Fragaria nipponica is a species of wild strawberry in the family Rosaceae. It is 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.Oda, Y. 2002. Photosynthetic characteristics and geographical distribution of diploid Fragaria species native in Japan. Acta Hort. 567: 381–384. Abstract .Hummer, K. E., Sabitov, A., & Davis, T. 2005. Iturup and Sakhalin Island strawberries. HortScience 40(4): 1127. Abstract.
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.
Fragaria nipponica, particularly var. yakusimensis, is cultivated in Japan for its edible fruit.
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