklist of Seed Plants 3(1, 2a & 2b): 1-1532. MIM, Deurne.
  • Hammel, B.E., Grayum, M.H., Herrera, C. & Zamora, N. (eds.) (2015). Manual de Plantas de Costa Rica. Volumen VIII. Dicotyledóneas (Sabiaceae-Zygophyllaceae). Monographs in Systematic Botany from the Missouri Botanical Garden 131: 1-657. Missouri Botanical Garden.
  • Hansen, A. & Sunding, P. (1993). Flora of Macaronesia. Checklist of vascular plants. 4. revised edition. Sommerfeltia 17: 1-295.
  • Nelson Sutherland, C.H. (2008). Catálogo de las plantes vasculares de Honduras. Espermatofitas: 1-1576. SERNA/Guaymuras, Tegucigalpa, Honduras.
  • Zuloaga, F.O., Morrone, O. , Belgrano, M.J., Marticorena, C. & Marchesi, E. (eds.) (2008). Catálogo de las Plantas Vasculares del Cono Sur. Monographs in Systematic Botany from the Missouri Botanical Garden 107: 1-3348. Missouri Botanical Garden.

Not accepted by

  • Hokche, O., Berry, P.E. & Huber, O. (eds.) (2008). Nuevo Catálogo de la Flora Vascular de Venezuela: 1-859. Fundación Instituto Botánico de Venezuela. [Cited as Capsicum annuum.]

Literature

Catálogo de Plantas y Líquenes de Colombia

  • Bernal, R., Gradstein, S.R. & Celis, M. (eds.). 2015. Catálogo de plantas y líquenes de Colombia. Instituto de Ciencias Naturales, Universidad Nacional de Colombia, Bogotá. http://catalogoplantasdecolombia.unal.edu.co

Flora Zambesiaca

  • A. de Candolle, Prodr. 13, 1: 420 (1852).
  • Bothalia 14: 846 (1983).
  • F.T.A. 4, 2: 252 (1906).
  • Mant. Pl.: 47 (1767).
  • Taxon 17: 51 (1968)
  • Taxon 18: 278, 283 (1969).

Kew Backbone Distributions

  • Acevedo-Rodríguez, P. & Strong, M.T. (2012). Catalogue of seed plants of the West Indies. Smithsonian Contributions to Botany 98: 1-1192.
  • Bernal, R., Gradstein, R.S. & Celis, M. (eds.) (2016). Catálogo de plantas y líquenes de Colombia 1-2: 1-3068. Libro impreso.
  • Edmonds, J. (2012). Flora of Tropical East Africa Solanaceae: 1-239.
  • Figueiredo, E. & Smith, G.F. (2008). Plants of Angola. Strelitzia 22: 1-279. National Botanical Institute, Pretoria.
  • Hansen, A. & Sunding, P. (1993). Flora of Macaronesia. Checklist of vascular plants. 4. revised edition. Sommerfeltia 17: 1-295.
  • Hokche, O., Berry, P.E. & Huber, O. (eds.) (2008). Nuevo Catálogo de la Flora Vascular de Venezuela: 1-859. Fundación Instituto Botánico de Venezuela.
  • Nelson Sutherland, C.H. (2008). Catálogo de las plantes vasculares de Honduras. Espermatofitas: 1-1576. SERNA/Guaymuras, Tegucigalpa, Honduras.
  • Sita, P. & Moutsambote, J.-M. (2005). Catalogue des plantes vasculaires du Congo, ed. sept. 2005: 1-158. ORSTOM, Centre de Brazzaville.
  • Zuloaga, F.O., Morrone, O. , Belgrano, M.J., Marticorena, C. & Marchesi, E. (eds.) (2008). Catálogo de las Plantas Vasculares del Cono Sur. Monographs in Systematic Botany from the Missouri Botanical Garden 107: 1-3348. Missouri Botanical Garden.

Useful Plants and Fungi of Colombia

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