Ananas
Sign in to saveAnanas is a plant genus in the family Bromeliaceae. It is native to South America. The genus contains Ananas comosus, the pineapple.
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Ananas is a group of plants that belongs to the Bromeliaceae family and originally comes from South America. The most well-known member of this genus is Ananas comosus, which is the pineapple plant that produces the fruit many people eat around the world.
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Taxonomy · GBIF
GENUS
- KingdomPlantae
- PhylumTracheophyta
- ClassLiliopsida
- OrderPoales
- FamilyBromeliaceae
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- Instance of
- taxon
- Subclass of
- fruit
- Parent taxon
- Bromeliaceae
- Image
- Ananas en pleine croissance.jpg
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Ananas is a plant genus in the family Bromeliaceae. It is native to South America. The genus contains Ananas comosus, the pineapple.
==Species== The genus Ananas includes only two species: {| class="wikitable" |- ! 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. |}