Plant Details

Accepted name:: Ananas comosus var. microstachys (Mez) L.B.Sm. [Bromeliaceae]
Source:: World Checklist ( High Taxonomic Confidence )
More about this plant:: Plants of the World Online
Infraspecies of:: Ananas comosus (L.) Merr.
Infraspecies:: 4

Ananas comosus var. bracteatus (Lindl.) Coppens & F.Leal

Ananas comosus var. erectifolius (L.B.Sm.) Coppens & F.Leal

Ananas comosus var. parguazensis (Camargo & L.B.Sm.) Coppens & F.Leal

Ananas comosus var. comosus

Non-scientific name:	Class of name:	Medicinal source:
dwarf pineapple	Other	Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
nenas batu	Other	Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
nenas kecil	Other	Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)

Part(s) of plant used:	Drug form:	Medicinal source:

Kew's taxonomic resources include 13 scientific synonym(s) for this plant:

Ananas nanus (L.B.Sm.) L.B.Sm. Bull. Bromeliad Soc. 12: 54 (1962).
Acanthostachys ananassoides Baker Handb. Bromel.: 25 (1889).
Ananas ananassoides (Baker) L.B.Sm. Bot. Mus. Leafl. 7: 79 (1939).
Ananas ananassoides var. nanus L.B.Sm. Bot. Mus. Leafl. 7: 79 (1939).
Ananas ananassoides var. typicus L.B.Sm. Bot. Mus. Leafl. 7: 79 (1939), not validly publ.
Ananas comosus var. ananassoides (Baker) Coppens & F.Leal Pineapple: 25 (2003 publ. 2002), nom. superfl.
Ananas genesio-linsii Reitz Bull. Bromeliad Soc. 18: 109 (1968).
Ananas guaraniticus Bertoni Anales Ci. Parag., ser. 2, 4: 274 (1919).
Ananas microstachys Lindm. Kongl. Svenska Vetensk. Acad. Handl., n.f., 24(8): 39 (1891), nom. superfl.
Ananas microstachys var. nanus (L.B.Sm.) Camargo Proc. Amer. Sci. Congr. 3: 189 (1942).
Ananas microstachys var. typicus Camargo Proc. Amer. Sci. Congr. 3: 189 (1942), not validly publ.
Ananas pancheanus André Bromel. Andr.: 5 (1889).
Ananas sativus var. microstachys Mez in C.F.P.von Martius & auct. suc. (eds.), Fl. Bras. 3(3): 294 (1892).

This plant is cited in medicinal sources using the following names:

Name as published:	Medicinal source:
Ananas nanus (L.B.Smith) L.B. Smith	Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)

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