View source for Capsicum ← Capsicum You do not have permission to edit this page, for the following reason: The action you have requested is limited to users in the group: Users. You can view and copy the source of this page. {{Treatment/ID |accepted_name=Capsicum |accepted_authority=Linnaeus |publications={{Treatment/Publication |title=Sp. Pl. |place=1: 188. 1753 |year=1753 }} |common_names=Chili pepper;aji |basionyms= |synonyms= |hierarchy=Solanaceae;Capsicum |hierarchy_nav=<div class="higher-taxa"><div class="higher-taxon"><small>family</small>[[Solanaceae]]</div><div class="higher-taxon"><small>genus</small>[[Capsicum]]</div></div> |etymology=Greek kapsa, box or capsule, alluding to fruit |volume=Volume 14 |mention_page= |treatment_page= }}<!-- --><span class="statement" id="st-undefined" data-properties=""><b>Shrubs </b>[rarely trees], rhizomatous, usually glabrous or glabrescent, sometimes sparsely or densely pubescent. <b>Stems</b> erect or spreading, dichotomously branched, often hollow. <b>Leaves</b> alternate. <b>Inflorescences</b> axillary, solitary flowers or 2–3[4–6]-flowered fascicles. <b>Flowers</b> 5–7-merous; calyx not expanded or accrescent, cyathiform or campanulate, margins truncate, entire, ± undulated, or with 5–10 teeth of 2 lengths, base somewhat enlarged in fruit, not expanded or accrescent; corolla pure white, greenish white, bluish white, yellow, or purple, sometimes with tan or greenish yellow markings, radial, rotate, subrotate, or campanulate, stellate or 5-angled or -lobed; stamens inserted at base of corolla, equal [unequal], [with or without paired appendages at base of each filament]; anthers basifixed, oblong to lanceolate, dehiscing by longitudinal slits; ovary 2-carpellate; style cylindric, elongate, slender, usually longer than ovary [except in species with stylar heteromorphism]; stigma capitate. <b>Fruits</b> berries, globose or ovoid and elongated, dry to fleshy. <b>Seeds</b> (5–45), yellow to cream or brown, flattened, reniform or subreniform. <b>x</b> = 12, 13.</span><!-- -->{{Treatment/Body |distribution=s United States;Mexico;West Indies;Central America;South America (north of Amazon River);introduced nearly worldwide. |discussion=<p>Species 40 (1 in the flora).</p><!-- --><p>Capsicum is included in the subtribe Capsicinae (T. Yamazaki 1993), which is characterized chiefly by its prominent stapet (auriculate, bidenticulate, or winged appendages at the filament bases).</p><!-- --><p>Capsicum is native in the Americas; some species are cultivated worldwide for food, spice, or medicine. In cultivation, Capsicum is typically a herbaceous annual with five- to eight-merous flowers. Two domesticated species have been introduced into the United States: C. annuum and C. baccatum var. pendulum (Willdenow) Eshbaugh. A. T. Hunziker (2001) considered the cultivated C. annuum, C. chinense, and C. frutescens species complex to be a single species, C. annuum. W. H. Eshbaugh (2012) discussed this issue at length and adopted Hunziker’s position.</p> |tables= |references= }}<!-- --><!-- -->{{#Taxon: name=Capsicum |author=W. Hardy Eshbaugh |authority=Linnaeus |rank=genus |parent rank=family |synonyms= |basionyms= |family=Solanaceae |distribution=s United States;Mexico;West Indies;Central America;South America (north of Amazon River);introduced nearly worldwide. |reference=None |publication title=Sp. Pl. |publication year=1753 |special status= |source xml= |genus=Capsicum }}<!-- -->[[Category:Treatment]][[Category:Solanaceae]] Templates used on this page: Template:Solanaceae (view source) Template:Treatment/AuthorLink (view source) Template:Treatment/Body (view source) Template:Treatment/Body/Maps (view source) Template:Treatment/ID (view source) Template:Treatment/Publication (view source) Return to Capsicum.