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
Kingdom:
Plantae
Clade:
Tracheophytes
Clade:
Angiosperms
Clade:
Eudicots
Clade:
Asterids
Order:
Solanales
Family:
Solanaceae
Subfamily:
Solanoideae
Tribe:
Capsiceae
Genus:
Capsicum L.[1]
Species
See text[2]
Capsicum (/ˈkæpsɪkəm/[3]) is a genus of flowering plants in the nightshade family Solanaceae, native to the Americas, cultivated worldwide for their edible fruit. Bell peppers, sweet peppers and some chili peppers belong to the Capsicum annuum species, making it the most cultivated species from the genus[4].
^"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.
^"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.
^Wells, John C. (2008), Longman Pronunciation Dictionary (3rd ed.), Longman, p. 123, ISBN 9781405881180
^Jo Y, Choi H, Lee JH, Moh SH, Cho WK (10 September 2022). "Viromes of 15 Pepper (Capsicum annuum L.) Cultivars". Int J Mol Sci. 23 (18): 10507. doi:10.3390/ijms231810507. PMC 9504177. PMID 36142418.
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