Biology:Capsicum benoistii
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Short description: Species of wild chili pepper
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Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Eudicots |
| Clade: | Asterids |
| Order: | Solanales |
| Family: | Solanaceae |
| Genus: | Capsicum |
| Species: | C. benoistii
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| Binomial name | |
| Capsicum benoistii Hunz. ex Barboza
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Capsicum benoistii is a species of wild chili pepper in the nightshade family Solanaceae, native to Ecuador. It was described by Gloria E. Barboza in 2019, and is one of the wild species of Capsicum treated in the 2022 monograph of the genus by Barboza and colleagues.[1][2]
Description
An erect shrub with few branches; the young stems are three-angled and light brown. The leaves are membranous and borne in markedly unequal pairs, ovate to elliptic, the larger blades 8.5–12 cm long. Flowers are borne three to six per leaf axil on slender, pendent stalks 13–20 mm long, and are five-parted.[2]
Distribution and habitat
It is native to central and southern Ecuador, where it grows in a wet tropical climate.[1]
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 "Capsicum benoistii Hunz. ex Barboza". Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. https://powo.science.kew.org/taxon/urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:3299732-4.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 Barboza, Gloria E.; Carrizo García, Carolina; Bianchetti, Luciano de Bem; Romero, María V.; Scaldaferro, Marisel (2022). "Monograph of wild and cultivated chili peppers (Capsicum L., Solanaceae)". PhytoKeys 200: 1–423. doi:10.3897/phytokeys.200.71667. PMID 36762372.
External links
Media related to Capsicum benoistii at Wikimedia Commons
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