Capsicum annuum L. (Introduced) (Mexico to Guatemala: Guatemala, Mexico Central, Mexico Gulf, Mexico Northeast, Mexico Northwest, Mexico Southeast, Mexico Southwest; Introduced into: Alabama, Aldabra, Algeria, Andaman Is., Angola, Assam, Austria, Bahamas, Bangladesh, Belize, Benin, Bismarck Archipelago, Bolivia, Borneo, Botswana, Brazil North, Brazil Northeast, Bulgaria, Burundi, Cambodia, Cameroon, Canary Is., Cape Verde, Caroline Is., Cayman Is., Central African Repu, Chad, Colombia, Comoros, Congo, Cook Is., Costa Rica, Cuba, Djibouti, Dominican Republic, East Himalaya, Ecuador, El Salvador, Equatorial Guinea, Eritrea, Ethiopia, Fiji, Gabon, Galápagos, Gambia, Ghana, Gilbert Is., Greece, Guinea-Bissau, Gulf of Guinea Is., Guyana, Haiti, Honduras, India, Ivory Coast, Jawa, Kazakhstan, Kazan-retto, Kenya, Korea, Laos, Leeward Is., Line Is., Madagascar, Madeira, Maldives, Mali, Marianas, Marquesas, Marshall Is., Mauritius, Morocco, Myanmar, Nepal, New Guinea, New South Wales, New York, Nicobar Is., Niger, Nigeria, Northern Provinces, Northern Territory, Oman, Pakistan, Panamá, Peru, Philippines, Puerto Rico, Queensland, Rodrigues, Réunion, Senegal, Sierra Leone, Society Is., Solomon Is., Somalia, South European Russi, Southwest Caribbean, Sri Lanka, Sulawesi, Suriname, Tadzhikistan, Tanzania, Togo, Trinidad-Tobago, Tuamotu, Tunisia, Turkey, Turkmenistan, Turks-Caicos Is., Uganda, Uzbekistan, Vanuatu, Venezuela, Vietnam, Wake I., West Himalaya, Windward Is., Zambia, Zaïre, Zimbabwe as per POWO)
(KEY in Bengal Plants –
i) pedicels solitary, variously erect or reflexed; fruits erect or spreading or pendent, equal or longer than pedicel = annuuam L. & its var.
ii) pedicles two or more, erect; fruits always erect, shorter than pedicels = frutescens & its var.)
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Capsicum baccatum L. (Introduced) (Peru to Brazil and N. Argentina: Argentina Northeast, Argentina Northwest, Bolivia, Brazil South, Brazil Southeast, Brazil West-Central, Paraguay, Peru, Uruguay; Introduced into: Angola, Bermuda, Cape Verde, Cayman Is., Chad, Colombia, Congo, Costa Rica, Cuba, Dominican Republic, Gulf of Guinea Is., Haiti, Honduras, Jamaica, Leeward Is., Mozambique, Puerto Rico, Trinidad-Tobago, Venezuela, Zambia, Zaïre as per POWO)
Capsicum frutescens L. (Introduced) (Bolivia to Brazil; Introduced into: Aldabra, Algeria, Andaman Is., Angola, Assam, Bangladesh, Belize, Brazil North, Brazil Northeast, Burundi, Cambodia, Canary Is., Caroline Is., Chad, Christmas I., Colombia, Cook Is., Costa Rica, Cuba, Dominican Republic, East Himalaya, El Salvador, Fiji, French Guiana, Gabon, Galápagos, Gilbert Is., Guatemala, Guinea, Gulf of Guinea Is., Guyana, Haiti, Hawaii, India, Ivory Coast, Jamaica, Jawa, Kazan-retto, Kenya, KwaZulu-Natal, Leeward Is., Line Is., Madeira, Malawi, Marianas, Marquesas, Marshall Is., Mexico Gulf, Mexico Northeast, Mexico Northwest, Mexico Southeast, Mexico Southwest, Morocco, Mozambique, Mozambique Channel I, Myanmar, Netherlands Antilles, New Caledonia, New Guinea, New South Wales, Niue, Pakistan, Panamá, Philippines, Puerto Rico, Queensland, Rwanda, Samoa, Society Is., Solomon Is., Sri Lanka, Sudan, Suriname, Swaziland, Tanzania, Thailand, Togo, Tonga, Trinidad-Tobago, Tuamotu, Tunisia, Uganda, Venezuela, Venezuelan Antilles, Vietnam, Wake I., West Himalaya, Windward Is., Yemen, Zambia, Zaïre, Zimbabwe as per POWO)
(KEY in Bengal Plants –
i) pedicels solitary, variously erect or reflexed; fruits erect or spreading or pendent, equal or longer than pedicel = annuuam L. & its var.
ii) pedicles two or more, erect; fruits always erect, shorter than pedicels = frutescens & its var.)
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BSI Flora of India Checklist Vol. 2 (1993) (Distribution):
Capsicum annuum L.
var. annum (Throughout India)
var. glabriusculum (Dunal) Heiser & Pickersgill (Mizoram)
Capsicum frutescens L. (Throughout India)
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Flora of Peninsular India:
Capsicum annuum
Capsicum annuum var. abbreviata
Capsicum annuum var. acuminatum
Capsicum annuum var. glabriusculum
Capsicum annuum var. grossum
Capsicum chinense
Capsicum frutescens
Capsicum frutescens var. baccatum (syn. of Capsicum baccatum L. as per POWO)
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Species with description & keys from Flora of Pakistan (Distribution):
Capsicum annuum L. (Native to C. America. Widely cultivated elsewhere)
Capsicum frutescens L. (Tropical America)
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Species with distribution in annotated checklist of Flowering plants of Nepal (Distribution):
Capsicum annuum L.
Capsicum annuum var. annuum L. (Tropical America, widely cultivated as a vegetable elsewhere)
Capsicum annuum var. cerasiforme L. (Widely cultivated as a vegetable)
Capsicum frutescens L. (1500 m; Tropical America, cultivated as a vegetable elsewhere)
Capsicum microcarpum DC. (Nothing given)
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Species with description & keys in Flora of China (Distribution):
Capsicum annuum Linnaeus (Widely cultivated in China [native to Mexico and South America, widely cultivated and naturalized throughout the world])
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Capsicum page with comparative images:
Pl. go through Capsicum (Solanaceae) page with comparative images of species in efloraofindia. On clicking the link of species, one can check the complete details. Genus pages generally give details of most of the species found in India.
I request you to pl. go through & point out mistakes, if any. I hope this will aid in identification in future. If anybody can send images of other species of this genus (for incorporation in the website), if any, or can identify unidentified images, it will be really nice. Pl. circulate it widely, for the benefit of all concerned.
