Ananas comosus (L.) Merr.

  • Authority

    Smith, Lyman B. 1967. Bromeliaceae of the Guayana Highland. Mem. New York Bot. Gard. 14: 15-68.

  • Family

    Bromeliaceae

  • Scientific Name

    Ananas comosus (L.) Merr.

  • Description

    Distribution and Ecology - Distribution. Cultivated by the Indians in the Guayana Highland area (Maguire). British Guiana: Kako River, upper Mazaruni River. Native of southcentral Brazil and Paraguay but widely cultivated in the tropics and subtropics throughout the world.

  • Discussion

    Bromelia ananas L. Sp. PI. 285. 1753.

    Bromelia comosa L. Herb. Amboin. 21. 1754; Amoen. Acad. 4: 130. 1759.

    Ananassa sativa Lindl. Bot. Reg. 13: under pi. 1068. 1827, nomen nudum; Spach, Hist. Vég. 12: 400. 1846.

    Ananas sativus Schult. f. in R. & S. Syst. 7: 1283. 1830.

    Ananas ananas Voss in Vilm. Blumeng. ed. 3, 1: 964. 1895.

  • Distribution

    Distribution. Cultivated by the Indians in the Guayana Highland area (Maguire). British Guiana: Kako River, upper Mazaruni River. Native of southcentral Brazil and Paraguay but widely cultivated in the tropics and subtropics throughout the world.

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