Ananas

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]

Ananas
Pineapple (Ananas comosus)
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Plantae
Clade:	Tracheophytes
Clade:	Angiosperms
Clade:	Monocots
Clade:	Commelinids
Order:	Poales
Family:	Bromeliaceae
Subfamily:	Bromelioideae
Genus:	Ananas Mill.
Synonyms[1]
Ananassa Lindl. Pseudananas Hassl. ex Harms in H.G.A.Engler

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]

Gallery

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