Capsicum

***Capsicum*** is a genus o flouerin plants in the nichtshade faimily Solanaceae. Its species are native tae the Americas, whaur thay hae been cultivatit for thoosands o years.  In modren times, it is cultivatit warldwide, an haes acome a key element in mony regional cuisines. In addeetion tae uise as spices an fuid vegetables, capsicum haes an aa foond uise in medicines.

The fruit o *Capsicum* plants hae a variety o names dependin on place an type. The piquant (spicy) variety are commonly cried chili peppers, or simply "chilies". The lairge mild furm is cried reid pepper, green pepper or bell pepper in North Americae an Britain an typically juist "capsicum" in New Zealand, Australie, an Indie. The fruit is cried paprika in some ither kintras (altho paprika can an aa refer tae the poudered spice made frae various capsicum fruit).

The generic name is derived frae the Greek wird κάπτω (*kapto*), meanin "tae bite" or "tae swallae." The name "pepper" came intae uise acause o thair seemilar flavour tae the condiment black pepper, *[[Piper (genus)|Piper]] nigrum*, altho thare is na botanical relationship wi this plant, or wi Sichuan pepper. The oreeginal Mexican term, *chilli* (nou *chile* in Mexico) came frae the Nahuatl wird *chilli* or *xilli*, referrin tae a larger *Capsicum* variety cultivatit at least syne 3000 BC, as evidenced bi remains foond in pottery frae Puebla an Oaxaca.

## Species list

* *[[Capsicum annuum]]* L.
* *[[Capsicum baccatum]]* L.
* *[[Capsicum buforum]]* Hunz.
* *[[Capsicum campylopodium]]* Sendtn.
* *[[Capsicum cardenasii]]* Heiser & P. G. Sm.
* *[[Capsicum ceratocalyx]]*  M.Nee
* *[[Capsicum chacoense]]* Hunz.
* *[[Capsicum chinense]]* Jacq.
* *[[Capsicum coccineum]]* (Rusby) Hunz.
* *[[Capsicum cornutum]]* (Hiern) Hunz.
* *[[Capsicum dimorphum]]* (Miers) Kuntze
* *[[Capsicum dusenii]]* Bitter
* *[[Capsicum eximium]]* Hunz.
* *[[Capsicum flexuosum]]* Sendtn.
* *[[Capsicum friburgense]]*  Bianch. & Barboza
* *[[Capsicum frutescens]]* L.
* *[[Capsicum galapagoense]]* Hunz.
* *[[Capsicum geminifolium]]* (Dammer) Hunz.
* *[[Capsicum havanense]]*  Kunth
* *[[Capsicum hookerianum]]* (Miers) Kuntze
* *[[Capsicum hunzikerianum]]*  Barboza & Bianch.
* *[[Capsicum lanceolatum]]* (Greenm.) C.V.Morton & Standl.
* *[[Capsicum leptopodum]]* (Dunal) Kuntze
* *[[Capsicum lycianthoides]]* Bitter
* *[[Capsicum minutiflorum]]* (Rusby) Hunz.
* *[[Capsicum mirabile]]* Mart. ex Sendtn.
* *[[Capsicum mositicum]]* Toledo
* *[[Capsicum parvifolium]]* Sendtn.
* *[[Capsicum pereirae]]*  Barboza & Bianch.
* *[[Capsicum pubescens]]* Ruiz & Pav.
* *[[Capsicum ramosissimum]]*  Witasek
* *[[Capsicum recurvatum]]*  Witasek
* *[[Capsicum rhomboideum]]* (Dunal) Kuntze
* *[[Capsicum schottianum]]* Sendtn.
* *[[Capsicum scolnikianum]]* Hunz.
* *[[Capsicum spina-alba]]*  (Dunal) Kuntze
* *[[Capsicum stramoniifolium]]*  (Kunth) Standl.
* *[[Capsicum tovarii]]* Eshbaugh et al.
* *[[Capsicum villosum]]* Sendtn.

### Umwhile placed here
* *[[Tubocapsicum anomalum]]* (Franch. & Sav.) Makino (as *C. anomalum* Franch. & Sav.)
* *[[Vassobia fasciculata]]* (Miers) Hunz. (as *C. grandiflorum* Kuntze)
* *[[Witheringia stramoniifolia]]* Kunth (as *C. stramoniifolium* (Kunth) Kuntze)

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