This is an old revision of this page, as edited by SporkBot (talk | contribs) at 15:11, 31 March 2011 (Remove template per TFD outcome). The present address (URL) is a permanent link to this revision, which may differ significantly from the current revision.
Revision as of 15:11, 31 March 2011 by SporkBot (talk | contribs) (Remove template per TFD outcome)(diff) ← Previous revision | Latest revision (diff) | Newer revision → (diff)
| Iturup Strawberry | |
|---|---|
| |
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Division: | Magnoliophyta |
| Class: | Magnoliopsida |
| Order: | Rosales |
| Family: | Rosaceae |
| Genus: | Fragaria |
| Species: | F. iturupensis |
| Binomial name | |
| 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.
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
- 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
- ^ Hummer, K.E.; Nathewet, P.; Yanagi, T. (2009). Decaploidy in Fragaria iturupensis (Rosaceae). American Journal of Botany. 96(3): 713–716.
External links
- Hummer, K.E., Sabitov, A., & Davis, T. 2005. Iturup And Sakhalin Island Strawberries. Hortscience 40(4): 1127. Abstract.
 | This fruit-related article is a stub. You can help Misplaced Pages by expanding it. |