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Capsicum chinense Jacq.

This species name was first published in Hort. Bot. Vindob. 3: 38, t. 67. 1776.  

At the time of this classification snapshot, this species name was accepted by WFO (placed as the accepted name of a taxon). Its description and other taxonomic data can be found on World Flora Online, id: wfo-0001020046.

Synonyms of Capsicum chinense Jacq.

Name Author Protologue Nomenclator WFO link
Capsicum annuum var. cerasiforme Irish Rep. (Annual) Missouri Bot. Gard. 9: 92, pl. 28, fig. 2, 4. 1898 wfo-0001019993
Capsicum cerasiforme Willd. Enum. Pl. [Willdenow] 1: 242. 1809. wfo-0001020037
Capsicum cerasiforme Mill. Gard. Dict., ed. 8. n. 5. 1768 [16 Apr 1768] wfo-0001020038
Capsicum cereolum Bertol. Hort. Bonon. Pl. Nov. 1: 6. t. 2. 1838 wfo-0001020041
Capsicum conicum Vell. Fl. Flumin. Icon. 2: t. 9. 1831 [1827] wfo-0001020053
Capsicum dichotomum Vell. Fl. Flumin. 61. 1829 [1825]. wfo-0001020070
Capsicum frutescens var. cerasiforme L.H.Bailey Gentes Herb. 1: 129. 1923 wfo-0001020093
Capsicum luteum Lam. Tabl. Encycl. 2: 26. 1794. wfo-0001020152
Capsicum milleri Roem. & Schult. Syst. Veg., ed. 15 bis [Roemer & Schultes] 4: 563. 1819 wfo-0001020169
Capsicum odoriferum Vell. Fl. Flumin. 61. 1829 [1825] Fl. Flumin. Icon. 2: t. 8. 1831 [1827] wfo-0001020184
Capsicum oxycarpum Dunal Prodr. [A. P. de Candolle] 13(1): 426. 1852 [10 May 1852] wfo-0001020187
Capsicum sinense Murray Syst. Veg., ed. 14 (J. A. Murray). 226. 1784 wfo-0001020226
Capsicum toxicarium Poepp. ex Fingerh. Monog. Capsic. 32. 1832 wfo-0001020251
Capsicum ustulatum Paxton Paxton's Mag. Bot. 5: t. 197. 1838 wfo-0001020253
Capsicum assamicum J.Purkay. & Lok.Singh Ozean J. Appl. Sci. 5(1): 56. 2012. wfo-0001329537
Capsicum cerasiforme Lam. Tabl. Encycl. 2: 26. 1794 wfo-1000075638
Capsicum annuum var. chinense (Jacq.) Alef. Landw. Fl.: 132. 1866. wfo-1200041445
Capsicum annuum var. milleri (Roem. & Schult.) Alef. Landw. Fl.: 133. 1866. wfo-1200041446
Capsicum cerasiforme var. maurocarpum Dunal Prodr. [A. P. de Candolle] 13(1): 422. 1852. wfo-1200041460
Capsicum annuum var. luteum (Lam.) Alef. Landw. Fl.: 132. 1866. wfo-1200041462
Capsicum cordiforme var. globosum Fingerh. Monogr. Capsic. 30. 1832. wfo-1200041466
Capsicum cordiforme var. majus Fingerh. Monogr. Capsic. 30. 1832. wfo-1200041467
Capsicum cordiforme var. minus Fingerh. Monogr. Capsic. 30. 1832. wfo-1200041468
Capsicum cordiforme var. oliviforme Fingerh. Monogr. Capsic. 30. 1832. wfo-1200041469
Capsicum cordiforme var. subangulosum Fingerh. Monogr. Capsic. 29. 1832. wfo-1200041470
Capsicum cordiforme var. subsulcatum Dunal Prodr. [A. P. de Candolle] 13(1): 427. 1852. wfo-1200041471
Capsicum grossum var. cerasiforme (Lam.) C.B.Clarke Fl. Brit. India 4: 239. 1883. wfo-1200041474
Capsicum indicum var. humifusum Dierb. Arch. Apotheker-Vereins Nördl. Teutschl. 30: 24. 1829 wfo-1200041482
Capsicum indicum var. luteum (Lam.) Dierb. Arch. Apotheker-Vereins Nördl. Teutschl. 30: 24. 1829 wfo-1200041484
Capsicum indicum var. ochranthum Dierb. Arch. Apotheker-Vereins Nördl. Teutschl. 30: 27. 1829 wfo-1200041486