Taxon: Ananas comosus (L.) Merr. var. erectifolius (L. B. Sm.) Coppens & F. Leal

See other conspecific taxa:

• Ananas comosus (no accessions)
• Ananas comosus var. ananassoides (8 accessions)
• Ananas comosus var. bracteatus (7 accessions)
• Ananas comosus var. comosus (135 accessions)
• Ananas comosus var. parguazensis (no accessions)

Common names:

• curaná   (Source: Pineapple Bot Prod ) – Spanish
  
• curauá   (Source: Pineapple Bot Prod ) – Spanish
  
• curagua   (Source: Econ Bot 45:216. [as A. lucidus]) – Spanish (Venezuela)
  

Economic importance:

• Environmental: ornamental   (fide Pineapple Bot Prod 41. 2003)
  
• Gene sources: potential for disease resistance in pineapple   (resistant to heart rot and root rot fide Pineapple Bot. Prod 41. 2003)
  
• Gene sources: primary genetic relative of pineapple   (fide Selbyana 19:228. 1998)
  
• Materials: fiber   (fide F VenGuay, as A. lucidus)
  

Distributional range:

• SOUTHERN AMERICA
  Western South America: Ecuador - Bolivar, Morona-Santiago; Peru - Huanuco, Loreto

• SOUTHERN AMERICA
  Northern South America: French Guiana; Venezuela - Amazonas, Bolivar, Federal District, Monagas, Tachira
  Brazil: Brazil - Amapa, Amazonas, Para, Roraima

• SOUTHERN AMERICA
  Northern South America: Venezuela
  Brazil: Brazil

References:

• Chan, Y. K. et al. 2003. Breeding and variety improvement. In: Bartholomew, D. P. et al., eds., The pineapple: botany, production and uses. 41.
• Coppens d'Eeckenbrugge, G. & F. Leal. 2003. Morphology, anatomy and taxonomy. In: Bartholomew, D. P. et al., eds., The pineapple: botany, production and uses. 13–32.

Synonyms:

• (≡) Ananas erectifolius L. B. Sm. (basionym)
  (previously associated with 3 accessions)
• (=) Ananas lucidus Mill.
  (previously associated with 3 accessions)

Check other web resources for Ananas comosus (L.) Merr. var. erectifolius (L. B. Sm.) Coppens & F. Leal:

• TROPICOS: Nomenclatural and Specimen Database of the Missouri Botanical Garden
• Mansfeld: Mansfeld's World Database of Agricultural and Horticultural Crops
• ICRA: International Cultivar Registration Authority (on-line resource). for Ananas comosus var. erectifolius cultivars

Images:

• GRIN Images of germplasm accessions.

More:

• 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.

Abbreviations & symbols in GRIN Taxonomy

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