Biology:Solanum rigidum

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Short description: Species of plant

Solanum rigidum
Scientific classification edit
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Asterids
Order: Solanales
Family: Solanaceae
Genus: Solanum
Species:
S. rigidum
Binomial name
Solanum rigidum
Lam.
Synonyms

Solanum latifolium Poir.

Solanum rigidum is a species of plant in the family Solanaceae.[1] It goes by the common names olho de vaca or olho de boi.[2]

Solanum rigidum is listed as vulnerable by the IUCN.[1] It grows at sea levels at 100 meters.[2]

Genetics

The chromosome number for this species is currently not known.[2]

Reproduction

It is classified as andromonoecious.[3]:16 With a single or few hermaphroditic flowers located at the base of the inflorescence and distal flowers functioning as males.[2]

Disturbution

It is native to Cape Verde[4] with it being present on 5 islands. According to the IUCN, the species seems to have disappeared from São Vicente and Boavista.[1]

Collections of this species in found the Caribbean have most likely been introduced from the Cape Verde by slave ships.[2]

References

  1. 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 Maria Cristina Duarte (Centre for Ecology, Evolution and Environmental Changes (CE3C); Silvia Catarino (Centre for Ecology, Evolution and Environmental Changes (CE3C); Maria Romeiras (Biosystems and Integrative Sciences Institute (BioISI) & Centre for Ecology, Evolution and Environmental Changes (cE3c) (2014-05-21). "IUCN Red List of Threatened Species: Solanum rigidum". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/71784185/71784196. 
  2. 2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 2.4 Knapp, Sandra; Vorontsova, Maria S. (2013-07-18). "From introduced American weed to Cape Verde Islands endemic: the case of Solanum rigidum Lam. (Solanaceae, Solanum subgenus Leptostemonum)". PhytoKeys (25): 35–46. doi:10.3897/phytokeys.25.4692. ISSN 1314-2011. PMID 24198710. 
  3. Chapman, Mark A. (2019-05-30) (in en). The Eggplant Genome. Springer. ISBN 978-3-319-99208-2. https://books.google.com/books?id=2OmaDwAAQBAJ&dq=Solanum+rigidum&pg=PA131. 
  4. "Solanum rigidum Lam. | Plants of the World Online | Kew Science" (in en). http://powo.science.kew.org/taxon/urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:820779-1. 

Wikidata ☰ Q17400983 entry