''Fragaria nipponica'' is a species of wild strawberry native to the western side of the Japanese island of

Honshū , historically known as , is the largest of the four main islands of Japan. It lies between the Pacific Ocean (east) and the Sea of Japan (west). It is the seventh-largest island in the world, and the second-most populous after the Indonesian ...

, with a variety ''Fragaria nipponica'' var. ''yakusimensis'' on

Yakushima is one of the Ōsumi Islands in Kagoshima Prefecture, Japan. The island, in area, has a population of 13,178. It is accessible by hydrofoil ferry, car ferry, or by air to Yakushima Airport. Administratively, the island consists of the town ...

. Some botanists treat it as a

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of '' Fragaria yezoensis''.Oda, Y. 2002. Photosynthetic characteristics and geographical distribution of diploid ''Fragaria'' species native in Japan. ''Acta Hort''. 567: 381–384
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.Hummer, K. E., Sabitov, A., & Davis, T. 2005. Iturup and Sakhalin Island strawberries. ''HortScience'' 40(4): 1127

All strawberries have a base

haploid Ploidy () is the number of complete sets of chromosomes in a cell (biology), cell, and hence the number of possible alleles for Autosome, autosomal and Pseudoautosomal region, pseudoautosomal genes. Here ''sets of chromosomes'' refers to the num ...

count of 7

chromosomes A chromosome is a package of DNA containing part or all of the genetic material of an organism. In most chromosomes, the very long thin DNA fibers are coated with nucleosome-forming packaging proteins; in eukaryotic cells, the most importa ...

. ''Fragaria nipponica'' is

diploid Ploidy () is the number of complete sets of chromosomes in a cell, and hence the number of possible alleles for autosomal and pseudoautosomal genes. Here ''sets of chromosomes'' refers to the number of maternal and paternal chromosome copies, ...

, 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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* nipponica Flora of Northeast Asia Flora of Japan Berries {{Fruit-stub