Genus Capsicum L.


Summary
Genus number:
2056
Last updated:
1 September 2009
Family:
Solanaceae
Subfamily:
Solanoideae
Tribe:
Capsiceae
Common name(s):

pepper
Accession count:

6499 (5331  active, 4531  available) in National Plant Germplasm System
Comments:
all accepted species are in GRIN


Synonyms

Images (1 total. Click on image for more.)
Seeds

Google Scholar   

References:
  1. Barboza, G. E. et al. 2022. Monograph of wild and cultivated chili peppers (Capsicum L., Solanaceae). PhytoKeys 200:1-423. DOI: 10.3897/phytokeys.200.71667.
  2. Carrizo García, C. et al. 2016. Phylogenetic relationships, diversification and expansion of chili peppers (Capsicum, Solanaceae). Ann. Bot. (Oxford) 118:35-51.
  3. Moscone, E. A. et al. 2003. Analysis of nuclear DNA content in Capsicum (Solanaceae) by flow cytometry and Feulgen densitometry. Ann. Bot. (Oxford) 92:21-29.
  4. Walsh, B. M. & S. B. Hoot. 2001. Phylogenetic relationships of Capsicum (Solanaceae) using DNA sequences from two noncoding regions: The chloroplast atpB-rbcL spacer region and nuclear waxy introns. Int. J. Pl. Sci. 162:1409-1418.
  5. Wang, D. & P. W. Bosland. 2006. The genes of Capsicum. HortScience 41:1169-1187.
Cite as: USDA, Agricultural Research Service, National Plant Germplasm System. 2026. Germplasm Resources Information Network (GRIN Taxonomy). National Germplasm Resources Laboratory, Beltsville, Maryland.
URL: https://npgstest.ars-grin.gov/gringlobal/taxon/taxonomygenus?id=2056. Accessed 10 May 2026.