Kingdom Plantae Family Rosaceae Scientific name Fragaria iturupensis Rank Species | Order Rosales Genus Fragaria Higher classification Strawberries | |
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Similar Fragaria daltoniana, Fragaria nubicola, Fragaria nilgerrensis, Fragaria iinumae, Rosaceae | ||
Fragaria iturupensis, the Iturup strawberry, is a species of strawberry, endemic to Iturup in the Kuril Islands. It is noted to have relatively large berries for a wild species, similar in appearance to those of Fragaria virginiana.
Polyploidy
All strawberries have a base haploid count of 7 chromosomes. Fragaria iturupensis was initially reported as octoploid (with 8 sets of chromosomes, 56 in total), but subsequent testing found decaploids (with ten sets of chromosomes, a total of 70). It is unclear whether the earlier report was an error, or whether two forms exist.
References
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