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Taxon:  Capsicum annuum L.



Summary
Genus:
Capsicum
Family:
Solanaceae
Subfamily:
Solanoideae
Tribe:
Capsiceae
Nomen number:
8904
Place of publication:
Sp. pl. 1:188-189. 1753
Verified:
01/22/1997 ARS Systematic Botanists.
Accessions:
171 (171  active, 16  available) in National Plant Germplasm System.  (Map it)
Other conspecific taxa
Capsicum annuum L. var. annuum (0 active accession[s])
Capsicum annuum L. var. glabriusculum (Dunal) Heiser & Pickersgill (0 active accession[s])
Autonyms (not in current use), synonyms and invalid designations
No images
Reference(s)
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    • based on Alden, B. & S. Ryman. 2005-: SKUD (Swedish Utility and Cultivated Plants Database)
    • http://www.skud.info
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  5. Correll, D. S. & H. B. Correll. Flora of the Bahama archipelago. 1982
  6. D'Arcy, W. G. & W. H. Eshbaugh. 1974. New World peppers (Capsicum-Solanaceae) North of Columbia. A résumé. Baileya 19:98.
  7. Demilly, D. et al. Liste alphabétique des principales espèces de plantes cultivées et de mauvaises herbes. Noms latins et noms français, ed. 7. 2001 Note: GEVES-SNES, Beaucouzé, France
  8. Encke, F. et al. Zander: Handwörterbuch der Pflanzennamen, 13. Auflage. 1984
  9. Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO). 2010. Ecocrop (on-line resource). Note: http://ecocrop.fao.org/ecocrop/srv/en/cropListDetails?code=&relation=beginsWith&name=Capsicum+annuum&quantity=1
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  11. Howard, R. Flora of the lesser Antilles. 1974-1989
  12. 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 http://link.springer.com/journal/volumesAndIssues/10722
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  16. Kochieva, E. Z. et al. 2004. Assessment of genetic relationships in the genus Capsicum using different DNA marker systems. Proceedings of the XIIth EUCARPIA meeting on genetics and breeding of Capsicum and eggplant, Noordwijkerhout, Netherlands, 17-19 May, 2004. 2004
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Common names
English
red capsicum –
sweet pepper –
French
piment annuel –
poivron –
Swedish
spanskpeppar –
Transcribed Chinese
la liao –
Transcribed Korean
gochu –
Distribution
Native
Northern America
  • NORTHERN MEXICO: Mexico [Chihuahua, Nuevo Leon, San Luis Potosi, Sinaloa, Sonora, Tamaulipas, Baja Sur]
  • SOUTH-CENTRAL U.S.A.: United States [Texas]
  • SOUTHEASTERN U.S.A.: United States [Florida, Georgia (e.), Louisiana]
  • SOUTHERN MEXICO: Mexico [Campeche, Chiapas, Guerrero, Jalisco, Michoacan, Morelos, Nayarit, Oaxaca, Queretaro, Quintana Roo, Tabasco, Veracruz, Yucatan]
  • SOUTHWESTERN U.S.A.: United States [Arizona (s.)]
Southern America
  • CARIBBEAN: Anguilla, Netherlands Antilles, Bahamas, Barbados, Cayman Islands, Dominica, Dominican Republic, Guadeloupe, Grenada, Haiti, Jamaica, St. Kitts and Nevis, St. Lucia, Montserrat, Martinique, Puerto Rico, St. Vincent and Grenadines
  • MESOAMERICA: Belize, Costa Rica, Guatemala, Honduras, Nicaragua, Panama
  • WESTERN SOUTH AMERICA: Colombia
Cultivated (widely cult.)
Naturalized (natzd. elsewhere)
Economic Uses


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