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Ananas comosus means something in biology. If you want to know the exact meaning, history, etymology or English translation of this term then check out the descriptions on this page. Add your comment or reference to a book if you want to contribute to this summary article.

Biology (plants and animals)

Source: Google Books: CRC World Dictionary (Latin names; Binomial nomenclature)

Ananas comosus (L.) Merr. is the name of a plant defined in various botanical sources. This page contains potential references in modern medicine, Ayurveda, and other local traditions or folk medicine. It has the following synonyms: Ananas ananas (L.) Voss, Ananas ananas (L.) H. Karst. ex Voss, nom. inval., Ananas ananas Ker Gawl., Ananas argentata J.C. Wendl. ex Schult. & Schult.f., Ananas aurata J.C. Wendl. ex Schult. & Schult.f., Ananas bracteatus Baker, Ananas bracteatus var. hondurensis Bertoni, Ananas bracteatus var. paraguayensis Bertoni, Ananas coccineus Descourt., Ananas comosus f. sativus (Schult. & Schult.f.) Mez, Ananas comosus var. variegatus (Lowe) Moldenke, Ananas debilis Schult. & Schult.f., Ananas maxima Schult. & Schult.f., Ananas monstrosus Baker, Ananas ovatus Mill., Ananas pancheanus André, Ananas parguazensis L.A. Camargo & L.B. Sm., Ananas penangensis Baker, Ananas porteanus Veitch ex K. Koch, Ananas pyramidalis Mill., Ananas sativa Lindl., Ananas sativus Schult. & Schult. f., Ananas sativus Lindl., Ananas sativus (Lindley) Schultes f., Ananas sativus var. hispanorum Bertoni, Ananas sativus var. muricatus Mez, Ananas sativus var. pyramidalis Bertoni, Ananas sativus var. variegatus Lowe, Ananas sativus var. viridis (Mill.) Bertoni, Ananas serotinus Mill., Ananas viridis Mill., Ananassa ananas (L.) H. Karst., Ananassa debilis Lindl., Ananassa porteana (Veitch ex K. Koch) Carrière, Ananassa sativa (Schult. & Schult.f.) Lindl. ex Beer, Ananassa sativa Lindl., Bromelia ananas L., Bromelia communis Lam., Bromelia comosa L., Bromelia edulis Salisb., nom. illeg., Bromelia mai-pouri Perrier, Bromelia pigna Perrier, Bromelia rubra Schult. & Schult.f., Bromelia violacea Schult. & Schult.f., Bromelia viridis (Mill.) Schult. & Schult.f., Distiacanthus communis (Lam.) Rojas Acosta.

References regarding Ananas comosus (L.) Merr. for further research on medicinal uses or toxicity:

· Species Plantarum (1753)
· Gardeners Dictionary Abr., ed. 4 (1754)
· Herbarium Amboinense (1754)
· Gardeners Dictionary ed. 8 (1768)
· Prodromus Stirpium in Horto ad Chapel Allerton vigentium (1796)
· Dict. Sci. Nat. (1816)
· Tabl. Encycl. (1819)
· Mém. Soc. Linn. Paris (1825)
· Systema Vegetabilium
· Edwards's Botanical Register, or Flower Garden and Shrubbery (1968)
· Fl. Bras. (1892)
· Vilm. Blumengärtn. ed. 3 (1895)
· Agronomia (1913)
· An Interpretation of Rumphius’s Herbarium Amboinense (1917)
· Anales Ci. Parag. (1919)
· Das Pflanzenreich (1934)
· Field Mus. Nat. Hist., Bot. Ser. (1936)
· Fieldiana, Botany (1958)

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