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THE SPECIES ARCHIVE / VOL. 01

Meet the genus
Capsicum.

The peppers we grow, the wild species we rarely see, and the names behind them. A considered guide to one remarkable genus.

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Species index.

Browse all species, search by scientific name or author, and explore their naming history.

43 speciesshown
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Capsicum

annuum

L.Cultivated
NAME PUBLISHED1753
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Capsicum

baccatum

L.Cultivated
NAME PUBLISHED1767
03 / 43
Capsicum

benoistii

Hunz. ex BarbozaWild / other
NAME PUBLISHED2019
04 / 43
Capsicum

caatingae

Barboza & AgraWild / other
NAME PUBLISHED2011
05 / 43
Capsicum

caballeroi

M.NeeWild / other
NAME PUBLISHED2006
06 / 43
Capsicum

campylopodium

Sendtn.Wild / other
NAME PUBLISHED1846
07 / 43
Capsicum

carassense

Barboza & Bianch.Wild / other
NAME PUBLISHED2020
08 / 43
Capsicum

cardenasii

Heiser & P.G.Sm.Wild / other
NAME PUBLISHED1958
09 / 43
Capsicum

ceratocalyx

M.NeeWild / other
NAME PUBLISHED2006
10 / 43
Capsicum

chacoense

Hunz.Wild / other
NAME PUBLISHED1950
11 / 43
Capsicum

chinense

Jacq.Cultivated
NAME PUBLISHED1777
12 / 43
Capsicum

coccineum

(Rusby) Hunz.Wild / other
NAME PUBLISHED1956
13 / 43
Capsicum

cornutum

(Hiern) Hunz.Wild / other
NAME PUBLISHED1956
14 / 43
Capsicum

dimorphum

(Miers) KuntzeWild / other
NAME PUBLISHED1891
15 / 43
Capsicum

eshbaughii

BarbozaWild / other
NAME PUBLISHED2011
16 / 43
Capsicum

eximium

Hunz.Wild / other
NAME PUBLISHED1950
17 / 43
Capsicum

flexuosum

Sendtn.Wild / other
NAME PUBLISHED1846
18 / 43
Capsicum

friburgense

Bianch. & BarbozaWild / other
NAME PUBLISHED2005
19 / 43
Capsicum

frutescens

L.Cultivated
NAME PUBLISHED1753
20 / 43
Capsicum

galapagoense

Hunz.Wild / other
NAME PUBLISHED1956
21 / 43
Capsicum

geminifolium

(Dammer) Hunz.Wild / other
NAME PUBLISHED1956
22 / 43
Capsicum

hookerianum

(Miers) KuntzeWild / other
NAME PUBLISHED1891
23 / 43
Capsicum

hunzikerianum

Barboza & Bianch.Wild / other
NAME PUBLISHED2005
24 / 43
Capsicum

lanceolatum

(Greenm.) C.V.Morton & Standl.Wild / other
NAME PUBLISHED1940
25 / 43
Capsicum

leptopodum

(Dunal) KuntzeWild / other
NAME PUBLISHED1891
26 / 43
Capsicum

longidentatum

Agra & BarbozaWild / other
NAME PUBLISHED2011
27 / 43
Capsicum

longifolium

Barboza & S.LeivaWild / other
NAME PUBLISHED2019
28 / 43
Capsicum

lycianthoides

BitterWild / other
NAME PUBLISHED1921
29 / 43
Capsicum

minutiflorum

(Rusby) Hunz.Wild / other
NAME PUBLISHED1956
30 / 43
Capsicum

mirabile

Sendtn.Wild / other
NAME PUBLISHED1846
31 / 43
Capsicum

mirum

BarbozaWild / other
NAME PUBLISHED2022
32 / 43
Capsicum

neei

Barboza & X.ReyesWild / other
NAME PUBLISHED2019
33 / 43
Capsicum

parvifolium

Sendtn.Wild / other
NAME PUBLISHED1846
34 / 43
Capsicum

pereirae

Barboza & Bianch.Wild / other
NAME PUBLISHED2005
35 / 43
Capsicum

piuranum

Barboza & S.LeivaWild / other
NAME PUBLISHED2019
36 / 43
Capsicum

pubescens

Ruiz & Pav.Cultivated
NAME PUBLISHED1799
37 / 43
Capsicum

rabenii

Sendtn.Wild / other
NAME PUBLISHED1846
38 / 43
Capsicum

recurvatum

WitasekWild / other
NAME PUBLISHED1910
39 / 43
Capsicum

regale

Barboza & BohsWild / other
NAME PUBLISHED2020
40 / 43
Capsicum

rhomboideum

(Humb. & Bonpl. ex Dunal) KuntzeWild / other
NAME PUBLISHED1891
41 / 43
Capsicum

schottianum

Sendtn.Wild / other
NAME PUBLISHED1846
42 / 43
Capsicum

tovarii

Eshbaugh, P.G.Sm. & NickrentWild / other
NAME PUBLISHED1983
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Capsicum

villosum

Sendtn.Wild / other
NAME PUBLISHED1846

About the dates: Years record when the accepted Capsicum name or combination was published, not the first time the plant was found. Several species were originally described under other genera. Dates are based on Kew’s Plants of the World Online and the 2022 Capsicum monograph. The Hunziker names dated “1954” but physically issued in 1956 are placed under 1956.