Fragaria
Sign in to saveFragaria () is a genus of flowering plants in the rose family, Rosaceae, commonly known as strawberries for their edible fruits. There are more than 20 described species and many hybrids and cultivars. The most common strawberries grown commercially are cultivars of the garden strawberry, a hybrid known as Fragaria × ananassa. Strawberries have a taste that varies by cultivar, and ranges from quite sweet to rather tart. Strawberries are an important commercial fruit crop, widely grown in all temperate regions of the world.
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Fragaria is a genus of flowering plants in the rose family that produces the strawberries we eat, with over 20 species and numerous hybrids and cultivars. Because strawberries are an important commercial fruit crop grown widely in temperate regions worldwide, the plants in this genus have significant agricultural and economic importance.
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Taxonomy · GBIF
GENUS
- KingdomPlantae
- PhylumTracheophyta
- ClassMagnoliopsida
- OrderRosales
- FamilyRosaceae
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16 sectionsContents
- Description
- Etymology
- Classification
- Diploid species
- Tetraploid species
- Pentaploid hybrids
- Hexaploid species
- Octoploid species and hybrids
- Decaploid species and hybrids
- Polyploidy unknown
- Uncategorized hybrids
- Ecology
- See also
- References
- Further reading
- External links
Fragaria () is a genus of flowering plants in the rose family, Rosaceae, commonly known as strawberries for their edible fruits. There are more than 20 described species and many hybrids and cultivars. The most common strawberries grown commercially are cultivars of the garden strawberry, a hybrid known as Fragaria × ananassa. Strawberries have a taste that varies by cultivar, and ranges from quite sweet to rather tart. Strawberries are an important commercial fruit crop, widely grown in all temperate regions of the world.
==Description== Strawberries are not berries in the botanical sense. The fleshy and edible part of the "fruit" is a receptacle, and the parts that are sometimes mistakenly called "seeds" are achenes and therefore the true botanical fruits.