Species of South-East Brazilian Wild Capsicum

Capsicum caatingae Barboza & Agra

C.caatingae is a species with 24 (2n=2x) chromosomes typical of Central Brazil arid biomes, but two plants are grown by Prof. Casali at the University of Viçosa.

Plants are impressive, formed by a large array of stems; leaves are glabrous; flowers and fruits form fascicles up to 15-20; immature fruits are greenish, ripe fruits are yellowish; seeds are straw/brownish; flower is pendulous not geniculate; corolla shows a sequence of 5 colors, light green in the throat, yellow, dark violet, violet and finally white in the lobes.

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Other species

» Capsicum villosum Sendtn.
» Capsicum schottianum Sendtn.
» Capsicum cornutum (Hiern) Hunz.
» Capsicum pereirae Barboza & Bianchetti
» Capsicum friburgense Bianchetti & Barboza
» Capsicum hunzikerianum Barboza & Bianchetti
» Capsicum buforum Hunz.
» Capsicum recurvatum Witas.
» Capsicum sp.6 (LBB1559, LBB1564, LBB1556)
» Capsicum sp.9 (LBB1569)
» Capsicum dusenii Bitter
» Capsicum flexuosum Sendtn.
» Capsicum caatingae Barboza & Agra
» Capsicum praetermissum Heiser & Smith
» Capsicum baccatum L. var. baccatum
» Capsicum villosum Sendtn. var. muticum Sendtn.