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

Honshū , historically called , is the largest and most populous island of Japan. It is located south of Hokkaidō across the Tsugaru Strait, north of Shikoku across the Inland Sea, and northeast of Kyūshū across the Kanmon Straits. The island separa ...

, with a variety ''Fragaria nipponica'' var. ''yakusimensis'' on Yakushima. Some botanists treat it as a

synonym A synonym is a word, morpheme, or phrase that means exactly or nearly the same as another word, morpheme, or phrase in a given language. For example, in the English language, the words ''begin'', ''start'', ''commence'', and ''initiate'' are all ...

of ''

Fragaria yezoensis ''Fragaria yezoensis'' is a species of wild strawberry native to the eastern side of the Japanese island of Hokkaidō, and the adjacent Kuril Islands and Sakhalin in Russia. It is of no economic value. Some botanists include the very similar '' ...

''.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, and hence the number of possible alleles for autosomal and pseudoautosomal genes. Sets of chromosomes refer to the number of maternal and paternal chromosome copies, respectively ...

count of 7 chromosomes. ''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. Sets of chromosomes refer to the number of maternal and paternal chromosome copies, respectively ...

, 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