Taxon: Capsicum annuum L. var. annuum

Genus:

Capsicum

Family:

Solanaceae

Subfamily:

Solanoideae

Tribe:

Capsiceae

Nomen number:

311784

Place of publication:

Link to protologue:

Typification:

Name Verified on:

22-ene-1997 by ARS Systematic Botanists. Last Changed: 10-dic-2010

Species priority site is:

Plant Genetic Resources Conservation Unit, Griffin, GA (S9)

Accessions:

0 in National Plant Germplasm System

Other conspecific taxa:

Synonyms:

(=) Capsicum annuum var. acuminatum Fingerh.
(=) Capsicum annuum var. cerasiforme (Mill.) Irish
(=) Capsicum annuum var. conoides (Mill.) Irish
(=) Capsicum annuum var. fasciculatum (Sturtev.) Irish
(=) Capsicum annuum var. grossum (L.) Sendtn.
(=) Capsicum annuum var. longum Sendtn.
(=) Capsicum cerasiforme Mill.
(=) Capsicum conoides Mill.
(=) Capsicum cordiforme Mill.
(=) Capsicum frutescens var. cerasiforme (Mill.) L. H. Bailey
(=) Capsicum frutescens var. conoides (Mill.) L. H. Bailey
(=) Capsicum frutescens var. fasciculatum (Sturtev.) L. H. Bailey
(=) Capsicum frutescens var. grossum (L.) L. H. Bailey
(=) Capsicum frutescens var. longum (Sendtn.) L. H. Bailey
(=) Capsicum grossum L.
(=) Capsicum mexicanum Hasenb.
(=) Capsicum petenense Standl.

Common names:

bell pepper (Source: Hortus 3) - English
capsicum pepper (Source: Hortus 3) - English
Cayenne pepper (Source: Hortus 3) - English
cherry pepper (Source: Hortus 3) - English
chili pepper (Source: Hortus 3) - English
cone pepper (Source: Hortus 3) - English
green pepper (Source: Hortus 3) - English
long pepper (Source: Hortus 3) - English
paprika (Source: Dict Gard) - English
pimento pepper (Source: Food Feed Crops US) - English
red cone pepper (Source: Hortus 3) - English
red pepper (Source: Hortus 3) - English
sweet pepper (Source: Hortus 3) - English
green capsicum (Source: Econ Pl Aust) - English (Australia)
piment doux (Source: Dict Rehm) - French
poivre de Cayenne (Source: Dict Rehm) - French
poivre d'Espagne (Source: Dict Rehm) - French
poivron doux (Source: Dict Rehm) - French
Cayennepfeffer (Source: Dict Rehm) - German
Gemüsepaprika (Source: Dict Rehm) - German
spanischer Pfeffer (Source: Zander ed14) - German
peperoncino (Source: Mult Glossary Crops) - Italian
peperone (Source: F Ital) - Italian
peperone dolce (Source: Mult Glossary Crops) - Italian
tō-garashi (Source: F Okin) - Japanese Rōmaji
pimentão (Source: Dict Rehm) - Portuguese
ají (Source: F Guat) - Spanish
chile (Source: F Guat) - Spanish
guindilla (Source: Dict Rehm) - Spanish
jalapeno (Source: Food Feed Crops US) - Spanish
pasilla (Source: HerbSpices) - Spanish
pimiento (Source: Names Soukup) - Spanish
poblano (Source: HerbSpices) - Spanish
serrano (Source: HerbSpices) - Spanish

Economic Importance:

Food additives: coloring ()
Food additives: flavoring ()
Environmental: ornamental ()
Environmental: ornamental ()
Human food: vegetable (fruits)
Gene sources: graft stock for bell/chili pepper ()
Medicines: source of capsaicin ()
Medicines: source of capsaicin ()
Medicines: source of capsaicin ()
Vertebrate poisons: mammals ()

Distributional Range:

Cultivated

(only cult.)

References:

Craker, L. E. & J. E. Simon, eds. Herbs, spices, and medicinal plants, 2 vols. 1986-1987 (HerbSpices)
Encke, F. et al. Zander: Handwörterbuch der Pflanzennamen, 14. Auflage. 1993 (Zander ed14)
Huxley, A., ed. The new Royal Horticultural Society dictionary of gardening. 1992 (Dict Gard)
International Seed Testing Association A Multilingual Glossary of Common Plant-Names 1. Field crops, grasses and vegetables, ed. 2. 1982 (Mult Glossary Crops)
Kunkel, G. Plants for human consumption. 1984 (L Edible Pl)
Lampe, K. F. & M. A. McCann AMA handbook of poisonous and injurious plants. 1985 (Lampe & McCann)
Lazarides, M. & B. Hince CSIRO Handbook of Economic Plants of Australia. 1993 (Econ Pl Aust)
Leung, A. Y. & S. Foster Encyclopedia of common natural ingredients used in food, drugs, and cosmetics, ed. 2. 1996 (Ency CNatIn)
Liberty Hyde Bailey Hortorium Hortus third. 1976 (Hortus 3)
Markle, G. M. et al., eds. Food and feed crops of the United States, ed. 2. 1998 (Food Feed Crops US)
McGuffin, M., J. T. Kartesz, A. Y. Leung, & A. O. Tucker Herbs of commerce, ed. 2. 2000 (Herbs Commerce ed2)
Moscone, E. A. et al. 2007. The evolution of chili peppers (Capsicum - Solanaceae): a cytogenetic perspective Acta Hort. 745:137-170.
Pignatti, S. Flora d'Italia. (F Ital)
Rehm, S. Multilingual dictionary of agronomic plants. 1994 (Dict Rehm)
Soukup, J. Vocabulario de los nombres vulgares de la flora peruana. (Names Soukup)
Standley, P. C. & J. A. Steyermark Flora of Guatemala. 1946-1976 (F Guat)
Walker, E. Flora of Okinawa and the southern Ryukyu Islands. (F Okin)

Check other web resources for Capsicum annuum L. var. annuum :

Mansfeld: Mansfeld's World Databas of Agricultural and Horticultural Crops
ePIC: Electronic Plant Information Centre of Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew
AGRICOLA: Article Citation Database or NAL Catalog of USDA's National Agricultural Library
Entrez: NCBI's search engine for PubMed citations, GenBank sequences, etc.

Cite as: USDA, Agricultural Research Service, National Plant Germplasm System. 2026. Germplasm Resources Information Network (GRIN-Taxonomy).
National Germplasm Resources Laboratory, Beltsville, Maryland. URL: http://germoplasma.iniaf.gob.bo/gringlobal/taxonomydetail.aspx?id=311784. Accessed 7 junio 2026.