What is a Capsicum Sp?

[dragon49]

I traded some seeds and received a "Blue Mystery," labeled as a Capsicum Sp. The original packing was from pepperlover.com, so I found the seeds here:

http://pepperlover.com/index.php?page=shop.product_details&flypage=flypage.tpl&product_id=150&category_id=15&option=com_virtuemart&Itemid=4&vmcchk=1&Itemid=4

The description ends with:

"Extremely prolific and pods everywhere makes it useful Capsicum Sp." What the heck does that mean? What is a Capsicum Sp?

 

[patrick]

Did you ask the lady who wrote it? Be the first place I would go.

 

[PepperLover]

Capsicum Sp. Is any unidentified or listed pepper … which means it could be a cross or it could be listed under more than one species
In other words, any pepper variety that does not belong to any of the following is Capsicum Sp.
• Capsicum annuum
• Capsicum baccatum
• Capsicum buforum.
• Capsicum campylopodium
• Capsicum cardenasii
• Capsicum chacoense
• Capsicum chinense
• Capsicum coccineum.
• Capsicum cornutum
• Capsicum dimorphum
• Capsicum dusenii
• Capsicum eximium.
• Capsicum flexuosum
• Capsicum frutescens L.
• Capsicum galapagoense
• Capsicum geminifolium.
• Capsicum hookerianum
• Capsicum lanceolatum
• Capsicum leptopodum
• Capsicum lycianthoides
• Capsicum minutiflorum
• Capsicum mirabile Capsicum mositicum
• Capsicum parvifolium
• Capsicum praetermissum
• Capsicum pubescens Ruiz & Pav.
• Capsicum rhomboideum
• Capsicum schottianum
• Capsicum scolnikianum
• Capsicum tovarii
• Capsicum villosum

 

[Aji hombre]

we use "sp" in place of the specific epithet (like "annuum" or "baccatum") when we don't know.

 

[PepperLover]

yes we you cant really tell you what C. it belongs to it is listed as Sp.

 

[dragon49]

Thank you Judy and Aji Hombre for the explanation.

I'll post pics if I ever grow the stuff!

 

[willard3]

Another outlier intervention in chile taxonomy.