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Capsicum annuum

Flowering Plants

Capsicum annuum is a flowering plant in the nightshade family, native to the northern regions of South America and to southwestern North America. The plant produces berries in many colors, including red, green, and yellow, often with a pungent taste, spanning varieties from sweet bell peppers to hot chili peppers. It is one of the oldest cultivated crops, with domestication dating back roughly six thousand years in regions of Mexico. This description is adapted from Wikipedia contributors under CC BY-SA 4.0; changes were made. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/

Facts

Classification

Diet

Photosynthetic Autotroph 1

System (Realm)

Terrestrial 2

Relationship to People

Domesticated 1

Living or Extinct

Yes 3

Comparison

NatureServe Rank

G5 Secure 4

CITES Appendix

Not Listed 5

Scientific Name

Capsicum annuum 3

Conservation Status

Least Concern 1

Connections

Child Taxon Of

Source Capsicum annuum (Wikidata)

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Sources

1. Capsicum annuum (Wikipedia)

Lead, sentence naming the group it belongs to
Capsicum annuum is a flowering plant in the family Solanaceae (nightshades), native to the northern regions of South America and to southwestern North America.
Infobox: status
LC

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2. GBIF Species API

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3. Capsicum annuum (Wikidata)

Wikidata

Wikidata Q1380 (P225 taxon name)
Statements section, conservation status (P141)
IUCN Red List conservation status (Wikidata property P141): least concern.
Child Taxon Of: Solanaceae, Wikidata parent-taxon (P171) chain

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4. NatureServe Explorer: Capsicum annuum

NatureServe ExplorerGlobal rank (roundedGRank)

Quote, Global rank (roundedGRank)

"roundedGRank": "G5"

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5. UNEP-WCMC Species+ database (CITES Secretariat): Species+: Solanales

UNEP-WCMC Species+ database (CITES Secretariat)Species+ taxon_concepts, id 12408

Quote, Species+ taxon_concepts, id 12408

"active":true,"cites_listing":"NC"

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UNEP-WCMC Species+ database (CITES Secretariat): Species+: Solanaceae

UNEP-WCMC Species+ database (CITES Secretariat)Species+ taxon_concepts, id 12500

Quote, Species+ taxon_concepts, id 12500

"active":true,"cites_listing":"NC"

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Plant (Wikipedia)

Lead, whole group is photosynthetic

Quote, Lead, whole group is photosynthetic

They are predominantly photosynthetic or came from photosynthetic ancestors, meaning that they obtain their energy from sunlight by using the green pigment chlorophyll in their chloroplasts to produce sugars from carbon dioxide and water.

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