List of peppers
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:
- Chili pepper, a number of species
- Bell pepper, Capsicum annuum, a kind of chili pepper often referred to as "peppers"
- Datil pepper, a Capsicum chinense cultivar
- While the above are fruit, it can also refer to the seeds of these plants, as with cayenne pepper
The genus Pimenta of the myrtle family (Myrtaceae), including for example:
- allspice (P. dioicia)
- West Indian bay tree (P. racemosa)
- Pimenta haitiensis
- Pimenta jamaicensis
- Pimenta obscura
- Macropiper excelsum, kawakawa
- Pseudowintera, horopito
- Zanthoxylum
- Pseudowintera colorata. New Zealand Pepperwood
- Zanthoxylum clava-herculis, American Pepperwood
and also:
- Sichuan pepper, several species of the genus Zanthoxylum
- Tasmanian pepper, Mountain pepper or "pepperbush", Tasmannia species