Capsicum frutescens L.

McQuate, Grant T. & Liquido, Nicanor J., 2013, Annotated World Bibliography of Host Fruits of Bactrocera latifrons (Hendel) (Diptera: Tephritidae), Insecta Mundi 2013 (289), pp. 1-61 : 8-9

Capsicum frutescens L.

GRIN Nomen number: 8913

Family: Solanaceae

Common Name: ají (Spanish), bird pepper (English), capsicum (English), chile (Spanish), Chillies (German), fan jiang (Transcribed Chinese), guindilla (Spanish), hot pepper (English), kidachi-tō- garashi (Japanese Rōmaji), pimenta-malagueta (Portuguese), poivre rouge (French), red chili (English), spur pepper (English), Tabasco pepper (English), tabascopeppar (Swedish).

Native: SOUTHERN AMERICA - Mesoamerica: Central America; Northern South America: French Guiana; Guyana; Suriname; Venezuela; Brazil: Brazil; Western South America: Colombia; Ecuador; Peru.

Cultivated: AFRICA - Africa; ASIA-TROPICAL - Indian Subcontinent: India; PACIFIC - South Central Pacific: French Polynesia; widely cultivated in neotropics.

Field Infestation: Liquido et al. 1992: Larval infestations of B. latifrons were found in red pepper, Capsicum frutescens , near Hawi in North Kohala on Hawaii Island. No infestation rate data given.

Liquido et al. 1994: From July 1990 to October 1992, a total of 2,180 fruits (0.38 kg) was collected on Hawaii Island. Bactrocera latifrons was recovered from 1 of 13 collections (7.7%) with overall infestation rate of 189.9 B. latifrons per kg of fruit.

Ramadan and Messing 2003: From January to February 1996 a total of 0.75 kg of fruits was collected from Hatyai and Rattaphum, Thailand, from which 13 B. latifrons adults were recovered, with an overall infestation rate of 17.3 B. latifrons per kg of fruit.

Listing Only: Hawaii Department of Agriculture 2009; Bokonon-Ganta et al. 2007; Uchida, et al. 1992; Liquido et al. 1994; McQuate 2009; Vijaysegaran 1991; Yunus and Ho 1980.

Capsicum frutescens L. var. angulosum see Capsicum annuum L. var. annuum

Capsicum frutescens var. cerasiforme (Mill.) L. H. Bailey , see Capsicum annuum L. or Capsicum annuum L. var. annuum

Capsicum frutescens var. conoides (Mill.) L. H. Bailey , see Capsicum annuum L. or Capsicum annuum L. var. annuum

Capsicum frutescens var. fasciculatum (Sturtev.) L. H. Bailey , see Capsicum annuum L. or Capsicum annuum L. var. annuum

Capsicum frutescens var. grossum (L.) L. H. Bailey, see Capsicum annuum L. or Capsicum annuum L. var. annuum

Capsicum frutescens var. longum (Sendtn.) L. H. Bailey , see Capsicum annuum L. or Capsicum annuum L. var. annuum

Capsicum grossum L., see Capsicum annuum L. or Capsicum annuum L. var. annuum

Capsicum hispidum var. glabriusculum Dunal , see Capsicum annuum L.

Capsicum petenense Standl. , see Capsicum annuum L. or Capsicum annuum L. var. annuum

Capsicum minimum Blanco , see Capsicum frutescens L.