C. microcarpum

[JohnF]

This is, for me, another confusing pepper. The USDA, and others, list it as a synonym for C.baccatum var. baccatum . I have also seen it called a synonym for C.frutescens var. baccatum.?? Problem is that none of the three varieties I have grown has spots on the flowers and the baccatum var. baccatums I have grown do have the characteristic spots.

CAP 253-C. microcarpum


CAP 213-C.microcarpum


CAP477-C.microcarpum


PI 238061-C. baccatum var. baccatum


CGN 17174-C. baccatum var. baccatum



Any thoughts?

[Aji Inferno]

The only "microcarpum" I have grown, PI-260567 is a clear domesticated baccatum. Microcarpum seems to be one of those very early terms, a remnant from the era when peppers were only classified by their shape of fruit, etc. Therefore, it includes just about anything, and has lost all its true meaning.

[JohnF]

Yes, the USDA now classifies that as baccatum var. baccatum.

[JohnF]

Posted on another forum:

Hi John,
in the taxonomy of the species of the capsicum there is also
"Capsicum annuum L. var. microcarpum (Cavanilles) Voss"
SYNONYM(S) : Capsicum microcarpum Cav.

This species has flowers white without spots.
Probably the exact species is this.

Luigi

[tknummelin]

Truly a mess.

Is it the wrong color balance in the first picture, or are the flowers really a bit blueish?

[JohnF]

Color balance--flowers were white-another picture