Rosaceae - Rosoideae - Potentilleae - *Fragaria L.
Description:
Perennial, hairy, scapose herbs; rootstock with creeping stolons
Leaves trifoliolate, pinnate or unifoliolate, densely clustered in a basal rosette, petiolate; stipules adnate to base of petiole, often membranous and sheathing
Stamens 10-30; anthers glabrous, rarely with scattered, short, straight hairs
Gynoecium of 10-80 free carpels; ovule solitary in each carpel, pendulous; styles ventral, persistent; stigma discoid
Fruit consisting of many, small, 1-seeded achenes covering the accrescent, juicy, succulent receptacle, turning red when ripe; achenes smooth
Seed ± ovoid; testa thin; endosperm 0
x = 7 (high polyploidy)
Nomenclature:
*Fragaria L.
Linnaeus: 494 (1753)
Linnaeus: 218 (1754)
Jussieu: 338 (1789)
Kunth: 218 (1823)
Candolle: 569 (1825)
Endlicher: 1241 (1840)
Hooker: 620 (1865)
Focke: 33 (1894)
Graham: 20 (1960)
Tutin: 47 (1968)
Bailey & Bailey: 484 (1977)
Hedberg: 37 (1989)
Romoleroux: 54 (1996)
Distribution & Notes:
Global: Species ± 12, northern temperate and subtropical regions, also in Central and South America, Hawaii and in the Himalayas
Southern Africa: Species 1: *Fragaria vesca L., Wild Strawberry, occasionally occurs as an escape
References:
BAILEY, L.H. & BAILEY, E.Z. 1977. Cotoneaster, Crataegus, Cydonia, Duchesnea, Fragaria, Potentilla, Prunus, Pyracantha, Pyrus, Rosa & Sanguisorba (= Poterium). Hortus Third, a concise dictionary of plants cultivated in the United States and Canada. Macmillan, New York
CANDOLLE, A.-P. DE. 1825. Rosaceae. Prodromus 2. Treuttel & Würtz, Paris
ENDLICHER, S.L. 1840. Pomaceae-Rosaceae. Order AMYGDALEAE. Genera plantarum secundum ordines naturales disposita 2. Beck, Vienna
FOCKE, W.O. 1894. Rosaceae. Die natürlichen Pflanzenfamilien 3,3
GRAHAM, R.A. 1960. Flora of tropical East Africa. Rosaceae
HEDBERG, O. 1989. Rosaceae. Flora of Ethiopia 3
HOOKER, J.D. 1865. Rosaceae. In G. Bentham & J. D. Hooker, Genera plantarum 1. Lovell Reeve & Co., London
JUSSIEU, A.L. DE. 1789. Rosaceae, les Rosacées. Genera plantarum secundum ordines naturales disposita. Herissant & Barrois, Paris
KUNTH, C.S. 1823. Rosaceae. In A. de Humboldt, A. Bonpland & C.S. Kunth, Nova genera et species plantarum 6. Libraria Graeco-Latino-Germanica, Paris
LINNAEUS, C. 1753. Species plantarum, edn 1. Laurentius Salvius, Stockholm
LINNAEUS, C. 1754. Genera plantarum, edn 5. Laurentius Salvius, Stockholm
ROMOLEROUX, K. 1996. Rosaceae. Flora of Ecuador 56
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