Ananas
{{Short description|Genus of fruits and plants}}
{{About|the plant genus|the municipality in Tocantins state Brazil|Ananás, Tocantins|other uses|Anana (disambiguation){{!}}Anana}}
{{Automatic taxobox
|image = Ananas.comosus1web.jpg
|image_caption = Pineapple (Ananas comosus)
|taxon = Ananas
|authority = Mill.
|synonyms = *Ananassa Lindl.
- Pseudananas Hassl. ex Harms in H.G.A.Engler
|range_map = Pineappleareal.png
|range_map_alt =
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Ananas is a plant genus in the family Bromeliaceae.{{cite web|url=http://apps.kew.org/wcsp/namedetail.do?name_id=219647|title=World Checklist of Selected Plant Families: Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew|website=apps.kew.org}} It is native to South America. The genus contains Ananas comosus, the pineapple.{{Cite book|title=The Pineapple: Botany, Production, and Uses|last1=Bartholomew|first1=D. P.|last2=Paull|first2=Robert E.|last3=Rohrbach|first3=K. G.|date=2002|publisher=CABI|isbn=9780851999791|pages=23–28|language=en}}
Species
The genus Ananas includes only two species:{{Cite journal|last1=Govaerts|first1=Rafaël|last2=d'Eeckenbrugge|first2=Geo Coppens|date=2015|title=Synonymies in Ananas (Bromeliaceae)|journal=Phytotaxa|language=en|volume=239|issue=3|pages=273–279|doi=10.11646/phytotaxa.239.3.8|issn=1179-3163|doi-access=free}}
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| Image | Scientific name | Common Name | Native Distribution |
|---|---|---|---|
| 120px | Ananas comosus (L.) Merr. | Pineapple | East of the Andes, from northern South America to northern Argentina. |
| 120px | Ananas macrodontes E.Morren | False Pineapple | Coastal Brazil and basins of Parana and Paraguay rivers to northern Argentina. |
Gallery
File:Pineapple.plantation.jpg|Pineapple plantation
File:Ananas nanus - habitat 1.jpg|Ananas comosus, habitat, Suriname
File:Ananas jardin Martinique.jpg|A pineapple in a garden in Martinique (Caribbean Sea)
References
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External links
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