Biology:Capsicum longidentatum

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Short description: Species of wild chili pepper

Capsicum longidentatum
Scientific classification edit
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Asterids
Order: Solanales
Family: Solanaceae
Genus: Capsicum
Species:
C. longidentatum
Binomial name
Capsicum longidentatum
Agra & Barboza

Capsicum longidentatum is a species of wild chili pepper in the nightshade family Solanaceae, native to eastern Brazil. It was described by Maria de Fátima Agra and Gloria E. Barboza in 2011, and is treated in the 2022 monograph of the genus Capsicum by Barboza and colleagues.[1][2]

Description

An erect, slender or half-scrambling shrub 1.5–4 m tall, much branched from near the base; the youngest stems bear branched (forked to feathery) hairs. The leaves are ovate and densely hairy, the larger blades small, only 3.5–5.4 cm long. Flowers are borne two to five per axil on strongly angled, pendent stalks.[2]

Distribution and habitat

It is native to eastern Brazil, from Pernambuco south to northern Minas Gerais, where it grows in a seasonally dry tropical climate.[1]

References

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 "Capsicum longidentatum Agra & Barboza". Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. https://powo.science.kew.org/taxon/urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:77116676-1. 
  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. 

Wikidata ☰ Q1035051 entry