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Taxon:  Capsicum annuum L. var. annuum



Summary
Genus:
Capsicum
Family:
Solanaceae
Subfamily:
Solanoideae
Tribe:
Capsiceae
Nomen number:
311784
Verified:
01/22/1997 ARS Systematic Botanists.
Accessions:
0 (0  active, 0  available) in National Plant Germplasm System. 
Other conspecific taxa
Capsicum annuum L. (171 active accession[s])
Capsicum annuum L. var. glabriusculum (Dunal) Heiser & Pickersgill (0 active accession[s])
Autonyms (not in current use), synonyms and invalid designations
Heterotypic Synonym(s)
No images
Reference(s)
  1. Craker, L. E. & J. E. Simon, eds. Herbs, spices, and medicinal plants, 2 vols. 1986-1987
  2. D'Arcy, W. G. & W. H. Eshbaugh. 1974. New World peppers (Capsicum - Solanaceae) north of Colombia: A resumé. Baileya 19:98-99.
  3. Encke, F. et al. Zander: Handwörterbuch der Pflanzennamen, 14. Auflage. 1993
  4. Gómez-Pompa, A. & V. Sosa, eds. Flora de Veracruz. 1978- http://www.ecologia.edu.mx/publicaciones/flover.htm
  5. Huxley, A., ed. The new Royal Horticultural Society dictionary of gardening. 1992
  6. International Seed Testing Association. A Multilingual Glossary of Common Plant-Names 1. Field crops, grasses and vegetables, ed. 2. 1982
  7. Kunkel, G. Plants for human consumption. 1984
  8. Lampe, K. F. & M. A. McCann. AMA handbook of poisonous and injurious plants. 1985
  9. Lazarides, M. & B. Hince. CSIRO Handbook of Economic Plants of Australia. 1993
  10. Leung, A. Y. & S. Foster. Encyclopedia of common natural ingredients used in food, drugs, and cosmetics, ed. 2. 1996
  11. Liberty Hyde Bailey Hortorium. Hortus third. 1976
  12. Markle, G. M. et al., eds. Food and feed crops of the United States, ed. 2. 1998
  13. McGuffin, M., J. T. Kartesz, A. Y. Leung, & A. O. Tucker. Herbs of commerce, ed. 2. 2000 Note: American Herbal Products Association, Silver Spring, MD
  14. Monteiro da Silva, C. E. et al. 2011. Reproductive characterization of interspecific hybrids among Capsicum species. Crop Breed. Appl. Biotechnol. 11:241-249. http://www.sbmp.org.br/cbab/siscbab/index.php
  15. Moscone, E. A. et al. 2007. The evolution of chili peppers (Capsicum - Solanaceae): a cytogenetic perspective. Acta Hort. 745:137-170.
  16. Pignatti, S. Flora d'Italia. 1982
  17. Porcher, M. H. et al. Searchable World Wide Web Multilingual Multiscript Plant Name Database (MMPND) (on-line resource). http://www.plantnames.unimelb.edu.au/Sorting/Frontpage.html
  18. Rehm, S. Multilingual dictionary of agronomic plants. 1994
  19. Soukup, J. Vocabulario de los nombres vulgares de la flora peruana. 1970
  20. Standley, P. C. & J. A. Steyermark. Flora of Guatemala. 1946-1976
  21. 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. Note: this study examined 15 accessions of Capsicum annuum var. annuum, four from Mexico, and 11 from Brazil
  22. Walker, E. Flora of Okinawa and the southern Ryukyu Islands. 1976
  23. Woodson, R. E. & R. W. Schery, eds. Flora of Panama. 1943-1980
Common names
English
bell pepper –
capsicum pepper –
Cayenne pepper –
cherry pepper –
chili pepper –
cone pepper –
green pepper –
long pepper –
paprika –
pimento pepper –
red cone pepper –
red pepper –
sweet pepper –
English (Australia)
green capsicum –
French
piment doux –
poivre de Cayenne –
poivre d'Espagne –
poivron doux –
German
Cayennepfeffer –
Gemüsepaprika –
spanischer Pfeffer –
Italian
peperoncino –
peperone –
peperone dolce –
Japanese Rōmaji
tō-garashi –
Portuguese
pimentão –
Spanish
ají –
chile –
guindilla –
jalapeno –
pasilla –
pimiento –
poblano –
serrano –
Distribution
Cultivated (only cult.)
Economic Uses
Environmental
Food additives
coloring (fide L Edible Pl) –
Human food
vegetable (fruits fide Hortus 3) –
Medicines
source of capsaicin (fide Ency CNatIn; Hortus 3; Herbs Commerce ed2) –
Vertebrate poisons
mammals (fide Lampe & McCann) –


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