Pepper Types (Species)

[dld]

There are five main species of peppers:

* Capsicum annuum: Includes bell, sweet and many standard chile peppers like ancho, jalapeno, cayenne and more.
* Capsicum chinense: Includes datil, habanero and scotch bonnet peppers.
* Capsicum frutescens: Includes tabasco and thai peppers.
* Capsicum pubescens: Includes the South American rocoto peppers.
* Capsicum baccatum: Includes the aji peppers.

[timothyt]

Thanks for posting this! I always forget about the pubescens species. And if my understanding is correct(always suspect) these species will not normally cross with another species.
Is that the general consensus amongst fellow pepper growers here?

T

[BrianS]

What about Capsicum eximium? I just got some dried pods yesterday. Very tiny little peppers with a good deal of heat

[swampr]

there is more info on the other species at this website www.g6csy.net/chile/ plus more info on the subtypes of the 5 mentioned,