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{{Taxobox
| color = lightgreen
| name = Musk strawberry
| image = FragariaMoschata.JPG
| image_width = 240px
| regnum = [[Plant]]ae
| divisio = [[Flowering plant|Magnoliophyta]]
| classis = [[Magnoliopsida]]
| ordo = [[Rosales]]
| familia = [[Rosaceae]]
| subfamilia = [[Rosoideae]]
| genus = ''[[Strawberry|Fragaria]]''
| species = '''''F. moschata'''''
| binomial = ''Fragaria moschata''
| binomial_authority = [[Antoine Nicolas Duchesne|Duchesne]]
}}
The '''musk strawberry''' (''Fragaria moschata''), is a species of [[strawberry]] native to Europe. Its French name ''hautbois'' strawberry is anglicised as '''hautboy strawberry'''.
Musk strawberries grow wild to a limited extent in the forests of Central Europe, north into Scandinavia, and east into Russia. It was the first strawberry of any sort with a [[cultivar]] name, which was ''Le Chapiron'' (1576).<ref name=Reich>{{cite book | title = Uncommon Fruits for Every Garden | first = Lee | last= Reich | publisher = Timber Press | isbn = 088192623X | year = 2004 | pages = p. 34-35}}</ref> By 1591, the cultivar was called ''Chapiton'', then later ''Capiton''. It was mentioned by Quintinye, gardener to [[Louis XIV]], as ''Capron'' in 1672.<ref name=Reich/>
It is used in the gourmet community for its intense aroma and superb flavour, which has been compared to a mixture of regular strawberry, [[raspberry]] and [[pineapple]].<ref name=Reich/> The berries are small and round. They are hardy plants that can survive in many weather conditions and are cultivated commercially on a small scale, particularly in [[Italy]]. Popular cultivated varieties include Capron and ''Profumata di Tortona''.
==Polyploidy==
All strawberries have a base [[haploid]] count of 7 [[chromosomes]]. ''Fragaria moschata'' is [[polyploidy|hexaploid]], having six pairs of these chromosomes for a total of 42 chromosomes.
==Notes==
{{reflist}}
==External links==
*[http://www.ars-grin.gov/cgi-bin/npgs/html/taxon.pl?257 ''F. moschata'' information from GRIN Taxonomy Database]
*[http://linnaeus.nrm.se/flora/di/rosa/fraga/fragmos.html Den Virtuella Floran] Swedish site with good photos of ''F. moschata''.
[[Category:Fragaria]]
[[category:Accessory fruit]]
{{fruit-stub}}
| color = lightgreen
| name = Musk strawberry
| image = FragariaMoschata.JPG
| image_width = 240px
| regnum = [[Plant]]ae
| divisio = [[Flowering plant|Magnoliophyta]]
| classis = [[Magnoliopsida]]
| ordo = [[Rosales]]
| familia = [[Rosaceae]]
| subfamilia = [[Rosoideae]]
| genus = ''[[Strawberry|Fragaria]]''
| species = '''''F. moschata'''''
| binomial = ''Fragaria moschata''
| binomial_authority = [[Antoine Nicolas Duchesne|Duchesne]]
}}
The '''musk strawberry''' (''Fragaria moschata''), is a species of [[strawberry]] native to Europe. Its French name ''hautbois'' strawberry is anglicised as '''hautboy strawberry'''.
Musk strawberries grow wild to a limited extent in the forests of Central Europe, north into Scandinavia, and east into Russia. It was the first strawberry of any sort with a [[cultivar]] name, which was ''Le Chapiron'' (1576).<ref name=Reich>{{cite book | title = Uncommon Fruits for Every Garden | first = Lee | last= Reich | publisher = Timber Press | isbn = 088192623X | year = 2004 | pages = p. 34-35}}</ref> By 1591, the cultivar was called ''Chapiton'', then later ''Capiton''. It was mentioned by Quintinye, gardener to [[Louis XIV]], as ''Capron'' in 1672.<ref name=Reich/>
It is used in the gourmet community for its intense aroma and superb flavour, which has been compared to a mixture of regular strawberry, [[raspberry]] and [[pineapple]].<ref name=Reich/> The berries are small and round. They are hardy plants that can survive in many weather conditions and are cultivated commercially on a small scale, particularly in [[Italy]]. Popular cultivated varieties include Capron and ''Profumata di Tortona''.
==Polyploidy==
All strawberries have a base [[haploid]] count of 7 [[chromosomes]]. ''Fragaria moschata'' is [[polyploidy|hexaploid]], having six pairs of these chromosomes for a total of 42 chromosomes.
==Notes==
{{reflist}}
==External links==
*[http://www.ars-grin.gov/cgi-bin/npgs/html/taxon.pl?257 ''F. moschata'' information from GRIN Taxonomy Database]
*[http://linnaeus.nrm.se/flora/di/rosa/fraga/fragmos.html Den Virtuella Floran] Swedish site with good photos of ''F. moschata''.
[[Category:Fragaria]]
[[category:Accessory fruit]]
{{fruit-stub}}