Talk:Capsicum

History question

Assuming capiscums are native to Americas, and Americas being 'discovered' by European colonists, wouldn't there be enough genetic data and written records to reconstruct the family tree since then? How long did it take Europeans to 'discover' they were more than an ornamental plants (e.g. it took almost to late 18th century, if not early 19th in case of tomatoes)? What were the ways in spreading it to the far east? Given the modern reevaluation of, at the time presumably crucial, European influence of the rise of nightshade family (tomatoes, peppers, potatoes) — from sustenance to the ornamental plants to the staple of almost every cuisine in the world — I think there is a great story to be dicovered and told here. TPetricevic (talk) 13:28, 6 April 2023 (UTC)

storage in braids

Hi, I'm trying to figure out the categorical relationship of commons:category:ristras and commons:category:strings of capsicum; ristra has a southwestern United States focus but otherwise seems to be a generic name (and @Zlama: on talk:ristra agrees). Is this so? Arlo James Barnes 22:55, 25 December 2023 (UTC)

Genetics

Capsicum species are 2n=2x=24 and 2n=2x=26 (2n = 24 and 2n = 26). There must be a mistake in the source you quote, because there is no capsicum species that are 2n=2x=32. — unsigned comment added by 67.68.242.119 at 14:58, 12 May 2024‎.

Fixed, many thanks for pointing this out. Chiswick Chap (talk) 13:39, 13 May 2024 (UTC)

Common names

Since the fruit is known as a "pepper" in most of the world and "capsicum" in most of the rest, those names should be in the introduction; otherwise naive readers will wonder if they have the right article. We know that "pepper" can mean two entirely different kinds of plant and edible part. Only the article Piperaceae discusses this in the intro but it seems equally appropriate here. I'm tempted to borrow its text to insert here. Any thoughts? Zaslav (talk) 19:33, 17 August 2024 (UTC)