''Solanum rigidum'' is a species of plant in the family
Solanaceae.
It goes by the
common names
In biology, a common name of a taxon or organism (also known as a vernacular name, English name, colloquial name, country name, popular name, or farmer's name) is a name that is based on the normal language of everyday life; and is often contra ...
''olho de vaca'' or ''olho de boi''.
''Solanum rigidum'' is listed as vulnerable by the
IUCN.
It grows at sea levels at 100 meters.
Genetics
The
chromosome number
Ploidy () is the number of complete sets of chromosomes in a cell, and hence the number of possible alleles for autosomal and pseudoautosomal genes. Sets of chromosomes refer to the number of maternal and paternal chromosome copies, respectivel ...
for this species is currently not known.
Reproduction
It is classified as
andromonoecious Andromonoecy is a breeding system of plant species in which male and hermaphrodite flowers are on the same plant. It is a monomorphic sexual system alongside monoecy, gynomonoecy and trimonoecy. Andromonoecy is frequent among genera with zygomor ...
. With a single or few hermaphroditic flowers located at the base of the
inflorescence
An inflorescence is a group or cluster of flowers arranged on a Plant stem, stem that is composed of a main branch or a complicated arrangement of branches. Morphology (biology), Morphologically, it is the modified part of the shoot of sperma ...
and
distal flowers functioning as males.
Disturbution
It is native to
Cape Verde with it being present on 5 islands. According to the IUCN, the species seems to have disappeared from
São Vicente and
Boavista.
Collections of this species in found the
Caribbean have most likely been introduced from the Cape Verde by slave ships.
References
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Flora of Cape Verde
rigidum