Solanum rigidum

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
Scientific classification
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 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. 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.
  2. 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. PMC 3819128. PMID 24198710.
  3. Chapman, Mark A. (2019-05-30). The Eggplant Genome. Springer. ISBN 978-3-319-99208-2.
  4. "Solanum rigidum Lam. | Plants of the World Online | Kew Science". Plants of the World Online. Retrieved 2021-11-10.
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