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June 2023

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genus

Capsicum L.

This genus name was first published in (B. L. R. & Greenm.) M.Martínez and (B. L. R. & Greenm.) M.Martínez, Sp. Pl. 1: 188., 1753.

At the time of this classification snapshot, this genus 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-4000006624.

Literature

Sp. Pl. [Linnaeus] 1: 188. 1753 [1 Mai 1753] ; Gen. Pl. ed. 5, 86. 1754

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Synonyms of Capsicum

Name	Author	Protologue	Nomenclator	WFO link
Capsicum cydoniforme	Hort. ex Roem. & Schult.	H. R. & ex Schult., Syst. Veg., ed. 15 bis [Roemer & Schultes] 4: 561. 1819, 1819.		wfo-0001020069
Capsicum sp.	–	–	—	wfo-0001020233
Capsicum torulosum	Vell.	Vell., Fl. Flumin. 60. 1829 [1825 publ. 7 Sep-28 Nov 1829] ; see also Fl. Flumin. Icon. 2: t. 4. 1831. [1827 publ. 29 Oct 1831].		wfo-0001020247

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Unplaced Names

These names are not yet placed in the taxonomy, but may be associated with Capsicum:

Name	Author	Protologue	Nomenclator	WFO link
Capsicum aggregatum	Roem. & Schult.	Syst. Veg., ed. 15 bis [Roemer & Schultes] 4: 809. 1819		wfo-0001019978
Capsicum angulosum	Mill.	Gard. Dict., ed. 8. n. 4. 1768 [16 Apr 1768]		wfo-0001019980
Capsicum angustifolium	Dunal	Prodr. [A. P. de Candolle] 13(1): 420. 1852 [10 May 1852]		wfo-0001019981
Capsicum annuum f. chlorocarpum	Kuntze	Revis. Gen. Pl. 2: 449. 1891		wfo-0001325262
Capsicum annuum f. leucocarpum	Kuntze	Revis. Gen. Pl. 2: 449. 1891		wfo-0001402866
Capsicum annuum f. luteum	Kuntze	Revis. Gen. Pl. 2: 449. 1891		wfo-0001325261
Capsicum annuum f. violaceum	Kuntze	Revis. Gen. Pl. 2: 449. 1891		wfo-0001325260
Capsicum annuum subsp. baccatum	(L.) Terpó	Feddes Repert. 72: 173. 1966		wfo-0001019988
Capsicum annuum var. acuminatum	Fingerh.	Monogr. Capsic. 13, fig. 1832		wfo-0001019989
Capsicum annuum var. cerasiforme	Irish	Rep. (Annual) Missouri Bot. Gard. 9: 92, pl. 28, fig. 2, 4. 1898		wfo-0001019993
Capsicum annuum var. conicum	(G.Mey.) Voss	Vilm. Ill. Blumengärtn., ed. 3. 1: 722. 1894		wfo-0001019994
Capsicum annuum var. conoides	Irish	Rep. (Annual) Missouri Bot. Gard. 9: 65. 1898		wfo-0001019995
Capsicum annuum var. cordiforme	Edwall	Bol. Commiss. Geogr. Estado Sao Paulo 13: 26. 1897		wfo-0001019996
Capsicum annuum var. fasciculatum	(Sturtev.) Irish	Rep. (Annual) Missouri Bot. Gard. 9: 68, pl. 9, fig. 4. 1898		wfo-0001019997
Capsicum annuum var. frutescens	Kuntze	Revis. Gen. Pl. 2: 449. 1891		wfo-0001019998
Capsicum annuum var. globiferum	(G.Mey.) Voss	Vilm. Ill. Blumengärtn., ed. 3. 1: 722. 1894		wfo-0001020000
Capsicum annuum var. grossum	Sendtn.	–		wfo-0001020001
Capsicum annuum var. longum	Sendtn.	–		wfo-0001020002
Capsicum annuum var. microcarpum	(Cav.) Voss	Vilm. Ill. Blumengärtn., ed. 3. 1: 723. 1894		wfo-0001020003
Capsicum annuum var. minus	(Fingerh.) Shinners	Baileya 4: 82. 1956		wfo-0001020004
Capsicum annuum var. violaceum	(Kunth) Voss	Vilm. Ill. Blumengärtn., ed. 3. 1: 723. 1894		wfo-0001020005
Capsicum anthropophagorum	A.Chev.	Etudes Fl. Afr. Centr. Franc. 1: 219. 1913		wfo-0001020008
Capsicum baccatum	Buch.-Ham. ex Wall.	Numer. List [Wallich] n. 2644. 1831		wfo-0001020011
Capsicum baccatum	Hort. Geneve ex Dunal	Prodr. [A. P. de Candolle] 13(1): 420. 1852 [10 May 1852]		wfo-0001020014
Capsicum baccatum	Kunth	Nov. Gen. Sp. (quarto ed.) 3: 39. 1818		wfo-0001020016
Capsicum baccatum	Rodschied	Obs. 38.		wfo-0001020015
Capsicum baccatum var. pendulum	(Willd.) Eshbaugh	Taxon 17: 51. 1968		wfo-0001020018
Capsicum baccatum var. praetermissum	(Heiser & P.G.Sm.) Hunz.	Kurtziana 6: 242. 1971		wfo-0001020019
Capsicum baccatum var. umbilicatum	(Vell.) Hunz. & Barboza	Kurtziana 26: 27 (1998):.		wfo-0001020020
Capsicum bauhini	Dunal	Prodr. [A. P. de Candolle] 13(1): 428. 1852 [10 May 1852]		wfo-0001020021
Capsicum benoistii	Hunz. ex Barboza	PLoS ONE 14(1): e0209792 (4). 2019		wfo-1000020804
Capsicum bicolor	Jacq.	Fragm. Bot. 66. t. 99. f. 1. 1809		wfo-0001020022
Capsicum caerulescens	Besser	Cat. Hort. Cremenici 27. 1816 [1811]		wfo-0001020029
Capsicum campylopodium f. laurifolia	Chodat	Bull. Herb. Boissier ser. 2, 2: 815. 1902		wfo-0001325400
Capsicum cardenasii	Heiser & P.G.Sm.	Brittonia 10: 195, fig. 1. 1958		wfo-0001020034
Capsicum cerasiflorum	Link	Enum. Hort. Berol. Alt. 1: 190. 1821 [16 Mar-30 Jun 1821]		wfo-0001020035
Capsicum cerasiforme	Dunal	Prodr. [A. P. de Candolle] 13(1): 420. 1852 [10 May 1852]		wfo-0001020036
Capsicum cerasiforme	Willd.	Enum. Pl. [Willdenow] 1: 242. 1809.		wfo-0001020037
Capsicum ceratocarpum	Fingerh.	Monog. Capsic. 22. 1832		wfo-0001020040
Capsicum cereolum	Bertol.	Hort. Bonon. Pl. Nov. 1: 6. t. 2. 1838		wfo-0001020041
Capsicum chamaecerasus	Nees	Trans. Linn. Soc. London 17(1): 65. 1834 [1837 publ. 26 Apr-8 May 1834]		wfo-0001020045
Capsicum chlorocladum	Dunal	Prodr. [A. P. de Candolle] 13(1): 415. 1852 [10 May 1852]		wfo-0001020047
Capsicum ciliare	Willd.	Enum. Pl. [Willdenow] 1: 243. 1809.		wfo-0001020048
Capsicum conicum	G.Mey.	Prim. Fl. Esseq. 112. 1818 [Nov 1818]		wfo-0001020054
Capsicum conicum	Lam.	Tabl. Encycl. 2: 26. 1794.		wfo-0001020052
Capsicum conoides	Roem. & Schult.	Syst. Veg., ed. 15 bis [Roemer & Schultes] 4: 562. 1819		wfo-0001020056
Capsicum conoideum	Mill.	Gard. Dict., ed. 8. n. 1. 1768 [16 Apr 1768]		wfo-0001020057
Capsicum conoideum var. chordale	Fingerh.	Monogr. Capsic. 15, fig. 1832		wfo-0001020058
Capsicum conoideum var. sulcatum	Fingerh.	Monogr. Capsic. 15, fig. 1832		wfo-0001020060
Capsicum cordiforme	Mill.	Gard. Dict., ed. 8. n. 2. 1768 [16 Apr 1768]		wfo-0001020061
Capsicum cornutum	(Hiern) Hunz.	Kurtziana 1: 213. 1961		wfo-0001020062
Capsicum crispum	Dunal	Prodr. [A. P. de Candolle] 13(1): 415. 1852 [10 May 1852]		wfo-0001020066
Capsicum cumanense	Fingerh.	Monog. Capsic. 17. 1832		wfo-0001020067
Capsicum curvipes	Dunal	Prodr. [A. P. de Candolle] 13(1): 423. 1852 [10 May 1852]		wfo-0001020068
Capsicum dulce	hort. ex Dunal	Prodr. [A. P. de Candolle] 13(1): 428. 1852 [10 May 1852]		wfo-0001020073
Capsicum dumetorum	(Dunal) Kuntze	Rev. Gen. Pl. 2: 450. 1891.		wfo-0001020074
Capsicum dunalii	Kuntze	Revis. Gen. Pl. 2: 450. 1891		wfo-0001020075
Capsicum dusenii	Bitter	Abh. Naturwiss. Vereins Bremen 24 [preprint]: 520. 1919		wfo-0001020076
Capsicum eggersii	Bitter	Repert. Spec. Nov. Regni Veg. 18: 126. 1922		wfo-0001020077
Capsicum escuintlense	(J.M. Coult.) Standl.	Publ. Field Mus. Nat. Hist., Bot. Ser. 12: 347. 1936		wfo-0001020079
Capsicum flexuosum var. perrottettii	Dunal	Prodr. [A. P. de Candolle] 13(1): 413. 1852 [10 May 1852]		wfo-0001020088
Capsicum frutescens	Rodschied	Obs. 38.		wfo-0001020091
Capsicum frutescens var. baccatum	Irish	Rep. (Annual) Missouri Bot. Gard. 9: 99. 1898		wfo-0001020092
Capsicum frutescens var. cerasiforme	L.H.Bailey in L.H.Bailey	Gentes Herb. 1: 129. 1923		wfo-0001020093
Capsicum frutescens var. conoides	L.H.Bailey in L.H.Bailey	Gentes Herb. 1: 129. 1923		wfo-0001020094
Capsicum frutescens var. fasciculatum	(Sturtev.) L.H.Bailey in L.H.Bailey	Gentes Herb. 1: 129. 1923		wfo-0001020095
Capsicum frutescens var. glabriusculum	(Dunal) M.R.Almeida	Fl. Maharashtra 3B: 356 (2001).		wfo-0001020097
Capsicum frutescens var. grossum	L.H.Bailey in L.H.Bailey	Gentes Herb. 1: 129. 1923		wfo-0001020098
Capsicum frutescens var. lanicaule	Greenm.	Proc. Amer. Acad. Arts 39: 88. 1903		wfo-0001020099
Capsicum frutescens var. longum	L.H.Bailey in L.H.Bailey	Gentes Herb. 1: 129. 1923		wfo-0001020100
Capsicum frutescens var. minus	Fingerh.	Monogr. Capsic. 17. 1832		wfo-0001020101
Capsicum frutescens var. pendulum	(Willd.) Besser	Cat. Jard. Bot. Krzemieniec 29. 1816		wfo-0001020102
Capsicum frutescens var. queenslandicum	Domin	Bibliotheca Botanica 89(4) 1928 = Bibliotheca Botanica Heft 89 (Sep. 1928) 572		wfo-0001020103
Capsicum globiferum	G.Mey.	Prim. Fl. Esseq. 113. 1818 [Nov 1818]		wfo-0001020110
Capsicum globosum	Besser	Cat. Hort. Cremenici 27. 1816 [1811]		wfo-0001020111
Capsicum gracilipes	Dunal	Prodr. [A. P. de Candolle] 13(1): 418. 1852 [10 May 1852]		wfo-0001020113
Capsicum grossum	Willd.	Enum. Pl. [Willdenow] 1: 241. 1809.		wfo-0001020116
Capsicum hamiltonii	G.Don	Gen. Hist. 4: 447.1837.		wfo-0001020118
Capsicum haughtii	(Svenson) J.F.Macbr.	Publ. Field Mus. Nat. Hist., Bot. Ser. 13(5B, 1): 72. 1962		wfo-0001020119
Capsicum havanense	Kunth	Nov. Gen. Sp. (quarto ed.) 3: 49. 1818		wfo-0001020120
Capsicum hornemanni	Dunal	Prodr. [A. P. de Candolle] 13(1): 429. 1852 [10 May 1852]		wfo-0001020128
Capsicum indicum	Dierb.	Archiv des Apotheker-Vereins im Nordlichen Teutschland 30: 19–31. 1829.	—	wfo-0001020131
Capsicum indicum var. aviculare	Dierb.	Arch. Apotheker-Vereins Nördl. Teutschl. 30: 30. 1829		wfo-0001020132
Capsicum indicum var. conoideum	(Mill.) Dierb.	Arch. Apotheker-Vereins Nördl. Teutschl. 30: 28. 1829		wfo-0001020133
Capsicum indicum var. pendulum	(Willd.) Dierb.	Arch. Apotheker-Vereins Nördl. Teutschl. 30: 28. 1829		wfo-0001020135
Capsicum indicum var. ribesium	Dierb.	Arch. Apotheker-Vereins Nördl. Teutschl. 30: 29. 1829		wfo-0001020136
Capsicum laurifolium	Dunal	Prodr. [A. P. de Candolle] 13(1): 418. 1852 [10 May 1852]		wfo-0001020141
Capsicum leucocarpon	Mill. ex Fingerh.	Monog. Capsic. 32. 1832		wfo-0001020144
Capsicum longifolium	Barboza & S.Leiva	PLoS ONE 14(1): e0209792 (7). 2019		wfo-1000020805
Capsicum longum	Bouton ex Dunal	Prodr. [A. P. de Candolle] 13(1): 414. 1852 [10 May 1852]		wfo-0001020149
Capsicum luteum	Lam.	Tabl. Encycl. 2: 26. 1794.		wfo-0001020152
Capsicum maximowiczii	Regel & Rach	Index Seminum [St. Petersburg] 1858: 40. 1858		wfo-0001020158
Capsicum mendax	(Van Heurck & Müll.Arg.) J.F.Macbr.	Candollea 5: 402. 1934		wfo-0001020160
Capsicum micranthum	Link	Enum. Hort. Berol. Alt. 1: 190. 1821 [16 Mar-30 Jun 1821]		wfo-0001020161
Capsicum microcarpon f. fruticosum	Sendtn.	Fl. Bras. (Martius) 10: 146. 1846		wfo-0001321865
Capsicum milleri	Roem. & Schult.	Syst. Veg., ed. 15 bis [Roemer & Schultes] 4: 563. 1819		wfo-0001020169
Capsicum minimum	Blanco	Fl. Filip. [F.M. Blanco] 133. 1837		wfo-0001020172
Capsicum minimum	Mill.	Gard. Dict., ed. 8. n. 10. 1768 [16 Apr 1768]		wfo-0001020170
Capsicum minimum	Roxb.	Hort. Bengal. 17. 1814		wfo-0001020171
Capsicum mirabile var. grandiflorum	Sendtn.	Fl. Bras. (Martius) 10: 144. 1846		wfo-0001020175
Capsicum mirum	Barboza	PhytoKeys 200: 245, figs. 91-92. 2022		wfo-1000029585
Capsicum narunca	Hort. Matrit. ex Dunal	Prodr. [A. P. de Candolle] 13(1): 414. 1852 [10 May 1852]		wfo-0001020180
Capsicum neei	Barboza & X.Reyes	PLoS ONE 14(1): e0209792 (19). 2019		wfo-1000020806
Capsicum nigrum	Willd.	Enum. Pl. [Willdenow] 1: 242. 1809.		wfo-0001020181
Capsicum odoratum	Steud.	Nomencl. Bot. [Steudel], ed. 2, 1: 279. 1840		wfo-0001020183
Capsicum oliviforme	Mill.	Gard. Dict., ed. 8. n. 6. 1768 [16 Apr 1768]		wfo-0001020185
Capsicum ovatum	DC.	Cat. Pl. Horti Monsp. 86. 1813		wfo-0001020186
Capsicum oxycarpum	Dunal	Prodr. [A. P. de Candolle] 13(1): 426. 1852 [10 May 1852]		wfo-0001020187
Capsicum pendulum	Willd.	Enum. Pl. [Willdenow] 1: 242. 1809.		wfo-0001020191
Capsicum pendulum var. majus	Dunal	Prodr. [A. P. de Candolle] 13(1): 425. 1852 [10 May 1852]		wfo-0001020192
Capsicum pendulum var. minus	Dunal	Prodr. [A. P. de Candolle] 13(1): 425. 1852 [10 May 1852]		wfo-0001020193
Capsicum pendulum var. minus	Fingerh.	Monogr. Capsic. 25. 1832		wfo-0001020194
Capsicum piuranum	Barboza & S.Leiva	PLoS ONE 14(1): e0209792 (14). 2019		wfo-1000020807
Capsicum pomiferum	Mart. ex Steud.	Nomencl. Bot. [Steudel], ed. 2, 1: 279. 1840		wfo-0001020198
Capsicum praetermissum	Heiser & P.G.Sm.	Brittonia 10: 200. 1958		wfo-0001020199
Capsicum pulchellum	Salisb.	Prodr. Stirp. Chap. Allerton 134. 1796 [Nov-Dec 1796]		wfo-0001020203
Capsicum purpureum	Roxb.	Fl. Ind. (Carey & Wallich ed.) 2: 259. 1824		wfo-0001020205
Capsicum purpureum	Vahl ex Hornem.	Hort. Bot. Hafn. 1: 224. 1813		wfo-0001020206
Capsicum pyramidale	Mill.	Gard. Dict., ed. 8. n. 7. 1768 [16 Apr 1768]		wfo-0001020207
Capsicum pyramidale var. longicorne	Dunal	Prodr. [A.P. de Candolle] 13(1): 414. 1852.	—	wfo-0001020208
Capsicum queenslandicum	Domin	Biblioth. Bot. 89: 572. 1928		wfo-0001020210
Capsicum quitense	Roem. & Schult.	Syst. Veg., ed. 15 bis [Roemer & Schultes] 4: 809. 1819		wfo-0001020211
Capsicum rabenii	Sendtn.	Fl. Bras. (Martius) 10: 145. 1846 [1 Jul 1846]		wfo-0001020212
Capsicum regale	Barboza & Bohs	PhytoKeys 167: 16, figs. 1-5. 2020		wfo-1000021598
Capsicum richardii	(Dunal) Kuntze	Rev. Gen. Pl. 2: 450. 1891.		wfo-0001020216
Capsicum salicifolium	Dunal	Prodr. [A. P. de Candolle] 13(1): 418. 1852 [10 May 1852]		wfo-0001020218
Capsicum sonitpurense	Jintu Sarma & G.Dutta	–		wfo-0001429644
Capsicum sphaerium	Willd.	Enum. Pl. [Willdenow] 1: 241. 1809.		wfo-0001020234
Capsicum strictum	Fingerh.	Monog. Capsic. 21. 1832		wfo-0001020239
Capsicum testiculatum	Vis. ex Dunal	Prodr. [A. P. de Candolle] 13(1): 424. 1852 [10 May 1852]		wfo-0001020242
Capsicum tetragonum	Mill.	Gard. Dict., ed. 8. n. 3. 1768 [16 Apr 1768]		wfo-0001020243
Capsicum tomatiforme	Fingerh. ex Steud.	Nomencl. Bot. [Steudel], ed. 2, 1: 279. 1840		wfo-0001020245
Capsicum torulosum	Hort. Matrit. ex Hornem.	Hort. Hafn. Suppl. 27. 1819		wfo-0001020248
Capsicum tournefortii	Besser	Cat. Hort. Cremenici 27. 1816 [1811]		wfo-0001020249
Capsicum toxicarium	Poepp.	Not. Natur- Heilk. 32: 228. 1832 [Jan 1832]		wfo-1000036056
Capsicum toxicarium	Poepp. ex Fingerh.	Monog. Capsic. 32. 1832		wfo-0001020251
Capsicum umbilicatum	Vell.	Fl. Flumin. 60. 1829 [1825]; Fl. Flumin. Icon. 2: t. 7. 1831[1827].		wfo-0001020252
Capsicum ustulatum	Paxton	Paxton's Mag. Bot. 5: t. 197. 1838		wfo-0001020253
Capsicum vargasii	(Dunal) Kuntze	Rev. Gen. Pl. 2: 450. 1891.		wfo-0001020254
Capsicum velutinum	De Wild.	Pl. Bequaert. 1: 413. 1922.		wfo-0001020256
Capsicum villosum f. vimineum	Wawra	Itin. Princ. S. Coburgi 1: 100. 1883		wfo-0001325401
Capsicum violaceum	Desf.	Tabl. École Bot. 70; Desv. in Ham. Prod. 25. 1804		wfo-0001020264
Capsicum violaceum	Kunth	Nov. Gen. Sp. (quarto ed.) 3: 49. 1818		wfo-0001020263
Capsicum wildenowii	G.Don	Gen. Hist. 4: 447.1837.		wfo-0001020266