Pepper plants and plant products

Pepper plants and plant products

      Here's an partial article from wikipedia that links to many other articles on the subject of peppers, like the kind we eat and use as a spice.

The genus Piper of the pepper family (Piperaceae), including for example:

• Black pepper, white and green pepper, Piper nigrum
• Cubeb, Piper cubeba, also known as Java pepper
• Long pepper, Piper longum

The genus Capsicum of the nightshade family (Solanaceae), including for example:

• Banana pepper, a number of species and spices
• Bell pepper, a Capsicum annuum cultivar
• Cayenne pepper, a Capsicum annuum cultivar
• Chili pepper, a number of species
• Datil pepper, a Capsicum chinense cultivar
• Jalapeño, a Capsicum annuum cultivar
• Florina pepper, a Capsicum annuum cultivar

The genus Pimenta (genus) of the myrtle family (Myrtaceae), including for example:

• Allspice (P. dioicia)
• Pimenta haitiensis
• Pimenta jamaicensis
• Pimenta obscura
• Pimenta racemosa (P. racemosa), West Indian bay tree

Other plants known as peppers:

• Aframomum melegueta, grains of paradise
• Alligator pepper
• Macropiper excelsum, kawakawa
• Pseudowintera, horopito
• Pseudowintera colorata, New Zealand Pepperwood
• Schinus genus, peppercorn trees
• "Pink peppercorns", obtained from Schinus molle
• Tasmanian pepper, Mountain pepper or "pepperbush", Tasmannia species
• Vitex agnus-castus, Monk's pepper
• Zanthoxylum genus
• Sichuan pepper, produced from the fruit of several Zanthoxylum species
• Zanthoxylum clava-herculis, American Pepperwood

Here's the entire link on peppers from wiki:  http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pepper

There's even a "scale" on measuring the "spicy heat" from peppers. Here is a link on the subject of the Scoville scale:  http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Scoville_scale