Chile Peppers (Capiscum annuum L.)
Historical Accounts of Chile
- The Legacy of Chile: According to New Mexico's Chief Chilehead. Resources Magazine, Spring 2000.
Basic Information
- Growing Peppers in New Mexico Gardens, Guide H-240. George Dickerson. College of Agriculture and Home Economics New Mexico State University. 1997.
- Growing Chiles in New Mexico, Guide H-230. Paul W. Bosland, Alton L. Bailey, and Donald J. Cotter. College of Agriculture and Home Economics New Mexico State University. 1999.
- New Mexico's Chile Pepper Industry: Chile Types and Product Sourcing, Report No. 8. New Mexico Chile Association/Chile Task Force. 2003.
- Center for New Crops & Plant Products, at Purdue University, Capsicum annuum L.
- Royal Botanical Gardens, Kew
Botanical Prints of Capsicum
- Köhler's Medizinal Pflanzen, Capsicum annuum L. (Cayenne Pepper). 1887. Image courtesy of Missouri Botanical Garden.
- Pharmacopoea Borusica aufgeführten offizinellen Gewächse by Otto Carl Berg & Carl Friedrich Schmidt. Capsicum annuum-Capsicum longum. 1846.
- Curtis’s botanical magazine, Capsicum nigrum-Capsicum bicolor. vol. 43, London. 1816.
- Medical botany Capsicum annuum. William Woodville. London, 1793.
Virtual Herbaria
- New York Botanical Garden, C.V Starr Virtual Herbarium
- Enter capsicum annuum in the Basic Search box to begin
- Linnean Herbarium
- Capsicum annuum (2 specimens), Capsicum frutescens (2 specimens)
- Kew, Herbarium Collection
- Enter capsicum annuum as a Scientific Name in the search box to begin
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