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Capsicum lanceolatum
Also called Lanceolate Leaved Pepper
Capsicum lanceolatum is a species of plant in the genus Capsicum in the nightshade family (Solanaceae). The species has its original range in Guatemala and in the neighboring countries of Mexico and Honduras. Currently, only one natural occurrence of the species is known; all other previously known deposits were destroyed by converting the sites into agricultural land.
The mountain rainforests and cloud forests of Guatemala at an altitude of 1200–1800 meters are specified as the location of C. lanceolatum, the environment is described as damp and hazy. Within the group with 13 chromosome pairs, C. lanceolatum is one of the species with the most northerly range; the other species are mainly found in southeastern Brazil. The records of scientist Paul C. Standley's 1938–39 Guatemala expedition provide the most comprehensive description of C. lanceolatum, as well as the locations where plants of the species were found. Herbarium specimens collected during this expedition are on display today at the Field Museum of Natural History in Chicago. A further description of the species was made in 1974, also with the collaboration of Paul C. Standley.
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Text excerpted from the Wikipedia article Capsicum lanceolatum by its contributors, under CC BY-SA 4.0; the excerpts are shared under the same licence.
Life form, climate and native range: World Checklist of Vascular Plants, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew (CC BY 3.0), reformatted; see Plants of the World Online.
