Taxon:  Capsicum cornutum (Hiern) Hunz.



Summary
Genus:
Capsicum
Family:
Solanaceae
Subfamily:
Solanoideae
Tribe:
Capsiceae
Nomen number:
412512
Place of publication:
Huitieme Congr. Int. Bot. Paris, Compt. Rend. Séances Rapp. & Commun. sect. 4:73.  1956 ("1954")
Verified:
02/04/1999 ARS Systematic Botanists.
Accessions:
0 (0  active, 0  available) in National Plant Germplasm System. 
Other conspecific taxa
Autonyms (not in current use), synonyms and invalid designations
Basionym
Bassovia cornuta Hiern

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Conservation Status

Reference(s)
  1. APHIS. Agricultural Risk Management System United States Department of Agriculture.
  2. Barboza, G. E. & L. De Bem Bianchetti. 2005. Three new species of Capsicum (Solanaceae) and a key to the wild species from Brazil. Syst. Bot. 30:863-871. Note: mentions
  3. Barboza, G. E. et al. 2022. Monograph of wild and cultivated chili peppers (Capsicum L., Solanaceae). PhytoKeys 200:1-423. DOI: 10.3897/phytokeys.200.71667. Note: n=13
  4. Moscone, E. A. et al. 2007. The evolution of chili peppers (Capsicum - Solanaceae): a cytogenetic perspective. Acta Hort. 745:137-170.
  5. Pozzobon Toniolo, M. et al. 2006. Chromosome numbers in wild and semidomesticated Brazilian Capsicum L. (Solanaceae) species: do x=12 and x=13 represent two evolutionary lines? Bot. J. Linn. Soc. 151:259-269. Note: this study reports 2n=26
Common names
Distribution
order_codeStatusContinentSubcontinentCountryStateNoteReference
1NativeSouthern AmericaBrazilBrazilRio de Janeiro Barboza, G. E. & L. De Bem Bianchetti. 2005. Three new species of Capsicum (Solanaceae) and a key to the wild species from Brazil. Syst. Bot. 30:863-871. Note: mentions
1NativeSouthern AmericaBrazilBrazilSão Paulo Barboza, G. E. & L. De Bem Bianchetti. 2005. Three new species of Capsicum (Solanaceae) and a key to the wild species from Brazil. Syst. Bot. 30:863-871. Note: mentions
Native
Southern America
  • BRAZIL: Brazil [Rio de Janeiro, São Paulo]

Reference(s)
  1. Barboza, G. E. & L. De Bem Bianchetti. 2005. Three new species of Capsicum (Solanaceae) and a key to the wild species from Brazil. Syst. Bot. 30:863-871. Note: mentions
Cite as: USDA, Agricultural Research Service, National Plant Germplasm System. 2026. Germplasm Resources Information Network (GRIN Taxonomy). National Germplasm Resources Laboratory, Beltsville, Maryland.
URL: https://npgsweb.ars-grin.gov/gringlobal/taxon/taxonomydetail?id=412512. Accessed 19 October 2026.