Fragaria nipponica is a species of wild strawberry native to the western side of the Japanese island of Honshū, with a variety Fragaria nipponica var. yakusimensis on Yakushima. Some botanists treat it as a synonym of Fragaria yezoensis.[1][2][3]
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Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Eudicots |
| Clade: | Rosids |
| Order: | Rosales |
| Family: | Rosaceae |
| Genus: | Fragaria |
| Species: | F. nipponica
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All strawberries have a base haploid count of 7 chromosomes. Fragaria nipponica is diploid, having 2 pairs of these chromosomes for a total of 14 chromosomes. [1][2][3]
Fragaria nipponica, particularly var. yakusimensis, is cultivated in Japan for its edible fruit.[1][2][3]
| NCBI genome ID | 24458 |
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| Ploidy | diploid |
| Number of chromosomes | 14 |
| Year of completion | 2014 |
References
edit- ^ a b c Oda, Y. 2002. Photosynthetic characteristics and geographical distribution of diploid Fragaria species native in Japan. Acta Hort. 567: 381–384. Abstract Archived 2018-06-02 at the Wayback Machine.
- ^ a b c Hummer, K. E., Sabitov, A., & Davis, T. 2005. Iturup and Sakhalin Island strawberries. HortScience 40(4): 1127. Abstract.
- ^ a b c "Fragaria nipponica". Germplasm Resources Information Network. Agricultural Research Service, United States Department of Agriculture. Retrieved 2 January 2018.
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