Ananas
Appearance
Ananas | |
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Pineapple (Ananas comosus) | |
Scientific classification | |
Kingdom: | Plantae |
Clade: | Tracheophytes |
Clade: | Angiosperms |
Clade: | Monocots |
Clade: | Commelinids |
Order: | Poales |
Family: | Bromeliaceae |
Subfamily: | Bromelioideae |
Genus: | Ananas Mill. |
Synonyms[1] | |
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Ananasis a plantgenusin the familyBromeliaceae.[1]It is native toSouth America.The genus containsAnanas comosus,thepineapple.[2]
Species
[edit]The genusAnanasincludes only two species:[2][3]
Image | Scientific name | Common Name | Native Distribution |
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Ananas comosus(L.) Merr. | Pineapple | East of the Andes, from northern South America to northern Argentina.[2] | |
Ananas macrodontesE.Morren | False Pineapple | Coastal Brazil and basins of Parana and Paraguay rivers to northern Argentina.[2] |
Gallery
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Pineapple plantation
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Ananas comosus,habitat,Suriname
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A pineapple in a garden inMartinique(Caribbean Sea)
References
[edit]- ^ab"World Checklist of Selected Plant Families: Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew".apps.kew.org.
- ^abcdBartholomew, D. P.; Paull, Robert E.; Rohrbach, K. G. (2002).The Pineapple: Botany, Production, and Uses.CABI. pp. 23–28.ISBN9780851999791.
- ^Govaerts, Rafaël; d'Eeckenbrugge, Geo Coppens (2015)."Synonymies in Ananas (Bromeliaceae)".Phytotaxa.239(3): 273–279.doi:10.11646/phytotaxa.239.3.8.ISSN1179-3163.
External links
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