''Fragaria nilgerrensis'' is a species of wild strawberry native to southern and southeast

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. Its fruit are white to light pink, with poor flavour, and the fruit is of no commercial value.G.M. Darrow, The Strawberry: History, Breeding and Physiology. page 113
/ref> It is similar in appearance to '' F. moupinensis''. 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

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. ''Fragaria nilgerrensis'' 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.

References

External links

G.M. Darrow, The Strawberry: History, Breeding and Physiology. Online version, chapter 8.
* {{Taxonbar, from=Q1023833 nilgerrensis Plants described in 1857