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Capsicum L. [Solanaceae]
10 trop. Am.; 4 widely cult.


Sp. Pl. 1: 188 (1753)

Synonymous genera:
  1. Aureliana Sendt. (1846)
  2. Tubocapsicum Makino (1908)

  Illustrated species in this genus: 12


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    Capsicum annuum L.
    F.E. Köhler, Medizinal Pflanzen, vol. 2: t. 127 (1890)
    no thumbnail available (12)plantillustrations.org 47033
    Capsicum annuum L.
    E. Hamilton, Flora homoeopathica, vol. 1: t. 16 (1852) [L.W.]
    no thumbnail available (12)plantillustrations.org 62472
    Capsicum annuum L. [as Capsicum minimum Miller]
    M. Blanco, Flora de Filipinas., ed. 3, t. 47 (1875) [xxx]
    no thumbnail available (12)plantillustrations.org 62473
    Capsicum annuum L. [as Capsicum tetragonum Miller]
    M. Blanco, Flora de Filipinas., ed. 3, t. 142 (1875) [xxx]
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    Capsicum annuum L. [as Piper Indicum]
    E. Blackwell, Herbarium Blackwellianum, vol. 2: t. 129 (1754)
    no thumbnail available (12)plantillustrations.org 81121
    Capsicum annuum L.
    W. Woodville, W.J. Hooker, G. Spratt, Medical Botany, 3th edition, vol. 2: t. 80 (1832)
    no thumbnail available (12)plantillustrations.org 91915
    Capsicum annuum L.
    M.E. Descourtilz, Flore médicale des Antilles, vol. 6: t. 422 (1828) [J.T. Descourtilz]
    no thumbnail available (12)plantillustrations.org 101411
    Capsicum annuum L. [as Capsicum frutescens L.]
    O. Degener, Flora Hawaiiensis, the new illustrated flora of the Hawaiian islands, (1932-1980)
    no thumbnail available (12)plantillustrations.org 104451
    Capsicum annuum L.
    J.C. Mutis, Drawings of the Royal Botanical Expedition to the new Kingdom of Granada, t. 1549 (1783-1816)
    no thumbnail available (12)plantillustrations.org 117773
    Capsicum annuum L. var. aviculara
    Annals of the Missouri Botanical Garden, vol. 60: p. 593, t. 4 (1973) [R.J. White]
    no thumbnail available (12)plantillustrations.org 118971
    Capsicum annuum L. [as Piper indicum]
    E. Blackwell, A curious herbal, vol. 1: t. 129 (1737) [E. Blackwell]
    no thumbnail available (12)plantillustrations.org 121653
    Capsicum annuum L. [as Capsicum]
    G.E. Rumphius, Herbarium amboinense, vol. 5: p. 247, t. 88, fig. 1,2,3,4 (1747)
    no thumbnail available (12)plantillustrations.org 122700
    Capsicum annuum L. [as Piper Indicum maximum longum]
    Basilius Bessler, Hortus Eystettensis, vol. 3: Primus ordo collectarum plantarum autumnalium, t. 326, fig. I (1620) [B. Besler]
    no thumbnail available (12)plantillustrations.org 122701
    Capsicum annuum L. [as Piper Indicum medium]
    Basilius Bessler, Hortus Eystettensis, vol. 3: Primus ordo collectarum plantarum autumnalium, t. 327 (1620) [B. Besler]
    no thumbnail available (12)plantillustrations.org 122702
    Capsicum annuum L. [as Piper Indicum minimum erectum]
    Basilius Bessler, Hortus Eystettensis, vol. 3: Primus ordo collectarum plantarum autumnalium, t. 328, fig. I (1620) [B. Besler]
    no thumbnail available (12)plantillustrations.org 122703
    Capsicum annuum L. [as Piper Indicum siliquis flavis]
    Basilius Bessler, Hortus Eystettensis, vol. 3: Primus ordo collectarum plantarum autumnalium, t. 329, fig. I (1620) [B. Besler]
    no thumbnail available (12)plantillustrations.org 122704
    Capsicum annuum L. [as Piper Indicum rotundum maximum]
    Basilius Bessler, Hortus Eystettensis, vol. 3: Primus ordo collectarum plantarum autumnalium, t. 330, fig. I (1620) [B. Besler]
    no thumbnail available (12)plantillustrations.org 122705
    Capsicum annuum L. [as Piper Indicum maximum rotundum erectum]
    Basilius Bessler, Hortus Eystettensis, vol. 3: Primus ordo collectarum plantarum autumnalium, t. 331, fig. I (1620) [B. Besler]
    no thumbnail available (12)plantillustrations.org 122706
    Capsicum annuum L. [as Piper Indicum rotundum aculeatum]
    Basilius Bessler, Hortus Eystettensis, vol. 3: Primus ordo collectarum plantarum autumnalium, t. 332, fig. I (1620) [B. Besler]
    no thumbnail available (12)plantillustrations.org 122707
    Capsicum annuum L. [as Piper Indicum cordatum oblongum]
    Basilius Bessler, Hortus Eystettensis, vol. 3: Primus ordo collectarum plantarum autumnalium, t. 333, fig. I (1620) [B. Besler]
    no thumbnail available (12)plantillustrations.org 123170
    Capsicum annuum L. [as vállia-capó-mólago] [syn. Capsicum frutescens L.]
    H.A. van Rheede tot Drakestein, Hortus Indicus Malabaricus, vol. 9: t. 35 (1689)
    no thumbnail available (12)plantillustrations.org 123565
    Capsicum annuum L. [as capo-molago] [syn. Capsicum frutescens L.]
    H.A. van Rheede tot Drakestein, Hortus Indicus Malabaricus, vol. 2: t. 56 (1679)
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    Capsicum annuum L. [as Capsicum]
    J.P. de Tournefort, Institutiones rei herbariæ, vol. 2: t. 66 (1700)
    no thumbnail available (12)plantillustrations.org 125387
    Capsicum annuum L.
    W. Woodville, Medical botany, vol. 3: t. 144 (1793)
    no thumbnail available (12)plantillustrations.org 130703
    Capsicum annuum L. [as Capsicum fastigiatum Blume]
    R. Wight, , Icones Plantarum Indiae Orientalis, vol. 4(4): t. 1617 (1846) [Govindoo]
    no thumbnail available (12)plantillustrations.org 139224
    Capsicum annuum L. [as Piper Indicum bifurcata siliqua] [syn. Capsicum grossum L.]
    Basilius Bessler, Hortus Eystettensis, vol. 3: Primus ordo collectarum plantarum autumnalium, t. 328, fig. II (1620) [B. Besler]
    no thumbnail available (12)plantillustrations.org 139228
    Capsicum annuum L. [as Piper Indicum minus recurvis siliquis]
    Basilius Bessler, Hortus Eystettensis, vol. 3: Primus ordo collectarum plantarum autumnalium, t. 326, fig. II (1620) [B. Besler]
    no thumbnail available (12)plantillustrations.org 139229
    Capsicum annuum L. [as Piper Indicum aureum latum]
    Basilius Bessler, Hortus Eystettensis, vol. 3: Primus ordo collectarum plantarum autumnalium, t. 329, fig. II (1620) [B. Besler]
    no thumbnail available (12)plantillustrations.org 139230
    Capsicum annuum L. [as Piper minimum siliquis rotundis]
    Basilius Bessler, Hortus Eystettensis, vol. 3: Primus ordo collectarum plantarum autumnalium, t. 330, fig. II (1620) [B. Besler]
    no thumbnail available (12)plantillustrations.org 139231
    Capsicum annuum L. [as Piper Indicum medium longum erectum]
    Basilius Bessler, Hortus Eystettensis, vol. 3: Primus ordo collectarum plantarum autumnalium, t. 331, fig. II (1620) [B. Besler]
    no thumbnail available (12)plantillustrations.org 139232
    Capsicum annuum L. [as Piper Indicum orbiculatum medium]
    Basilius Bessler, Hortus Eystettensis, vol. 3: Primus ordo collectarum plantarum autumnalium, t. 332, fig. II (1620) [B. Besler]
    no thumbnail available (12)plantillustrations.org 139233
    Capsicum annuum L. [as Piper Indicum cordatum]
    Basilius Bessler, Hortus Eystettensis, vol. 3: Primus ordo collectarum plantarum autumnalium, t. 333, fig. II (1620) [B. Besler]
    no thumbnail available (12)plantillustrations.org 139540
    Capsicum annuum L. var. paprika [as Capsicum fructu subrotundo ventricoso dulci in summitate tetragono]
    Giorgio Bonelli, Hortus Romanus juxta Systema Tournefortianum, vol. 2: t. 66 (1783-1816)
    no thumbnail available (12)plantillustrations.org 151142
    Capsicum annuum L.
    J. Zorn, D.L. Oskamp, Afbeeldingen der artseny-gewassen met derzelver Nederduitsche en Latynsche beschryvingen, vol. 4: t. 383 (1800)
    no thumbnail available (12)plantillustrations.org 162372
    Capsicum annuum L. [as Capsicum frutescens L.]
    K.R. Kirtikar, B.D. Basu, Indian medicinal plants, Plates, vol. 4: t. 679, fig. A (1918)
    no thumbnail available (12)plantillustrations.org 162373
    Capsicum annuum L. [as Capsicum minimum Roxb.]
    K.R. Kirtikar, B.D. Basu, Indian medicinal plants, Plates, vol. 4: t. 680 (1918)
    no thumbnail available (12)plantillustrations.org 173342
    Capsicum annuum L. [as Indiaansche peper, piemant]
    M.S. Merian, De metamorphosibus insectorum Surinamensium, of te verandering der Surinaamsche insecten, t. 55 (1714)
    no thumbnail available (12)plantillustrations.org 184833
    Capsicum annuum L.
    L. Fuchs, New Kreüterbuch, t. 418 (1543)
    no thumbnail available (12)plantillustrations.org 184834
    Capsicum annuum L.
    L. Fuchs, New Kreüterbuch, t. 419 (1543)
    no thumbnail available (12)plantillustrations.org 184835
    Capsicum annuum L.
    L. Fuchs, New Kreüterbuch, t. 420 (1543)
    no thumbnail available (12)plantillustrations.org 185073
    Capsicum annuum L. [as Capsicum fructu conico, albicante, per maturitatem miniato]
    J.J. Dillenius, Hortus Elthamensis, vol. 1: p. 70A, t. 60, fig. 70 (1732)
    no thumbnail available (12)plantillustrations.org 186095
    Capsicum annuum L. [as Capsicum longum DC.]
    F.G. Kohl, Die officinellen Pflanzen der Pharmacopoea Germanica, t. 130 (1891-1895) [F.G. Kohl]
    no thumbnail available (12)plantillustrations.org 189095
    Capsicum annuum L. [as Capsicum ustulatum Paxton]
    Magazine of botany and register of flowering plants [J. Paxton], vol. 5: p. 197 (1839)
    no thumbnail available (12)plantillustrations.org 195011
    Capsicum annuum L.
    Botanische wandplaten, ()
    no thumbnail available (12)plantillustrations.org 195600
    Capsicum annuum L. [as Capsicum longum DC.]
    Ausländische Kulturpflanzen in farbigen Wandtafeln, ()
    no thumbnail available (12)plantillustrations.org 230463
    Capsicum annuum L.
    H.E. Baillon, Histoire des plantes, vol. 9: p. 286, fig. 359 (1886-1887) [A. Faguet]
    no thumbnail available (12)plantillustrations.org 258489
    Capsicum annuum L. [as Piper Americanum vulgatius Clus. cur. post.]
    Collection des vélins du Muséum national d’histoire naturelle, vol. 24: t. 34 () [unsigned]
    no thumbnail available (12)plantillustrations.org 258490
    Capsicum annuum L. [as Piper indicum siliquis flavis Hort. Eyst. ]
    Collection des vélins du Muséum national d’histoire naturelle, vol. 24: t. 35[18] () [unsigned]
    no thumbnail available (12)plantillustrations.org 258491
    Capsicum annuum L.
    Collection des vélins du Muséum national d’histoire naturelle, vol. 24: t. 36 () [unsigned]
    no thumbnail available (12)plantillustrations.org 258492
    Capsicum annuum L. [as Capsicum longum fructu phoeniceo]
    Collection des vélins du Muséum national d’histoire naturelle, vol. 24: t. 37 () [unsigned]
    no thumbnail available (12)plantillustrations.org 258493
    Capsicum annuum L. [as Capsicum fructu tereti, spithameo]
    Collection des vélins du Muséum national d’histoire naturelle, vol. 24: t. 38 () [unsigned]
    no thumbnail available (12)plantillustrations.org 282384
    Capsicum annuum L. [as Capsicum frutescens L.]
    H. Ruiz, J. Pavón, Drawings of the Royal Botanical Expedition to the Viceroyalty of Peru, (1777-1816)
    no thumbnail available (12)plantillustrations.org 282385
    Capsicum annuum L. [as Capsicum frutescens L.]
    H. Ruiz, J. Pavón, Drawings of the Royal Botanical Expedition to the Viceroyalty of Peru, (1777-1816)
    no thumbnail available (12)plantillustrations.org 282386
    Capsicum annuum L. [as Capsicum frutescens L.]
    H. Ruiz, J. Pavón, Drawings of the Royal Botanical Expedition to the Viceroyalty of Peru, (1777-1816)
    no thumbnail available (12)plantillustrations.org 314684
    Capsicum annuum L.
    Revue horticole, serié 4, vol. 61: (1889) [P. de Longpré]
    no thumbnail available (12)plantillustrations.org 315356
    Capsicum annuum L.
    Revue horticole, serié 4, (1852-1974) [Bertault]
    no thumbnail available (12)plantillustrations.org 317130
    Capsicum annuum L.
    Revue horticole, serié 4, vol. 61: (1889) [P. de Longpré]
    no thumbnail available (12)plantillustrations.org 321473
    Capsicum annuum L.
    T.F.L. Nees von Esenbeck, M.F. Wijhe, Plantae medicinales, vol. 1: (1828-1833) [A. Henry]
    no thumbnail available (12)plantillustrations.org 322083
    Capsicum annuum L.
    O.C. Berg, C.F. Schmidt, Atlas der officinellen Pflanzen, vol. 1: t. 28 (1891-1893) [C.F. Schmidt]
    no thumbnail available (12)plantillustrations.org 343065
    Capsicum annuum L. [as Capsicum frutescens L.]
    N.L. Britton, F.W. Horne, Popular flora of Puerto Rico, Flora Borinqueña [unpublished watercolors], t. [651] () [F.W. Horne]
    no thumbnail available (12)plantillustrations.org 356181
    Capsicum annuum L. [as Capsicum frutescens L.]
    P.C. Standley, J.A. Steyermark, Flora of Guatemala [Fieldiana no. 24], vol. 10(1,2): p. 16, fig. 4 (1946-1977) [D.L. Simon]
    no thumbnail available (12)plantillustrations.org 368778
    Capsicum annuum L. var. hanisiana
    Annales de la Société royale d’Agriculture et de Botanique de Gand [ed. C. Morren], vol. 2: t. 99, fig. 2 (1846)
    no thumbnail available (12)plantillustrations.org 375722
    Capsicum annuum L. [as Capsicum] [syn. Capsicum frutescens L.]
    M. de Lobel, Plantarum seu stirpium icones, vol. 1: p. 317, fig. 1 (1581)
    no thumbnail available (12)plantillustrations.org 376842
    Capsicum annuum L. [as Capsicum actuarii sive capsicum zinziber Avicennae]
    M. de Lobel, Plantarum seu stirpium icones, vol. 1: p. 316, fig. 2 (1581)
    no thumbnail available (12)plantillustrations.org 389459
    Capsicum annuum L.
    A.G.H. Engler, Die natürlichen Pflanzenfamilien, vol. 4(3b): p. 22, fig. 10 J,K (1887)
    no thumbnail available (12)plantillustrations.org 393279
    Capsicum annuum L. [as Capsicum latis siliquis] [syn. Capsicum grossum L.]
    R. Dodonaeus [Dodoens], Stirpium historiae pemptades sex, sive libri XXX, p. 705, fig. 1 (1583)
    no thumbnail available (12)plantillustrations.org 393736
    Capsicum annuum L. [as Capsicum oblongioribus siliquis]
    R. Dodonaeus [Dodoens], Stirpium historiae pemptades sex, sive libri XXX, p. 704, fig. 2 (1583)
    no thumbnail available (12)plantillustrations.org 393737
    Capsicum annuum L. [as Capsicum recurvis siliquis]
    R. Dodonaeus [Dodoens], Stirpium historiae pemptades sex, sive libri XXX, p. 704, fig. 3 (1583)
    no thumbnail available (12)plantillustrations.org 393738
    Capsicum annuum L. [as Capsicum minimis siliquis] [syn. Capsicum frutescens L.]
    R. Dodonaeus [Dodoens], Stirpium historiae pemptades sex, sive libri XXX, p. 705, fig. 2 (1583)
    no thumbnail available (12)plantillustrations.org 394521
    Capsicum annuum L. [as Piper indicum Garsault]
    F.A.P. de Garsault, Description, vertus et usages de sept cents dix-neuf plantes, tant étrangères que de nos climats, vol. 3: t. 459 (1767)
    no thumbnail available (12)plantillustrations.org 396625
    Capsicum annuum L.
    J. Zorn, Icones plantarum medicinalium, Abbildungen von Arzneygewächsen, 1. Aufl., vol. 3: t. 300 (1781)
    no thumbnail available (12)plantillustrations.org 397726
    Capsicum annuum L.
    T.F.L. Nees von Esenbeck, Genera plantarum florae germanicae, Conspectus, vol. 5: (1845)

Capsicum annuum L.
bird pepper, chili pepper, Tabasco pepper
annuus,-a,-um; from L. annus, year: living but one year, annual
    no thumbnail available (12)plantillustrations.org 91920
    Capsicum baccatum L.
    M.E. Descourtilz, Flore médicale des Antilles, vol. 6: t. 423 (1828) [J.T. Descourtilz]

Capsicum baccatum L.
baccatus,-a,-um; from L. baccatus (from bacca, berry), berry-like: with berries or berry-like fruits
    no thumbnail available (12)plantillustrations.org 31863
    Capsicum dimorphum (Miers) Kuntze [as Brachistus dimorphus Miers]
    J. Miers, Illustrations of South American plants, vol. 2: t. 37 (1857) [J. Miers]
    no thumbnail available (12)plantillustrations.org 104473
    Capsicum dimorphum (Miers) Kuntze
    J.C. Mutis, Drawings of the Royal Botanical Expedition to the new Kingdom of Granada, t. 1571 (1783-1816) [Antonio Barrionuevo ]

    no thumbnail available (12)plantillustrations.org 384909
    Aureliana fasciculata (Vell.) Sendtn. [as Solanum lucidum Moric.]
    M.E. Moricand, Plantes nouvelles d’Amérique, vol. 3: t. 18 (1833-1846)

    no thumbnail available (12)plantillustrations.org 31861
    Capsicum hebephyllum (Miers) Kuntze [as Brachistus hebephyllus Miers]
    J. Miers, Illustrations of South American plants, vol. 2: t. 36 (1857) [J. Miers]

    no thumbnail available (12)plantillustrations.org 8803
    Capsicum nigrum Willd. [as Capsicum bicolor Jacq.]
    Curtis’s Botanical Magazine, t. 1771-1859, vol. 43: t. 1835 (1816) [n.a.]
    no thumbnail available (12)plantillustrations.org 56526
    Capsicum nigrum Willd.
    Natural History Museum, London, The Endeavour Botanical Illustrations, The Endeavour Botanical Illustrations, () [not acknowleged]
    no thumbnail available (12)plantillustrations.org 57725
    Capsicum nigrum Willd. [as Capsicum bicolor Jacq.]
    N.J. von Jacquin, Fragmenta botanica, figuris coloratis illustrata, t. 99 (1809)

Capsicum nigrum Willd.
niger, nigra, nigrum; from L. niger, black
    no thumbnail available (12)plantillustrations.org 31860
    Capsicum pubescens Ruiz & Pavon [as Brachistus lanceifolius Miers]
    J. Miers, Illustrations of South American plants, vol. 2: t. 36 (1857) [J. Miers]

Capsicum pubescens Ruiz & Pavon
pubescens; from L. pubescare, getting signs of maturity, becoming downy-hairy, pubescent
    no thumbnail available (12)plantillustrations.org 104474
    Capsicum rhomboideum (Dunal) Kuntze [as Capsicum ciliatum (Kunth) Kuntze]
    J.C. Mutis, Drawings of the Royal Botanical Expedition to the new Kingdom of Granada, t. 1572 (1783-1816) [F.J., M.A. and/or N. Cortés Alcocer]

Capsicum rhomboideum (Dunal) Kuntze
rhomboideus,-a,-um; from L. rhombus, rhombus; Gr. -oides, suffix indicating resemblance: shaped like a rhombus, rhombic
    no thumbnail available (12)plantillustrations.org 78447
    Capsicum sinense Jacq.
    N.J. von Jacquin, Hortus botanicus Vindobonensis, vol. 3: t. 267 (1776)

Capsicum sinense Jacq.
chinensis,-is,-e; from China, Chinese from China, Chinese
    no thumbnail available (12)plantillustrations.org 114283
    Capsicum sylvaticum (Aublet) Kuntze [as Bassovia sylvatica Aublet]
    F. Aublet, Histoire des plantes de la Guiane Françoise, vol. 3: t. 85 (1775)

Capsicum sylvaticum (Aublet) Kuntze
sylvaticus,-a,-um; from L. silva, wood, forest: of woods or forests, wild (silvaticus would be more correct)
    no thumbnail available (12)plantillustrations.org 11846
    Aureliana velutina Sendtn.
    C. Martius, A.G. Eichler, I. Urban, Flora Brasiliensis, vol. 10: fasicle 6, t. 19 (1846)

Aureliana velutina Sendtn.
velutinus,-a,-um; from NL. velutum, velvet: velvet-like, with a soft down-like covering, velvety-hairy
    no thumbnail available (12)plantillustrations.org 308132
    Capsicum villosum Sendtn. var. muticum
    H. Wawra, Die botanischen Ergebnisse der Reise Seiner Majestät des Kaisers von Mexico Maximilian I. nach Brasilien, t. 67 (1866) [J. Seboth]

Capsicum villosum Sendtn.
villosus,-a,-um; from vilosus,
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   Capsicum sp.


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   1241-929--a Capsicum [as Solanum capsicum fructu erecto rubro rotundo]


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   1241-927--b Capsicum [as Solanum capsicum seu piper indicum]


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   1241-927--c Capsicum [as Solanum mordens fructo propendente oblongo crasso]


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   1241-927--d Capsicum [as Solanum mordens siliquis oblongis recurvis]


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   1241-927--e Capsicum [as Solanum mordens medium]


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   1241-929--b Capsicum [as Solanum mordens fructu erecto cordiformi luteo]


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   1241-929--c Capsicum [as Solanum mordens fructu erecto cordiformi rubro]


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   Capsicum


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   Capsicum anuum ]



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