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Capsicum pereirae Barboza & Bianchetti

Capsicum cornutum (Hiern) Hunz.

Capsicum friburgense Bianchetti & Barboza

Species of South-East Brazilian Wild Capsicum

Capsicum pereirae Barboza & Bianchetti

C.pereirae grows in a very special and narrow habitat in the relatively arid Park of Ibitipoca, two “grutas humidas” with scarce natural light and very high humidity.

Plant is glabrous with coriaceous leaves; calyx is toothless; flower is pendulous; corolla has greenish or yellowish spots in the throat and purplish red spots in the lobes.

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