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. |
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Synonyms[1] | |
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Ananas is a plant genus in the family Bromeliaceae.[1] It is native to South America. The genus contains Ananas comosus, the pineapple.[2]
Species
The genus Ananas includes 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] | |
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Ananas macrodontes E.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 in Martinique (Caribbean Sea)
References
- ^ a b "World Checklist of Selected Plant Families: Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew". apps.kew.org.
- ^ a b c d Bartholomew, D. P.; Paull, Robert E.; Rohrbach, K. G. (2002). The Pineapple: Botany, Production, and Uses. CABI. pp. 23–28. ISBN 9780851999791.
- ^ Govaerts, Rafaël; d'Eeckenbrugge, Geo Coppens (2015). "Synonymies in Ananas (Bromeliaceae)". Phytotaxa. 239 (3): 273–279. doi:10.11646/phytotaxa.239.3.8. ISSN 1179-3163.
External links
Media related to Ananas at Wikimedia Commons