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The genus Capsicum is in the family Solanaceae in the major group Angiosperms (Flowering plants).

Statistics are at the end of the page.

Species in Capsicum

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See "Status", "Confidence level", "Source" for definitions.

Name	Status	Confi­dence level	Source	Date supplied	Infra. rec.
Capsicum aggregatum Willd. ex Roem. & Schult.	Unresolved		WCSP (in review)	2012-03-26
Capsicum albescens (Britton ex Rusby) Kuntze	Unresolved		WCSP (in review)	2012-03-26
Capsicum angustifolium Dunal	Unresolved		WCSP (in review)	2012-03-26
Capsicum annuum L.	Accepted		WCSP (in review)	2012-03-26	1
Capsicum anthropophagorum A. Chev.	Unresolved		TRO	2012-04-18
Capsicum baccatum L.	Accepted		WCSP (in review)	2012-03-26	2
Capsicum buforum Hunz.	Accepted		WCSP (in review)	2012-03-26
Capsicum caatingae Barboza & Agra	Unresolved		WCSP (in review)	2012-03-26
Capsicum caballeroi M.Nee	Accepted		WCSP (in review)	2012-03-26
Capsicum campylopodium Sendtn.	Accepted		WCSP (in review)	2012-03-26
Capsicum cardenasii Heiser & P.G.Sm.	Accepted		WCSP (in review)	2012-03-26
Capsicum ceratocalyx M.Nee	Accepted		WCSP (in review)	2012-03-26
Capsicum chacoense Hunz.	Accepted		WCSP (in review)	2012-03-26
Capsicum chinense Jacq.	Accepted		WCSP (in review)	2012-03-26
Capsicum chlorocladum Dunal	Unresolved		WCSP (in review)	2012-03-26
Capsicum coccineum (Rusby) Hunz.	Accepted		WCSP (in review)	2012-03-26
Capsicum cornutum (Hiern) Hunz.	Accepted		WCSP (in review)	2012-03-26
Capsicum cumanense Fingerh.	Unresolved		WCSP (in review)	2012-03-26
Capsicum curvipes Dunal	Unresolved		WCSP (in review)	2012-03-26
Capsicum dicholomum Vell.	Unresolved		TRO	2012-04-18
Capsicum dichotomum Vell.	Unresolved		WCSP (in review)	2012-03-26
Capsicum dimorphum (Miers) Kuntze	Accepted		WCSP (in review)	2012-03-26
Capsicum dunalii Kuntze	Unresolved		WCSP (in review)	2012-03-26
Capsicum dusenii Bitter	Accepted		WCSP (in review)	2012-03-26
Capsicum eriolarnyx (Dunal) Kuntze	Unresolved		WCSP (in review)	2012-03-26
Capsicum eriolarynx Kuntze	Unresolved		TRO	2012-04-18
Capsicum eshbaughii Barboza	Accepted		TRO	2012-04-18
Capsicum eximium Hunz.	Accepted		WCSP (in review)	2012-03-26
Capsicum fasiculatum (Vell.) Kuntze	Unresolved		WCSP (in review)	2012-03-26
Capsicum flexuosum Sendtn.	Accepted		WCSP (in review)	2012-03-26
Capsicum friburgense Bianch. & Barboza	Accepted		WCSP (in review)	2012-03-26
Capsicum fuscoviolaceum (Cufod.) C.V.Morton & Standl.	Unresolved		WCSP (in review)	2012-03-26
Capsicum galapagoense Hunz.	Accepted		WCSP (in review)	2012-03-26
Capsicum galapagoensis Hunz.	Unresolved		TRO	2012-04-18
Capsicum geminifolium (Dammer) Hunz.	Accepted		WCSP (in review)	2012-03-26
Capsicum gracilipes Dunal	Unresolved		WCSP (in review)	2012-03-26
Capsicum grandiflorum Kuntze	Unresolved		WCSP (in review)	2012-03-26
Capsicum guatemalense Bitter	Unresolved		WCSP (in review)	2012-03-26
Capsicum havanense Kunth	Accepted		WCSP (in review)	2012-03-26
Capsicum hebephyllum (Miers) Kuntze	Unresolved		WCSP (in review)	2012-03-26
Capsicum hebepodum (Dunal) Kuntze	Unresolved		WCSP (in review)	2012-03-26
Capsicum hirsutum (Gaertn.) Kuntze	Unresolved		WCSP (in review)	2012-03-26
Capsicum hispidum Dunal	Unresolved		WCSP (in review)	2012-03-26
Capsicum hookerianum (Miers) Kuntze	Accepted		WCSP (in review)	2012-03-26
Capsicum hornemannii Dunal	Unresolved		WCSP (in review)	2012-03-26
Capsicum hunzikerianum Barboza & Bianch.	Accepted		WCSP (in review)	2012-03-26
Capsicum inaequale Vell.	Unresolved		WCSP (in review)	2012-03-26
Capsicum laeve (Dunal) Kuntze	Unresolved		WCSP (in review)	2012-03-26
Capsicum lanceolatum (Greenm.) C.V.Morton & Standl.	Accepted		WCSP (in review)	2012-03-26
Capsicum laurifolium Dunal	Unresolved		WCSP (in review)	2012-03-26
Capsicum leptopodum (Dunal) Kuntze	Accepted		WCSP (in review)	2012-03-26
Capsicum leucocarpon Mill. ex Fingerh.	Unresolved		WCSP (in review)	2012-03-26
Capsicum longidentatum Agra & Barboza	Unresolved		WCSP (in review)	2012-03-26
Capsicum luteum Lam.	Unresolved		WCSP (in review)	2012-03-26
Capsicum lycianthoides Bitter	Accepted		WCSP (in review)	2012-03-26
Capsicum maximowiczii Regel & Rach	Unresolved		WCSP (in review)	2012-03-26
Capsicum micranthum Link	Unresolved		WCSP (in review)	2012-03-26
Capsicum minimum Roxb.	Unresolved		WCSP (in review)	2012-03-26
Capsicum minutiflorum (Rusby) Hunz.	Accepted		WCSP (in review)	2012-03-26
Capsicum mirabile Sendtn.	Accepted		WCSP (in review)	2012-03-26
Capsicum mositicum Toledo ex Handro	Accepted		WCSP (in review)	2012-03-26
Capsicum narunca Dunal	Unresolved		WCSP (in review)	2012-03-26
Capsicum nigrum Willd.	Unresolved		WCSP (in review)	2012-03-26
Capsicum oxycarpum Dunal	Unresolved		WCSP (in review)	2012-03-26
Capsicum parvifolium Sendtn.	Accepted		WCSP (in review)	2012-03-26
Capsicum pereirae Barboza & Bianch.	Accepted		WCSP (in review)	2012-03-26
Capsicum pubescens Ruiz & Pav.	Accepted		WCSP (in review)	2012-03-26
Capsicum queenslandicum Domin	Unresolved		TRO	2012-04-18
Capsicum ramosissimum Witasek	Accepted		WCSP (in review)	2012-03-26
Capsicum recurvatum Witasek	Accepted		WCSP (in review)	2012-03-26
Capsicum rhomboideum (Dunal) Kuntze	Accepted		WCSP (in review)	2012-03-26
Capsicum richardii (Dunal) Kuntze	Unresolved		WCSP (in review)	2012-03-26
Capsicum salicifolium Dunal	Unresolved		WCSP (in review)	2012-03-26
Capsicum schottianum Sendtn.	Accepted		WCSP (in review)	2012-03-26
Capsicum scolnikianum Hunz.	Accepted		WCSP (in review)	2012-03-26
Capsicum sinense Jacq.	Accepted		TRO	2012-04-18
Capsicum spina-alba (Dunal) Kuntze	Accepted		WCSP (in review)	2012-03-26
Capsicum strictum Fingerh.	Unresolved		WCSP (in review)	2012-03-26
Capsicum subulatum Standl. & C.V.Morton	Unresolved		WCSP (in review)	2012-03-26
Capsicum sylvaticum (Aubl.) Kuntze	Unresolved		WCSP (in review)	2012-03-26
Capsicum testiculatum Vis. ex Dunal	Unresolved		WCSP (in review)	2012-03-26
Capsicum torulosum Vell.	Unresolved		WCSP (in review)	2012-03-26
Capsicum tovarii Eshbaugh, P.G.Sm. & Nickrent	Accepted		WCSP (in review)	2012-03-26
Capsicum velutinum De Wild.	Unresolved		WCSP (in review)	2012-03-26
Capsicum villosum Sendtn.	Accepted		WCSP (in review)	2012-03-26
Capsicum wildenowii G.Don	Unresolved		WCSP (in review)	2012-03-26

Statistics

The Plant List includes 205 scientific plant names of species rank for the genus Capsicum. Of these 40 are accepted species names.

The Plant List includes a further 72 scientific plant names of infraspecific rank for the genus Capsicum. We do not intend The Plant List to be complete for names of infraspecific rank. These are primarily included because names of species rank are synonyms of accepted infraspecific names.

Species names

The status of the 205 species names for the genus Capsicum recorded in The Plant List, are as follows:

	Status	Total
◕	Accepted	40	19.5%
◕	Synonym	112	54.6%
◕	Unplaced	0	0%
◕	Unassessed	53	25.9%

All names

The status of the 277 names (including infraspecific names) for the genus Capsicum recorded in The Plant List, are as follows:

	Status	Total
◕	Accepted	43	15.5%
◕	Synonym	181	65.3%
◕	Unplaced	0	0%
◕	Unassessed	53	19.1%

Of the species names,

• 2 are recorded as invalid
• 8 are recorded as illegitimate

The confidence with which the status of the 205 species names recorded in The Plant List for the genus Capsicum, are assigned as follows:

	Confidence level	Accepted	Synonym	Unplaced	Unassessed	Total
	High confidence	0	0	0	0	0	0%
	Medium confidence	38	81	0	0	119	58.0%
	Low confidence	2	31	0	53	86	42.0%

The source of the species name records found in The Plant List for the genus Capsicum is as follows: