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Ananas
Pineapple (Ananas comosus)
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Plantae Division: Magnoliophyta Class: Liliopsida Order: Poales Family: Bromeliaceae Subfamily: Bromelioideae Genus: Ananas Mill.
Species
See text. Wikipedia does not have an article with this exact name. ... Binomial name Ananas comosus (L.) Merr. ... Ananás is a municipality located in the Brazilian state of Tocantins. ... Ananas comosus2. ... Scientific classification or biological classification is a method by which biologists group and categorize species of organisms. ... Divisions Green algae Chlorophyta Charophyta Land plants (embryophytes) Non-vascular plants (bryophytes) Marchantiophyta—liverworts Anthocerotophyta—hornworts Bryophyta—mosses Vascular plants (tracheophytes) †Rhyniophyta—rhyniophytes †Zosterophyllophyta—zosterophylls Lycopodiophyta—clubmosses †Trimerophytophyta—trimerophytes Pteridophyta—ferns and horsetails Seed plants (spermatophytes) †Pteridospermatophyta—seed ferns Pinophyta—conifers Cycadophyta—cycads Ginkgophyta—ginkgo Gnetophyta—gnetae Magnoliophyta—flowering plants... It has been suggested that Angiospermae, and Anthophyta be merged into this article or section. ... Liliopsida is the botanical name for a class. ... families see text Poales is a botanical name at the rank of order. ... Subfamiles Bromeloideae Pitcairnoideae Tillandsioideae Bromeliaceae (the bromeliads) is a large family of flowering plants native to the tropical and warm temperate New World. ... Bromelioideae is a subfamily of the bromeliads (Bromeliaceae). ... Philip Miller (1691 - December 18, 1771) was a botanist of Scottish descent. ...

Pineapple plantation

Ananas bracteatus var. striatus

Fruit of Ananas bracteatus var. tricolor

The genus Ananas belongs to the Bromeliad family (Bromeliaceae). It is best known for the species Ananas comosus, better known as the pineapple. Pineapple plantation. ... Pineapple plantation. ... ImageMetadata File history File links Ananasornamental1. ... ImageMetadata File history File links Ananasornamental1. ... Image File history File linksMetadata Download high-resolution version (667x1000, 341 KB) File links The following pages on the English Wikipedia link to this file (pages on other projects are not listed): Ananas Bract Metadata This file contains additional information, probably added from the digital camera or scanner used to... Image File history File linksMetadata Download high-resolution version (667x1000, 341 KB) File links The following pages on the English Wikipedia link to this file (pages on other projects are not listed): Ananas Bract Metadata This file contains additional information, probably added from the digital camera or scanner used to... For other uses of the word, please see Genus (disambiguation). ... Subfamiles Bromeloideae Pitcairnoideae Tillandsioideae Bromeliaceae (the bromeliads) is a large family of flowering plants native to the tropical and warm temperate New World. ... Binomial name Ananas comosus (L.) Merr. ...

This genus originated in South America and was brought to the Caribbean Islands by the Carib Indians. In 1493, Christopher Columbus first saw plants of this genus in Guadeloupe. It was brought to Europe, and from there was distributed to the Pacific Islands by the Spanish and the English. Commercial pineapple plantations were established in Hawaii, the Philippines, Southeast Asia, Florida and Cuba. The pineapple has become one of the world's most popular fruits. South America South America is a continent crossed by the equator, with most of its area in the Southern Hemisphere. ... West Indian redirects here. ... This article is about the Island Carib people, who lived on the islands of the Caribbean. ... 1493 was a common year starting on Sunday (see link for calendar) of the Gregorian calendar. ... Christopher Columbus (1451 – May 20, 1506) was a navigator and maritime explorer credited as the discoverer of the Americas. ... This article does not cite its references or sources. ... Location of Southeast Asia Southeast Asia is a subregion of Asia. ... Official language(s) English Capital Tallahassee Largest city Jacksonville Largest metro area Miami Area  Ranked 22nd  - Total 65,795[1] sq mi (170,304[1] km²)  - Width 361 miles (582 km)  - Length 447 miles (721 km)  - % water 17. ...

The tough leaves grow in large rosettes, arising basally from a crown. These leaves are long and lanceolate with a serrate or thorny margin. The flowers, arising from the heart of the rosette, each have their own sepals. They grow into a compact head on a short, robust stalk. The sepals become fleshy and juicy and develop into the well-known complex form of the pseudocarp fruit, crowned by a rosette of leaves. “Foliage” redirects here. ... A Phalaenopsis flower Rudbeckia fulgida A flower, (<Old French flo(u)r<Latin florem<flos), also known as a bloom or blossom, is the reproductive structure found in flowering plants (plants of the division Magnoliophyta, also called angiosperms). ... Flower of the Primrose Willowherb (Ludwigia octovalvis) showing petals and sepals A sepal is one member or part of the calyx of a flower. ... An accessory fruit is a fruit in which the fleshy part is derived not from the ovary (or surrounding stem, if the ovary is inferior) but from some adjacent tissue. ...

Ananas species are used as food plants by the larvae of some Lepidoptera species including Batrachedra comosae, which feeds exclusively on A. comosus. A larval insect A larva (Latin; plural larvae) is a juvenile form of animal with indirect development, undergoing metamorphosis (for example, insects or amphibians). ... Superfamilies Butterflies Hesperioidea Papilionoidea Moths Acanthopteroctetoidea Alucitoidea Axioidea Bombycoidea Calliduloidea Choreutoidea Cossoidea Drepanoidea Epermenioidea Eriocranioidea Galacticoidea Gelechioidea Geometroidea Gracillarioidea Hedyloidea Hepialoidea Heterobathmioidea Hyblaeoidea Immoidea Incurvarioidea Lasiocampoidea Lophocoronoidea Micropterigoidea Mimallonoidea Mnesarchaeoidea Neopseustoidea Nepticuloidea Noctuoidea Palaephatoidea Pterophoroidea Pyraloidea Schreckensteinioidea Sesioidea Simaethistoidea Thyridoidea Tineoidea Tischerioidea Tortricoidea Urodoidea Whalleyanoidea Yponomeutoidea Zygaenoidea The order Lepidoptera... Species See text Batrachedridae is a small family of moths. ...

The word Ananas is derived from the Guarani name for the pineapple. This article needs to be cleaned up to conform to a higher standard of quality. ...

Species and varieties

• Ananas ananassoides var. typicus
• Ananas arvensis  : (Brazil)
• Ananas bracteatus  : (Brazil)
  • Ananas bracteatus var. albus
  • Ananas bracteatus var. hondurensis
  • Ananas bracteatus var. paraguariensis
  • Ananas bracteatus var. rudis
  • Ananas bracteatus var. striatus (South America)
  • Ananas bracteatus var. tricolor
  • Ananas bracteatus var. typicus
• Ananas comosus - pineapple (Brazil)
• Ananas erectifolius
• Ananas genesio-linesii (Brazil)
• Ananas guaraniticus (Argentina, Paraguay)
• Ananas macrodontes (Brazil)
• Ananas microcephalus (tropical America)
  • Ananas microcephalus var. major (South America)
  • Ananas microcephalus var. minor (South America)
  • Ananas microcephalus var. missionensis (Argentina)
  • Ananas microcephalus var. mondayanus (South America)
  • Ananas microstachys var. typicus
• Ananas mordilona
• Ananas pancheanus (Colombia)
• Ananas parguazensis (South America)
• Ananas pyramidalis
• Ananas sativus (tropical America)
  • Ananas sativus var. hispanorum
  • Ananas sativus var. lucidus
  • Ananas sativus var. muricatus
  • Ananas sativus var. sagenarius
  • Ananas sativus f. typicus
  • Ananas sativus var. variegatus
• Ananas strictus (Paraguay)
• Ananas viridis

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