Iturup Strawberry
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| Fragaria iturupensis Staudt |
The Iturup Strawberry (Fragaria iturupensis) 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.
[edit] Polyploidy
All strawberries have a base haploid count of 7 chromosomes. Fragaria iturupensis is octoploid, having eight pairs of these chromosomes for a total of 56.
[edit] References and external links
- Hummer, K.E., Sabitov, A., & Davis, T. 2005. Iturup And Sakhalin Island Strawberries. Hortscience 40(4): 1127. Abstract.
- Iturup Strawberry data from GRIN Taxonomy Database
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