Capsicum chinense is a member of the nightshade family, Solanaceae.
 Some other important members of Solanaceae include a number of ornamental plants such as Petunia, Browallia, and Lycianthes, and sources of psychoactive alkaloids, Datura, Mandragora (mandrake), and Atropa belladonna (deadly nightshade)
 Solanum  the genus that typifies the family - includes nearly 50% of the total species of the solanaceas

