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Taxon:  Capsicum baccatum L. var. pendulum (Willd.) Eshbaugh



Summary
Genus:
Capsicum
Family:
Solanaceae
Subfamily:
Solanoideae
Tribe:
Capsiceae
Nomen number:
70148
Place of publication:
Taxon 17:51-52. 1968
Verified:
01/22/1997 ARS Systematic Botanists.
Accessions:
0 (0  active, 0  available) in Australian Pastures Genebank. 
Other conspecific taxa
Capsicum baccatum L. (0 active accession[s])
Capsicum baccatum L. var. baccatum (0 active accession[s])
Capsicum baccatum L. var. praetermissum (Heiser & P. G. Sm.) Hunz. (0 active accession[s])
Capsicum baccatum L. var. umbilicatum (Vell.) Hunz. & Barboza (0 active accession[s])
Autonyms (not in current use), synonyms and invalid designations
Basionym
Capsicum pendulum Willd.

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Reference(s)
  1. Brako, L. & J. L. Zarucchi. Catalogue of the flowering plants and gymnosperms of Peru. Monogr. Syst. Bot. Missouri Bot. Gard. 45. 1993
  2. D'Arcy, W. G. & W. H. Eshbaugh. 1974. New World peppers (Capsicum - Solanaceae) north of Colombia: A resumé. Baileya 19:96.
  3. Encke, F. et al. Zander: Handwörterbuch der Pflanzennamen, 13. Auflage. 1984
  4. Eshbaugh, W. H. 1970. A biosystematic and evolutionary study of Capsicum baccatum (Solanaceae). Brittonia 22:31-43.
  5. Facciola, S. Cornucopia, a source book of edible plants. 1990
  6. Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO). 2010. Ecocrop (on-line resource).
  7. Heiser, C. B., Jr. & P. G. Smith. 1958. A new species of Capsicum from South America. Brittonia 10:194-201.
  8. Mansfeld, R. Die Kulturpflanze, Beiheft 2. 1959
  9. Markle, G. M. et al., eds. Food and feed crops of the United States, ed. 2. 1998
  10. McGuffin, M., J. T. Kartesz, A. Y. Leung, & A. O. Tucker. Herbs of commerce, ed. 2. 2000
  11. Monteiro da Silva, C. E. et al. 2011. Reproductive characterization of interspecific hybrids among Capsicum species. Crop Breed. Appl. Biotechnol. 11:241-249.
  12. Monteiro da Silva, C. E. et al. 2011. Reproductive characterization of interspecific hybrids among Capsicum species. Crop Breed. Appl. Biotechnol. 11:241-249.
  13. Porcher, M. H. et al. Searchable World Wide Web Multilingual Multiscript Plant Name Database (MMPND) (on-line resource).
  14. Rehm, S. & G. Espig. The cultivated plants of the tropics and subtropics. 1991
  15. Rehm, S. Multilingual dictionary of agronomic plants. 1994
  16. Soukup, J. Vocabulario de los nombres vulgares de la flora peruana. 1970
  17. Tutin, T. G. et al., eds. Flora europaea. 1964-1980
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  19. Webster's third new international dictionary. 1961
Common names
English
aji –
Brown's pepper –
Peruvian pepper –
French
piment chien –
German
peruanischer Pfeffer –
Quichua (Peru)
chinchi uchu –
Spanish
ají –
piris –
Spanish (Peru)
escabeche –
Distribution
order_codeStatusContinentSubcontinentCountryStateNote
2CultivatedSouthern America South America  
Cultivated
Southern America
  • REGION: South America
Economic Uses
UsageTypeNoteReference
Food additivescoloring Rehm, S. Multilingual dictionary of agronomic plants. 1994
Food additivesflavoring Rehm, S. & G. Espig. The cultivated plants of the tropics and subtropics. 1991
Medicinesfolklore McGuffin, M., J. T. Kartesz, A. Y. Leung, & A. O. Tucker. Herbs of commerce, ed. 2. 2000
Cite as: USDA, Agricultural Research Service, National Plant Germplasm System. 2025. Germplasm Resources Information Network (GRIN Taxonomy). National Germplasm Resources Laboratory, Beltsville, Maryland.
URL: https://apg.pir.sa.gov.au/gringlobal/taxon/taxonomydetail?id=70148. Accessed 6 September 2025.


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