辣椒属（学名：**'）是茄目茄科植物，为一年生草本，或灌木、亚灌木，原产于中南美洲，单叶互生，卵形至狭披针形；花白色或绿白色，1－3朵聚生，5裂，雄蕊5；果实为浆果，果皮肉质或近革质，颜色和形状种种，常有辛辣味；种子多数，扁圆盘形。
辣椒属各品种现已被引种到世界各地，品种繁多，有作为蔬菜的品种和作为调味剂的辛辣品种，富含维生素C。
物种
- 辣椒 Capsicum annuum
* 灯笼椒 Capsicum annuum var. grossum*
* 朝天椒 Capsicum annuum var. conoides*
- 小米辣 Capsicum frutescens
- 黄灯笼辣椒 Capsicum chinense
- C. pendulum
- 紫花椒C. pubescens
- C. minimum
- 风铃辣椒C. baccatum
- C. abbreviatum
- C. anomalum
- C. breviflorum
- C. buforum
- C. brasilianum
- C. campylopodium
- C. cardenasii
- C. chacoense
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- C. ciliare
- C. ciliatum
- C. chlorocladium
- C. coccineum
- C. cordiforme
- C. cornutum
- C. dimorphum
- C. dusenii
- C. exile
- C. eximium
- C. fasciculatum
- C. fastigiatum
- C. flexuosum
- C. galapagoensis
- C. geminifolum
- C. hookerianum
- C. lanceolatum
- C. leptopodum
- C. luteum
- C. microcarpum
- C. minutiflorum
- C. mirabile
- C. parvifolium
- C. praetermissum
- C. schottianum
- C. scolnikianum
- C. stramonifolium
- C. tetragonum
- C. tovarii
- C. villosum
- C. violaceum
外部链接
- [https://web.archive.org/web/20071023143442/http://www.bioversityinternational.org/Publications/pubfile.asp?ID_PUB=345 辣椒属品种]
- [https://web.archive.org/web/20080611085219/http://www.ethno-botanik.org/Capsicum/Chili_und_Paprikasorten_Capsicum.html 2000多种辣椒的不同名称]
- [http://www.thechilliking.com/Growing.shtml 智利的辣椒种植]
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