Barboza, Gloria E.;Garcia, Carolina Carrizo;Bianchetti, Luciano de Bem;Romero, Maria V.;Scaldaferro, Marisel
Species
aji pepper
SPECIES
- KingdomPlantae
- PhylumTracheophyta
- ClassMagnoliopsida
- OrderSolanales
- FamilySolanaceae
黄灯笼辣椒（学名：Capsicum chinense），又名中华辣椒、黄帝椒、黄辣椒，是茄科茄亚族辣椒属的植物。 国际上将中华辣椒确定为辣椒的五大栽培种之一，原产於古巴、巴西、秘鲁、玻利维亚、巴拉圭等中南美洲国家。
via GBIF · Kew POWO
Museum specimens
- Specimen records
- 1,416
- With media
- 678
- Family
- Solanaceae
- Collections
- CICY, ECOSUR, NY, IBUNAM, DAV, INSTITUTO NACIONAL DE PESQUISAS DA AMAZÔNIA (INPA)
- Recorded in
- Mexico, Brazil, United States, Brasil
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Encyclopedic overview
Capsicum chinense, commonly known as a "habanero-type pepper", is a species of chili pepper native to the Americas. C. chinense varieties are well known for their unique flavors and, in many cases, exceptional heat. The hottest peppers in the world are members of this species, with a Scoville heat unit score of 2.69 million measured in the C. chinense cultivar Pepper X in 2023.
Some taxonomists consider C. chinense to be within the species C. annuum, and they are a member of the C. annuum complex; however, C. chinense and C. annuum pepper plants can sometimes be distinguished by the number of flowers or fruit per node – two to five for C. chinense and one for C. annuum – though this method is not always accurate. The two species can also hybridize and generate inter-specific hybrids. C. frutescens may be the ancestor to the C. chinense species.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Capsicum chinense” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.