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Capsicum
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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.
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
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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Research
7,416 papers- A comprehensive update on Capsicum proteomics: Advances and future prospects.ReviewJournal of proteomics · 2022Momo J, Kumar A, Islam K et al.DOI: 10.1016/j.jprot.2022.104578
- Capsicum--production, technology, chemistry, and quality. Part III. Chemistry of the color, aroma, and pungency stimuli.ReviewCritical reviews in food science and nutrition · 1986Govindarajan VSDOI: 10.1080/10408398609527437
- Biological Properties, Bioactive Constituents, and Pharmacokinetics of Some Capsicum spp. and Capsaicinoids.ReviewInternational journal of molecular sciences · 2020Batiha GE, Alqahtani A, Ojo OA et al.DOI: 10.3390/ijms21155179
- Capsicum--production, technology, chemistry, and quality. Part IV. Evaluation of quality.ReviewCritical reviews in food science and nutrition · 1987Govindarajan VS, Rajalakshmi D, Chand NDOI: 10.1080/10408398709527453
- Capsicum SIZ1 contributes to ABA-induced SUMOylation in pepper.Plant science : an international journal of experimental plant biology · 2022Lei S, Wang Q, Chen Y et al.DOI: 10.1016/j.plantsci.2021.111099
- Transcriptional Regulation of Ripening in Chili Pepper Fruits (Capsicum spp.).ReviewInternational journal of molecular sciences · 2021Villa-Rivera MG, Ochoa-Alejo NDOI: 10.3390/ijms222212151
- Apocarotenoids profiling in different Capsicum species.Food chemistry · 2021Zoccali M, Giuffrida D, Salafia F et al.DOI: 10.1016/j.foodchem.2020.127595
- Capsicum--production, technology, chemistry, and quality. Part V. Impact on physiology, pharmacology, nutrition, and metabolism; structure, pungency, pain, and desensitization sequences.ReviewCritical reviews in food science and nutrition · 1991Govindarajan VS, Sathyanarayana MNDOI: 10.1080/10408399109527536
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17 sectionsContents
- History
- Etymology and names
- Phylogeny
- Growing conditions
- Species and varieties
- Species list
- Formerly placed here
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- Breeding
- Capsaicin
- Cuisine
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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.
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