Capsicum baccatumL.

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WFO wfo-0001020013 Accepted WFO 2026-06 3 photographs CC BY

Plate 1 figs. a–c · 1 observation

This species has been photographed under an open licence only 1 time, so some figures below are different views of the same plant, taken on the same day, rather than different individuals. They are usually different parts of it: the leaf, the flower, the bark.

Capsicum baccatum, photographed by Denis Zabin
fig. a Denis Zabin, CC BY 4.0 / 2021-04-03 / obs. 120227901
Capsicum baccatum, photographed by Denis Zabin
fig. b Denis Zabin, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 120227939
Capsicum baccatum, photographed by Denis Zabin
fig. c Denis Zabin, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 120227927

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Native range 11 botanical countries

Regions where Capsicum baccatum is native: Argentina Northeast, Argentina Northwest, Bolivia, Brazil South, Brazil Southeast, Brazil West-Central, Colombia, Ecuador, Paraguay, Peru, Uruguay Argentina NortheastArgentina NorthwestBoliviaBrazil SouthBrazil SoutheastBrazil West-CentralColombiaEcuadorParaguayPeruUruguay
Native distribution of Capsicum baccatum, after Kew’s World Checklist of Vascular Plants. Introduced, extinct and doubtful records are excluded, so this is where the plant is from, not everywhere it now grows.
RegionTDWG codeContinent
Argentina Northeast AGE SOUTHERN AMERICA
Argentina Northwest AGW
Bolivia BOL
Brazil South BZS
Brazil Southeast BZL
Brazil West-Central BZC
Colombia CLM
Ecuador ECU
Paraguay PAR
Peru PER
Uruguay URU

Region boundaries approximated from Natural Earth (public domain) and mapped to TDWG World Geographical Scheme for Recording Plant Distributions (WGSRPD) level-3 botanical countries (Brummitt 2001). Indicative, not the official WGSRPD geometry.

Also published as 22 synonyms

A synonym is not an error. It is a record of botanists disagreeing, in print, about where this plant belongs. Each of these was somebody’s considered answer.

  • Capsicum annuum subsp. baccatum (L.) Terpó
  • Capsicum annuum var. baccatum (L.) Kuntze
  • Capsicum annuum var. microcarpum (Cav.) Alef.
  • Capsicum annuum var. microcarpum (Cav.) Voss
  • Capsicum cerasiforme Dunal
  • Capsicum ciliare Willd.
  • Capsicum comarim Vell.
  • Capsicum cumanense Fingerh.
  • Capsicum frutescens var. baccatum Irish
  • Capsicum frutescens var. pendulum (Willd.) Besser
  • Capsicum fruticosum Sendtn.
  • Capsicum indicum var. pendulum (Willd.) Dierb.
  • Capsicum microcarpon f. fruticosum Sendtn.
  • Capsicum microcarpum Cav.
  • Capsicum microcarpum f. herbaceum Sendtn.
  • Capsicum microcarpum var. glabrescens Hassl.
  • Capsicum microcarpum var. microcarpum
  • Capsicum pendulum Willd.
  • Capsicum pendulum var. majus Dunal
  • Capsicum pulchellum Salisb.
  • Capsicum pulchellum Nocca
  • Capsicum umbilicatum Vell.

Sourcesevery claim on this page

  1. World Flora Online Plant List. accepted name, authority, classification. CC0. Retrieved 2026-07-12.
  2. iNaturalist. photographs and flowering annotations, CC0 / CC BY / CC BY-SA only. per photograph. Retrieved 2026-06-27.
  3. Wikidata. common name (P1843), joined on the World Flora Online identifier (P7715). CC0. Retrieved 2026-07-13.
  4. Kew, World Checklist of Vascular Plants (WCVP v16). native distribution by TDWG level-3 botanical country, and life form. CC BY 3.0. Retrieved 2026-06-04.

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