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_ref =

|synonyms = *Ananassa Lindl.

  • Pseudananas Hassl. ex Harms in H.G.A.Engler

|range_map = Pineappleareal.png

|range_map_alt =

}}

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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ImageScientific nameCommon NameNative Distribution
120pxAnanas comosus (L.) Merr.PineappleEast of the Andes, from northern South America to northern Argentina.
120pxAnanas macrodontes E.MorrenFalse PineappleCoastal 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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