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Taxon: Ananas comosus (L.) Merr.

Genus: Ananas
Family: Bromeliaceae subfamily: Bromelioideae.
Nomen number: 3074
Place of publication: Interpr. Herb. amboin. 133. 1917
Name verified on: 15-Jun-2011 by ARS Systematic Botanists. Last updated: 16-Jun-2011
Species priority site is: Natl. Germplasm Repository - Hilo (HILO).

NO ACCESSIONS IN NPGS UNDER THIS NAME.

See also subordinate taxa:


Common names:

  • pineapple   (Source: World Econ Pl ) – English   [Ananas comosus var. comosus]
  • red pineapple   (Source: Dict Gard [as A. bracteatus]) – English   [Ananas comosus var. bracteatus]
  • wild pineapple   (Source: Dict Gard [as A. bracteatus]) – English   [Ananas comosus var. bracteatus]
  • feng li   (Source: F ChinaEng ) – Transcribed Chinese   [Ananas comosus var. comosus]
  • ananas   (Source: Dict Rehm ) – French   [Ananas comosus var. comosus]
  • pain de sucre   (Source: Pl Res SEAs 2:66.) – French   [Ananas comosus var. comosus]
  • Ananas   (Source: Dict Rehm ) – German   [Ananas comosus var. comosus]
  • rote Ananas   (Source: Zander Ency ) – German   [Ananas comosus var. bracteatus]
  • nanas   (Source: Pl Res SEAs 2:66.) – Indonesian (Java)   [Ananas comosus var. comosus]
  • nanas   (Source: Pl Res SEAs 2:66.) – Malay   [Ananas comosus var. comosus]
  • abacaxi   (Source: Dict Rehm ) – Portuguese   [Ananas comosus var. comosus]
  • ananás   (Source: Dict Rehm ) – Portuguese   [Ananas comosus var. comosus]
  • abacaxí-do-mato   (Source: D. Groth, p.c. 2005) – Portuguese (Brazil)   [Ananas comosus var. comosus]
  • ananás-selvagem   (Source: D. Groth, p.c. 2005) – Portuguese (Brazil)   [Ananas comosus var. comosus]
  • ananaí   (Source: Pineapple Bot Prod ) – Portuguese (Brazil)   [Ananas comosus var. ananassoides]
  • ananas-de-cerca   (Source: Pineapple Bot Prod ) – Portuguese (Brazil)   [Ananas comosus var. bracteatus]
  • ananas-de-ramosa   (Source: Pineapple Bot Prod ) – Portuguese (Brazil)   [Ananas comosus var. ananassoides]
  • ananas-do-indio   (Source: Pineapple Bot Prod ) – Portuguese (Brazil)   [Ananas comosus var. ananassoides]
  • ananas-do-mato   (Source: Pineapple Bot Prod ) – Portuguese (Brazil)   [Ananas comosus var. bracteatus]
  • curibijul   (Source: Pineapple Bot Prod ) – Portuguese (Brazil)   [Ananas comosus var. ananassoides]
  • gravatá   (Source: D. Groth, p.c. 2005) – Portuguese (Brazil)   [Ananas comosus var. comosus]
  • gravatá   (Source: Pineapple Bot Prod ) – Portuguese (Brazil)   [Ananas comosus var. parguazensis]
  • maya-piñon   (Source: Pineapple Bot Prod ) – Portuguese (Brazil)   [Ananas comosus var. ananassoides]
  • nanaí   (Source: Pineapple Bot Prod ) – Portuguese (Brazil)   [Ananas comosus var. ananassoides]
  • piñuela   (Source: Pineapple Bot Prod ) – Portuguese (Brazil)   [Ananas comosus var. ananassoides]
  • ananá   (Source: Dict Rehm ) – Spanish   [Ananas comosus var. comosus]
  • curaná   (Source: Pineapple Bot Prod ) – Spanish   [Ananas comosus var. erectifolius]
  • curauá   (Source: Pineapple Bot Prod ) – Spanish   [Ananas comosus var. erectifolius]
  • piña   (Source: Mansf Ency ) – Spanish   [Ananas comosus var. comosus]
  • piña de América   (Source: Dict Rehm ) – Spanish   [Ananas comosus var. comosus]
  • piña tropical   (Source: Dict Rehm ) – Spanish   [Ananas comosus var. comosus]
  • curagua   (Source: Econ Bot 45:216. [as A. lucidus]) – Spanish (Venezuela)   [Ananas comosus var. erectifolius]
  • piña montañera   (Source: Pineapple Bot Prod ) – Spanish (Venezuela)   [Ananas comosus var. parguazensis]
  • ananas   (Source: Vara kulturvaxt namn ) – Swedish   [Ananas comosus var. comosus]
  • dvärgananas   (Source: Vara kulturvaxt namn ) – Swedish   [Ananas comosus var. ananassoides]
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Economic importance:


Distributional range:

      Native:
  • SOUTHERN AMERICA
    Northern South America: Guyana; Suriname; Venezuela - Amazonas, Anzoategui, Apure, Bolivar, Delta Amacuro, Falcon
    Brazil: Brazil - Alagoas, Amapa, Amazonas, Ceara, Espirito Santo, Federal District, Goias, Mato Grosso, Mato Grosso do Sul, Minas Gerais, Para, Paraiba, Parana, Pernambuco, Rio de Janeiro, Rondonia, Roraima, Sao Paulo, Tocantins
    Western South America: Colombia - Amazonas, Choco, Meta, Vaupes, Vichada; Ecuador - Bolivar, Morona-Santiago; Peru - Huanuco, Loreto
    Southern South America: Paraguay - Amambay, Central, Concepcion, San Pedro

      Naturalized:
  • SOUTHERN AMERICA
    Northern South America: French Guiana; Venezuela - Amazonas, Bolivar, Federal District, Monagas, Tachira
    Brazil: Brazil - Alagoas, Amapa, Amazonas, Espirito Santo, Minas Gerais, Para, Parana, Pernambuco, Rio Grande do Sul, Rio de Janeiro, Roraima, Santa Catarina, Sao Paulo
    Southern South America: Argentina - Corrientes, Misiones; Paraguay - Alto Parana, Caaguazu

      Cultivated: (links to other web resources are provided for some distributions)
  • AFRICA
    East Tropical Africa: Kenya
    West-Central Tropical Africa: Cameroon
    West Tropical Africa: Cote D'Ivoire; Nigeria
    Southern Africa: South Africa; Swaziland
  • ASIA-TEMPERATE
    China: China
    Eastern Asia: Taiwan
  • ASIA-TROPICAL
    Indian Subcontinent: India
    Indo-China: Cambodia; Thailand
    Malesia: Indonesia; Malaysia; Philippines
  • AUSTRALASIA
    Australia: Australia
  • NORTHERN AMERICA
    Mexico
  • PACIFIC
    North-Central Pacific: United States - Hawaii
  • SOUTHERN AMERICA
    Caribbean: Cuba; Dominican Republic; Martinique; Puerto Rico
    Mesoamerica: Costa Rica; Guatemala; Honduras
    Northern South America: Venezuela
    Brazil: Brazil
    Western South America: Colombia; Ecuador
    Southern South America: Argentina [n.]; Paraguay
  • also cultivated elsewhere in tropics

References:

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  • Angely, J. A. 1970–. Flora analítica e fitográfica do Estado de São Paulo.
  • Coppens d'Eeckenbrugge, G. & F. Leal. 2003. Morphology, anatomy and taxonomy. In: Bartholomew, D. P. et al., eds., The pineapple: botany, production and uses. 25–28.
  • Coppens d'Eeckenbrugge, G. et al. 1997. Germplasm resources of pineapple. Hort. Rev. 21:133–175.
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  • Duke, J. A. et al. 2002. CRC Handbook of medicinal herbs.
  • Encke, F. et al. 1984. Zander: Handwörterbuch der Pflanzennamen, 13. Auflage.
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  • Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO). 2010. Ecocrop (on-line resource).
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  • Gooding, E. G. et al. 1965. Flora of Barbados.
  • Groth, D. 2005. pers. comm. [re. Brazilian common names].
  • Hanelt, P., ed. 2001. Mansfeld's encyclopedia of agricultural and horticultural crops. Volumes 1-6.
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  • Wu Zheng-yi & P. H. Raven et al., eds. 1994–. Flora of China (English edition).
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Synonyms:


Check other web resources for Ananas comosus (L.) Merr.:


Images:

  • Seed: U.S. National Seed Herbarium image
More:
  • Check PlantSystematics.org for additional images
  • Google Images Images Note: Be advised that their identity may be inaccurate. Proper identification of a plant may require specialized taxonomic knowledge or comparison with properly documented herbarium material.

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