Capsicum

This article is about the plant genus. For the variety known as "capsicum" in some countries, see Bell pepper. For discussion of culinary uses, see Chili pepper.

Capsicum
Capsicum fruit and longitudinal section
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Asterids
Order: Solanales
Family: Solanaceae
Subfamily: Solanoideae
Tribe: Capsiceae
Genus: Capsicum
L.[1]
Species

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Capsicum (/ˈkæpsɪkəm/[3]) is a genus of flowering plants in the nightshade family Solanaceae, native to the Americas, cultivated worldwide for their edible fruit, which are generally known as "peppers" or "capsicum". Chili peppers grow on five species of Capsicum. Sweet or bell peppers and some chili peppers are Capsicum annuum, making it the most cultivated species in the genus.[4]

  1. ^ "Capsicum L." Germplasm Resources Information Network. United States Department of Agriculture. 1 September 2009. Archived from the original on 18 January 2010. Retrieved 1 February 2010.
  2. ^ "Species records of Capsicum". Germplasm Resources Information Network. United States Department of Agriculture. Archived from the original on 20 January 2009. Retrieved 23 June 2010.
  3. ^ Wells, John C. (2008), Longman Pronunciation Dictionary (3rd ed.), Longman, p. 123, ISBN 978-1-4058-8118-0
  4. ^ Jo, Yeonhwa; Choi, Hoseong; Lee, Jeong Hun; Moh, Sang Hyun; Cho, Won Kyong (10 September 2022). "Viromes of 15 Pepper (Capsicum annuum L.) Cultivars". International Journal of Molecular Sciences. 23 (18): 10507. doi:10.3390/ijms231810507. PMC 9504177. PMID 36142418.