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Capsicum
Also known as pepper, bell pepper
Capsicum () 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.
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Capsicum is a genus of flowering plants native to the Americas that belongs to the nightshade family and is grown around the world for its edible fruits, commonly called peppers or capsicums. The genus includes chili peppers, sweet peppers, and bell peppers, with Capsicum annuum being the most widely cultivated species.
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Species
chili pepper
Capsicum
GENUS
- KingdomPlantae
- PhylumTracheophyta
- ClassMagnoliopsida
- OrderSolanales
- FamilySolanaceae
Native toAlabama, Argentina Northeast, Argentina Northwest, Arizona, Bahamas, Belize, Bolivia, Brazil North, Brazil Northeast, Brazil South, Brazil Southeast, Brazil West-Central
Observations26,326
Observations recorded119,207
Piments à Cachi, Province de Salta (Argentine) La fleur Capsicum séché dans un marché de Funchal à Madère au Portugal. Mars 2020. Capsicum est un genre de plantes de la famille des Solanacées (famille de la tomate et du tabac). C'est le nom générique des piments. On trouve par exemple l'espèce Capsicum frutescens, ou poivre de jardin courant, dont les variétés vont du doux au fort. Le fruit est une baie dont les graines sont contenues dans un péricarpe ayant la forme d'une gousse ou d'une cloche. Le genre Capsicum comprenant quarante espèces et quelque 300 variétés de cultivo (cultivars) de plantes produisant des baies charnues. Les cinq espèces les plus importantes, qui sont les seules domestiquées et cultivées, de piments sont Capsicum annuum, Capsicum baccatum, Capsicum chinense, Capsicum frutescens et Capsicum pubescens. Pour le consommateur, la famille des piments produit les poivrons, le paprika et les piments. Les piments ont différentes formes et tailles, mais ils appartiennent tous au genre Capsicum. Ils sont cultivés ou poussent de façon sauvage au Mexique, aux États-Unis, en Amérique du Sud, aux Caraïbes, en Afrique, en Inde, en Chine et Asie du Sud-Est, etc .
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17 sectionsContents
- History
- Etymology and names
- Phylogeny
- Growing conditions
- Species and varieties
- Species list
- Formerly placed here
- Genetics
- Breeding
- Capsaicin
- Cuisine
- GRAS
- Synonyms and common names
- Pictures of common cultivars
- See also
- References
- External links
Capsicum () 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.
==History== Capsicum is native to South America and Central America. These plants have been evolving for 17 million years. It was domesticated and cultivated at least since 3000 BC, as evidenced by remains of chili peppers found in pottery from Puebla and Oaxaca.