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1. Ananas Miller, Gard. Dict. Abr., ed. 4. [76]. 1754.
凤梨属 feng li shu
Herbs perennial, erect, simple. Leaves in a dense rosette; leaf sheath scarcely enlarged; leaf blade spinose serrate at margin. Inflorescence erect, scapose, strobiliform, apex with a tuft of sterile, leafy bracts. Flowers bisexual. Petals each bearing 2 funnelform, slender scales. Ovaries inferior, coalescing and with bracts and rachis forming a compound, fleshy fruit (syncarp).
Eight species: South America; one species (introduced) in China.
Lower Taxon
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