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Capsicum spp. / Pepper / 辣椒属植物

Introduction
Capsicum is a genus of flowering plants in the nightshade family Solanaceae, native to the Americas, cultivated worldwide for their edible fruit. Sweet or bell peppers and some chili peppers belong to the Capsicum annuum species, making it the most cultivated species from the genus.
Common name: / Pepper / 辣椒属植物
Taxonomy: Viridiplantae; Streptophyta; Streptophytina; Embryophyta; Tracheophyta; Euphyllophyta; Spermatophyta; Magnoliopsida; Mesangiospermae; eudicotyledons; Gunneridae; Pentapetalae; asterids; lamiids; Solanales; Solanaceae; Solanoideae; Capsiceae; Capsicum

Genome

1. Kim S, Park M, Yeom SI, et al. Genome sequence of the hot pepper provides insights into the evolution of pungency in Capsicum species. Nat Genet. 2014;46(3):270-278.
2. Hulse-Kemp AM, Maheshwari S, Stoffel K, et al. Reference quality assembly of the 3.5-Gb genome of Capsicum annuum from a single linked-read library. Hortic Res. 2018;5:4. Published 2018 Jan 12.
3. Kim S, Park J, Yeom SI, et al. New reference genome sequences of hot pepper reveal the massive evolution of plant disease-resistance genes by retroduplication. Genome Biol. 2017;18(1):210. Published 2017 Nov 1.
4. Liu F, Zhao J, Sun H, et al. Genomes of cultivated and wild Capsicum species provide insights into pepper domestication and population differentiation. Nat Commun. 2023;14(1):5487. Published 2023 Sep 7.
5. Kim S, Park J, Yeom SI, et al. New reference genome sequences of hot pepper reveal the massive evolution of plant disease-resistance genes by retroduplication. Genome Biol. 2017;18(1):210. Published 2017 Nov 1.

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