Capsicum chinense
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{{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>
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