Biology:Capsicum campylopodium

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Short description: Species of wild chili pepper

Capsicum campylopodium
Scientific classification edit
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Asterids
Order: Solanales
Family: Solanaceae
Genus: Capsicum
Species:
C. campylopodium
Binomial name
Capsicum campylopodium
Sendtn.

Capsicum campylopodium is a species of wild chili pepper in the nightshade family Solanaceae, native to southeastern Brazil. It was described by Otto Sendtner in 1846, 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 subshrub or shrub 0.5–2 m tall, much branched above, with the branches spreading dichotomously in a characteristic zig-zag pattern. The leaves are membranous, elliptic to ovate, the larger blades 4–11.5 cm long. Flowers are borne two to five per leaf axil on very thin pedicels 9–14 mm long.[2]

Distribution and habitat

It is native to southeastern Brazil, where it grows in a wet tropical climate.[1]

References

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 "Capsicum campylopodium Sendtn.". Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. https://powo.science.kew.org/taxon/urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:814742-1. 
  2. ↑ 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.