Question

24. Potato and brinjal belong to the genus Solanum, which reflects that
(1) They belong to single species
(2) They are a group of related species
(3) They both are morphologically and structurally similar to each other in all respects
(4) They can always produce fertile hybrid


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Answer 1

Answer:

Solanum is the largest genus of flowering plants which includes few economically important plants, e.g., potato, tomato, tobacco and brinjal. All these plants show some common morphological structures related to vegetative and reproductive similarities. So, they have the same common name of genus Solanum.

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Answer 2

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Your required answer is

(2) They are group of related species

Reason:

Brinjal - Solanum melongena, does not have a storage stem, the edible part is the fruit which is a berry with persistent calyx.

Potato - Solanum tuberosum, has underground storage stem called tubers (hence, the name tuberosum) that store starch, and are the edible parts.

Therefore, even if Potato and Brinjal belong to the same genus, they have distinct specific epithet.