Capsicum chinense 2413945 224835171 2008-07-10T17:03:32Z 90.205.119.227 {{Taxobox | name = ''Capsicum chinense'' | image = Habanero chile - fruits (aka).jpg | image_width = 250px | image_caption = Habanero fruits | regnum = [[Plant]]ae | divisio = [[Magnoliophyta]] | classis = [[Magnoliopsida]] | subclassis = [[Asteridae]] | ordo = [[Solanales]] | familia = [[Solanaceae]] | genus = ''[[Capsicum]]'' | species = '''''C. chinense''''' | binomial = ''Capsicum chinense'' | binomial_authority = [[Nikolaus Joseph von Jacquin|Jacq.]] }} '''''Capsicum chinense''''' (syn. '''''Capsicum sinense''''') is a species of [[chili peppers]] that includes the following [[variety (biology)|varieties]]: * [[Adjuma]] ([[Suriname]]) * Ají Limo or Naucho ([[Peru]]) * [[Ají dulce]] ([[Venezuela]]) * [[Datil pepper|Datil]] ([[Florida]]) * [[Fatalii]] (South central Africa) * [[Habanero chile]] ([[Cuba]] and [[Yucatán Peninsula|Yucatán]]) ** Habanero cultivar [[Red Savina pepper]] * [[Madame Jeanette]] ([[Haiti]]) ** Naga Jolokia cultivar [[Dorset Naga pepper]] * [[Naga Jolokia pepper]] ([[Bangladesh]]) * [[scotch bonnet (pepper)|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 [[Netherlands|Dutch]] [[Botany|botanist]], erroneously named the species in 1776, because he believed that they originated in [[China]].<ref>[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.'']</ref> ==Notes and references== <references /> {{fruit-stub}} {{Commons}} [[Category:Chili peppers]] [[cs:Paprička habanero]] [[de:Capsicum chinense]] [[es:Capsicum chinense]] [[fr:Piment habanero]] [[it:Capsicum chinense]] [[hu:Kínai paprika]] [[ja:シネンセ種]] [[no:Habanero]] [[sv:Havannapeppar]]