Capsiceae
{{Short description|Tribe of flowering plants}}
{{Automatic taxobox
| fossil_range = {{fossil range|Early Eocene|present|Early Eocene to recent}}
| image = Capsicum pubescens flower.jpg
| image_caption = Capsicum pubescens
| taxon = Capsiceae
| authority = Dumort. 1827
| subdivision_ranks = Genera
| subdivision = Capsicum
}}
Capsiceae is a taxonomic tribe of bell peppers and related plants belonging to the Solanoideae subfamily within the family Solanaceae. The tribe was described by Barthélemy Charles Joseph Dumortier in 1827.
Phylogenomes
Research from spacer data proved that the genera Lycianthes and Capsicum together form a highly supported clade that placed them in the tribe.Vincent M. Russo (ed, 2012). [https://books.google.com/books?id=dA5mkzfmATEC Peppers: Botany, Production and Uses] page 25; {{ISBN|1845937678}}. Accessed 21 February 2019Spaling D, et al. [https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S105579031730814X Comparative transcriptomics and genomic patterns of discordance in Capsiceae (Solanaceae)] Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution
Volume 126, September 2018, Pages 293-302. Accessed 21 February 2019 Phylogenetic networks support placing the genera Capsicum and Lycanthes within a common bifurcating species tree.Spalink, D., Stoffel, K., Walden, G. K., Hulse-Kemp, A. M., Hill, T. A., Deynze, A. V., & Bohs, L. (2018). Comparative transcriptomics and genomic patterns of discordance in Capsiceae (Solanaceae). Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution, 126, 293-302. doi:10.1016/j.ympev.2018.04.030
The earliest fossils assigned to this tribe are from the Early Eocene of the Green River Formation in Colorado, and can be identified by their trademark calyces. This suggests that the Solanaceae may have originated in North America rather than South America as previously assumed, and were dispersed south during the Paleocene by fruit-eating birds.{{Cite journal |last=Deanna |first=Rocío |last2=Martínez |first2=Camila |last3=Manchester |first3=Steven |last4=Wilf |first4=Peter |last5=Campos |first5=Abel |last6=Knapp |first6=Sandra |last7=Chiarini |first7=Franco E. |last8=Barboza |first8=Gloria E. |last9=Bernardello |first9=Gabriel |last10=Sauquet |first10=Hervé |last11=Dean |first11=Ellen |last12=Orejuela |first12=Andrés |last13=Smith |first13=Stacey D. |date=March 23, 2023 |title=Fossil berries reveal global radiation of the nightshade family by the early Cenozoic |url=https://nph.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/nph.18904 |journal=New Phytologist |language=en |volume=238 |issue=6 |pages=2685–2697 |doi=10.1111/nph.18904 |issn=0028-646X|url-access=subscription }}{{Cite web |date=2023-04-24 |title=Colorado chili pepper fossil discovery may upend evolutionary timeline |url=https://newatlas.com/biology/chili-pepper-fossil-upends-evolutionary-timeline/ |access-date=2023-10-20 |website=New Atlas |language=en-US}}