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Ananas

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This article is about the plant genus. For the municipality in Tocantins stateBrazil,seeAnanás, Tocantins.For other uses, seeAnana.

Ananas
Pineapple (Ananas comosus)
Scientific classificationEdit this classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Monocots
Clade: Commelinids
Order: Poales
Family: Bromeliaceae
Subfamily: Bromelioideae
Genus: Ananas
Mill.
Synonyms[1]
  • AnanassaLindl.
  • PseudananasHassl. ex Harms in H.G.A.Engler

Ananasis a plantgenusin the familyBromeliaceae.[1]It is native toSouth America.The genus containsAnanas comosus,thepineapple.[2]

Species

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The genusAnanasincludes only two species:[2][3]

Image Scientific name Common Name Native Distribution
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]
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  • Pineapple plantation
    Pineapple plantation
  • Ananas comosus, habitat, Suriname
    Ananas comosus,habitat,Suriname
  • A pineapple in a garden in Martinique (Caribbean Sea)
    A pineapple in a garden inMartinique(Caribbean Sea)

References

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  1. ^ab"World Checklist of Selected Plant Families: Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew".apps.kew.org.
  2. ^abcdBartholomew, D. P.; Paull, Robert E.; Rohrbach, K. G. (2002).The Pineapple: Botany, Production, and Uses.CABI. pp. 23–28.ISBN9780851999791.
  3. ^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.
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