Genus Ananas Mill.


Summary
Genus number:
599
Last updated:
2 July 2011
Family:
Bromeliaceae
Subfamily:
Bromelioideae
Accession count:

393 (168  active, 0  available) in National Plant Germplasm System
Comments:
all accepted species are in GRIN


Synonyms
Synonym(s) Probable synonym(s)

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References:
  1. 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. Note: CABI Publishing.
  2. Coppens d'Eeckenbrugge, G. & R. Govaerts. 2015. Synonymies in Ananas (Bromeliaceae). Phytotaxa 239:273-279.
  3. Duval, M. F. et al. 2003. Relationships in Ananas and other related genera using chloroplast DNA restriction site variation. Genome 46:990-1004.
  4. International Society for Horticultural Science. International Cultivar Registration Authority (on-line resource).
  5. Leal, F. et al. 1998. Taxonomy of the genera Ananas and Pseudananas—an historical review. Selbyana 19:227-235.
Cite as: USDA, Agricultural Research Service, National Plant Germplasm System. 2026. Germplasm Resources Information Network (GRIN Taxonomy). National Germplasm Resources Laboratory, Beltsville, Maryland.
URL: https://npgstest.ars-grin.gov/gringlobal/taxon/taxonomygenus?id=599. Accessed 10 May 2026.