The domesticated and wild species of Capsicum L. genus in Cuba
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The identification of species of Capsicum present in Cuba has been traditionally confused, and there is not a current work that makes possible the correct identification of its taxa and the possibility of knowing in fact, the species present in Cuba. It was carried out a bibliographical search that embraced all articles with the list of species and/or cultivated varieties of Capsicum for Cuba, it was also analyzed the national collection of Capsicum conserved at Institute of Fundamental Research on Tropical Agriculture genebank. This collection is composed by 382 accessions acquired though collection programs (1982-1993) and in situ conservation studies (1999-2007). With the results of the morphological characterization carried out in this collection and the support of dichotomist keys for domesticated and wild species elaborated for this genus, it was identified and /or up to date the nomenclature of the taxa of Capsicum that has been referred for Cuba, just as those that conform the national collection at present. The study allowed to identify the presence of four species in Cuba, conformed by 28 taxa: 23 domesticated, 2 wild and 3 semidomesticated. The species are: C. annuum L. var. annuum (domesticated), C. annuum var. glabriusculum (Dun.) Heiser & Pickersgill (wild), C. frutescens L. (domesticated, semidomesticated and wild) and C. chinense Jacq. (domesticated and semidomesticated.).
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