Ananas

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Ananas

Genus of fruits and plants

This article is about the plant genus. For the municipality in Tocantins state Brazil, see Ananás, Tocantins. For other uses, see Anana.

Ananas is a plant genus in the family Bromeliaceae.[1] It is native to South America. The genus contains Ananas comosus, the pineapple.[2]

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Species

The genus Ananas includes only two species:[2][3]

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  • Pineapple plantation
  • Ananas comosus, habitat, Suriname
  • A pineapple in a garden in Martinique (Caribbean Sea)

References

  1. [1]
    "World Checklist of Selected Plant Families: Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew". apps.kew.org.
  2. [2]
    Bartholomew, D. P.; Paull, Robert E.; Rohrbach, K. G. (2002). The Pineapple: Botany, Production, and Uses. CABI. pp. 23–28. ISBN 9780851999791.
  3. [3]
    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.

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