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Pineapple

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The pineapple is a tropical plant of the family Bromeliaceae, grown for its edible fruit and considered the most economically significant plant in that family. Its scientific name is Ananas comosus. The species originated in South America, where it has been cultivated for many centuries, and it typically propagates from an offset at the top of the fruit or from a side shoot, maturing within about a year. What looks like a single pineapple fruit is actually a multiple fruit formed when its individual flowers fuse together. This description is adapted from Wikipedia contributors under CC BY-SA 4.0; changes were made. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/

Facts

Classification

Diet

Photosynthetic Autotroph 1

System (Realm)

Terrestrial 2

Relationship to People

Farmed or Commercially Raised 1

Comparison

NatureServe Rank

GU Unrankable 3

CITES Appendix

Not Listed 4

Scientific Name

Ananas comosus 5

Conservation Status

Not Evaluated 6

Connections

Child Taxon Of

Source Wikidata: Pineapple

In Biome

Source Plants For A Future: Ananas comosus Plants For A Future account

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Central African Republic

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Dominican Republic

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Equatorial Guinea

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Sources

1. Pineapple (Wikipedia)

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The pineapple is native to South America, where it has been cultivated for many centuries.
lead sentence (diet), EntityId 355592
The pineapple (Ananas comosus) is a tropical plant with an edible fruit; it is the most economically significant plant in the family Bromeliaceae.

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2. GBIF Backbone Taxonomy (species profiles): Species profiles of Ananas comosus

GBIF Backbone Taxonomy (species profiles)system profile

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"habitat": "Terrestrial"

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3. NatureServe Explorer: Ananas comosus

NatureServe ExplorerGlobal rank (roundedGRank)

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"roundedGRank": "GU"

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4. UNEP-WCMC Species+ database (CITES Secretariat): Species+: Bromeliaceae

UNEP-WCMC Species+ database (CITES Secretariat)Species+ taxon_concepts, id 12535

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"cites_listing":"II/NC","eu_listing":"B/NC","higher_taxa":{"kingdom":"Plantae","phylum":null,"class":null,"order":"Bromeliales","family":"Bromeliaceae"},"synonyms":[],"common_names":[{"name":"Air plants, bromelias","language":"EN"},{"name":"Bromelias","language":"ES"},{"name":"Tillandsias aériens","language":"FR"},{"name":"凤梨科","language":"ZH"}],"cites_listings":[]

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5. Wikipedia: Pineapple

WikipediaWikidata Q1493 (P225 taxon name)View the Source

6. GBIF (IUCN Red List category): GBIF IUCN Red List category for Ananas comosus

GBIF (IUCN Red List category)GBIF taxon key 5288819, category field

Quote, GBIF taxon key 5288819, category field

"category": "NOT_EVALUATED"

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IUCN Red List of Threatened Species

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GBIF Species API

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Wikidata: Pineapple

Child Taxon Of: Bromeliaceae, Wikidata parent-taxon (P171) chainView the Source

Plants For A Future: Ananas comosus Plants For A Future account

Plants For A FutureIn Biome: Savanna, Habitats

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Habitats Savannahs[416].

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