Biology:Ananas
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Short description: Genus of fruits and plants
| Ananas | |
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| Pineapple (Ananas comosus) | |
Scientific classification 
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| 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
Pineapple plantation
Ananas comosus, habitat, Suriname
A pineapple in a garden in Martinique (Caribbean Sea)
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 "World Checklist of Selected Plant Families: Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew". http://apps.kew.org/wcsp/namedetail.do?name_id=219647.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 Bartholomew, D. P.; Paull, Robert E.; Rohrbach, K. G. (2002) (in en). The Pineapple: Botany, Production, and Uses. CABI. pp. 23–28. ISBN 9780851999791.
- ↑ Govaerts, Rafaël; d'Eeckenbrugge, Geo Coppens (2015). "Synonymies in Ananas (Bromeliaceae)" (in en). Phytotaxa 239 (3): 273–279. doi:10.11646/phytotaxa.239.3.8. ISSN 1179-3163.
External links
Wikidata ☰ Q147316 entry
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