BISH 18551Botany

Capsicum

peppers

As recorded: Capsicum L.

Plantae › Tracheophyta › Magnoliopsida › Solanales › Solanaceae

Collected by: Grant, M.L.
Collector number: 4605
Date: December 4, 1930
Locality: District: Paea: Orofere
Island: Tahiti
Region: French Polynesia
Elevation: 166 m
Record type: Preserved specimen

7 Bishop specimens of Capsicum · collected 1930–2006Species page ›

Collected the same day

On December 4, 1930, Grant, M.L. also collected 24+ other specimens.

Capsicum observed alive

This specimen was collected in 1930. Since 2000, iNaturalist observers have recorded 11,700 research-grade sightings in the wild, most recently on 2026-10-27.

2026-10-27

University of Houston - Clear Lake, Pasadena, TX, US

(c) lidaco, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC)

2026-10-27

Barton Creek, TX, USA

(c) Gary St.Clair, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC)

2026-10-27

Tadi Bada Gaon, Uttar Pradesh 221711, India

(c) Richa Pandey, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC)

2026-10-26

Half Moon Bay, Auckland, New Zealand

(c) Shaun, some rights reserved (CC BY)

2026-10-26

Diane Dr, Dayboro, QLD, AU

(c) rob_sm, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC)

2026-10-24

Montemorelos, N.L., MX

(c) Matthew Green, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC)

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Cite this specimen

Capsicum. BISH 18551. Bernice Pauahi Bishop Museum, Honolulu. GBIF occurrence 5956199723. Accessed via explore.bishopmuseum.org/specimens/bish/18551.

Record sources

GBIF occurrence 5956199723 ↗
Data license: CC_BY_NC_4_0
Last harvested October 26, 2026