Ananas

Life-forms

Classification System: APG IV

Superregnum: Eukaryota
Regnum: Plantae
Cladus: Angiosperms
Cladus: Monocots
Cladus: Commelinids
Ordo: Poales

Familia: Bromeliaceae
Subfamilia: Bromelioideae
Genus: Ananas
Species (2 sensu Coppens & Leal, 2003): A. comosus – A. macrodontes

Name

Ananas Mill., Gard. Dict. Abr. ed. 4: s.p. (1754)
Type species: Ananas comosus (L.) Merr. Interpr. Herb. Amboin. 133. (1917) Designated as basionym Bromelia comosa L., Herb. Amb.: 21 (1754) by L.B. Smith, N. Amer. Fl. 19: 214 (1938).

Synonyms

Heterotypic
Ananassa Lindl., Bot. Reg. 13: t. 1068 (1827)
Pseudananas Hassl. ex Harms in H.G.A.Engler, Nat. Pflanzenfam. ed. 2, 15a: 153 (1930)

References

Miller, P. (1754) The Gardeners Dictionary...Abridged...fourth edition no. 1.
Coppens d'Eeckenbrugge, G. & Leal, F. (2003) Chapter 2: Morphology, Anatomy, and Taxonomy. In D.P Bartholomew, R.E. Paull, and K.G. Rohrbach, The Pineapple: Botany, Production, and Uses. Wallingford, UK: CABI Publishing. p. 21. ISBN 0-85199-503-9.
Farr, E.R. & Zijlstra, G. (eds.) 1996 onwards. Ananas in Index Nominum Genericorum (Plantarum). Accessed: 2011 Sept 06.
Govaerts, R. et al. 2011. Ananas in World Checklist of Selected Plant Families. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published on the internet. Accessed: 2011 Sept 06. Reference page.
Tropicos.org 2014. Ananas. Missouri Botanical Garden. Published on the internet. Accessed: 2014 Sept. 6.
International Plant Names Index. 2014. Ananas. Published online. Accessed: Sept. 6 2014.

Vernacular names
Akan: Aborɔbɛ
беларуская: Ананас
English: Pineapples
español: Piña
suomi: Ananakset
magyar: Ananász
հայերեն: Արքայախնձոր
मराठी: अननस
polski: ananas
русский: Ананас

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
	Ananas comosus (L.) Merr.	Pineapple	East of the Andes, from northern South America to northern Argentina.[2]
	Ananas macrodontes E.Morren	False Pineapple	Coastal Brazil and basins of Parana and Paraguay rivers to northern Argentina.[2]

References

"World Checklist of Selected Plant Families: Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew". apps.kew.org.
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.