Does Gut Passage Affect Post-dispersal Seed Fate in a Wild Chili, Capsicum annuum?

Noss, Clay F.; Levey, Douglas J.

doi:10.1656/058.013.0308

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“…Frugivorous birds would be the legitimate seed dispersers of chili peppers. Rodents appear to be only significant as Capsicum seed predators, first when they directly consume the non-pungent fruits of C. chacoense , resulting in the destruction of the seeds and 0% germination ( Tewksbury and Nabhan 2001 ) and second, when they consume the post-dispersal seed defecated by birds ( Noss and Levey 2014 ).…”

Section: Fruit and Seed Dispersalmentioning

confidence: 99%

Monograph of wild and cultivated chili peppers (Capsicum L., Solanaceae)

Barboza¹,

García²,

Bianchetti³

et al. 2022

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Capsicum L. (tribe Capsiceae, Solanaceae) is an American genus distributed ranging from the southern United States of America to central Argentina and Brazil. The genus includes chili peppers, bell peppers, ajíes, habaneros, jalapeños, ulupicas and pimientos, well known for their economic importance around the globe. Within the Solanaceae, the genus can be recognised by its shrubby habit, actinomorphic flowers, distinctive truncate calyx with or without appendages, anthers opening by longitudinal slits, nectaries at the base of the ovary and the variously coloured and usually pungent fruits. The highest diversity of this genus is located along the northern and central Andes. Although Capsicum has been extensively studied and great advances have been made in the understanding of its taxonomy and the relationships amongst species, there is no monographic treatment of the genus as a whole. Based on morphological and molecular evidence studied from field and herbarium specimens, we present here a comprehensive taxonomic treatment for the genus, including updated information about morphology, anatomy, karyology, phylogeny and distribution. We recognise 43 species and five varieties, including C. mirum Barboza, sp. nov. from São Paulo State, Brazil and a new combination C. muticum (Sendtn.) Barboza, comb. nov.; five of these taxa are cultivated worldwide (C. annuum L. var. annuum, C. baccatum L. var. pendulum (Willd.) Eshbaugh, C. baccatum L. var. umbilicatum (Vell.) Hunz. & Barboza, C. chinense Jacq. and C. frutescens L.). Nomenclatural revision of the 265 names attributed to chili peppers resulted in 89 new lectotypifications and five new neotypifications. Identification keys and detailed descriptions, maps and illustrations for all taxa are provided.

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