Aztec History and the Chiltepin
The history of the Aztecs – or at least the historiography in […]
Category: Capsicum Botany
Why the Smoke of Burning Chilli Makes You Cough
If you know hardly anything about chile peppers, you know they are […]
Not “How Hot Is It?,” but: How Is the Heat?!
One of the things that made me get deeper into “chilli cuisine” […]
Nikolaus Joseph Freiherr von Jacquin: Hortus Botanicus Vindobonensis
1770-1776, Vindobonae : Typis Leopoldi Joannis Kaliwoda It is this work that […]
Köhler, Franz Eugen: Köhler’s Medizinal-Pflanzen
1887: Gera-Untermhaus This work only contains one depiction of “paprika”, but it […]
Anton Fingerhuth: Monographia Generis Capsici
1832, Arnz & Comp: Düsseldorpii The Lower Saxon State and University Library […]
Capsicum: Early Botanical Texts on Capsicum
The story of confusion about the correct botanical classification of Capsicum mirrors […]
Capsicum: The Truth of Pod Types
[My apologies for just how much this post needs updating…]
Capsicum: The Domesticated Species
Botanically, the classification of plants follows the format of genus, species, and […]