Capsicum chinense

Taxobox
name = "Capsicum chinense"


image_width = 250px
image_caption = Habanero fruits
regnum = Plantae
divisio = Magnoliophyta
classis = Magnoliopsida
subclassis = Asteridae
ordo = Solanales
familia = Solanaceae
genus = "Capsicum"
species = "C. chinense"
binomial = "Capsicum chinense"
binomial_authority = Jacq.

"Capsicum chinense" (syn. "Capsicum sinense") is a species of chili peppers that includes the following varieties:

* Adjuma (Suriname)
* Ají Limo or Naucho (Peru)
* Ají dulce (Venezuela)
* Datil (Florida)
* Fatalii (South central Africa)
* Habanero chile (Cuba and Yucatán)
** Habanero cultivar Red Savina pepper
* Madame Jeanette (Suriname)
** Naga Jolokia cultivar Dorset Naga pepper
* Naga Jolokia pepper (Bangladesh)
* Scotch bonnet (Jamaica)

"Capsicum chinense" or "Chinese capsicum" is a misnomer since all "capsica" originate in the New World. Nikolaus Joseph von Jacquin (1727-1817), a Dutch botanist, erroneously named the species in 1776, because he believed that they originated in China. [ [http://www.hort.purdue.edu/newcrop/proceedings1996/V3-479.html Bosland, P.W. 1996. Capsicums: Innovative uses of an ancient crop. "p. 479-487. In: J. Janick (ed.), Progress in new crops. ASHS Press, Arlington, VA."] ]

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