Primula brevifrons Borb.

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529. Primula Moupinensis

Summary.  Primula moupinensis Franch. is described and illustrated; details of its ecology and its cultivation are given.     

滇北球花报春和滇海水仙花的光合特性研究

用LI-6400便携式光合测定仪对引种栽培的滇北球花报春和滇海水仙花的光合参数进行测定,以探讨其光合生理特性.结果表明:(1)滇北球花报春的净光合速率(P_n)和蒸腾速率(T_r)日进程曲线均呈"单峰"型,它们的峰值分别出现在13:00和16:00;滇海水仙花的P_n、Tr较滇北球花报春低,且在一定范围内保持稳定,没有明显的峰值,与滇北球花报春表现出较明显的种间差异;(2)两种报春比叶重( LMA)和叶氮含量(LNC_a)对其光合相关特征参数没有显著影响,而叶氮在Rubisco中的分配系数PR、生物能库中的分配系数P_B和光合组分中总氮含量N_P与光合特征参数LCP、V_(cmax)、J_(max)、CE具有显著的正相关关系;(3)滇北球花报春具有较高的气孔导度(G_s)、P_n和T_r,对强光、高温、低湿度表现出较强的环境适应性,表现出较强的光合能力.     

Osservazioni sulla polistelia in Primula glaucescens Moretti e Primula longobarda Porta

Abstract

Notes on the polystelic structure in Primula glaucescens Moretti and Primula longobarda Porta. — The rhizome anatomy of Primula glaucescens Moretti and Primula longobarda Porta (two species endemic to Lombardy) have been studied. It has been found that the polystelic structure is present in the rhizome of both species, but with some differences. The taxa show a difference in the number and size of steles and amount of sclerenchymatic tissue within the single stele.

Our investigations confirm the necessity to separate in a specific rank Primula glaucescens Moretti from Primula longobarda Porta, as already proposed by Arietti and Crescini (1976).     

Primula villosa-Auricula

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In vitro regeneration in Primula ssp. via organogenesis

Culturing pedicle segments of primroses on a medium supplemented with 2,4-dichlorophenoxyacetic acid (2, 4-D) and thidiazuron (TDZ) resulted in callus induction rates of about 80%. The highest shoot regeneration rate (1.8 shoots per explant; mean of ten genotypes) was achieved with the combination of 2.0 mg/l 2, 4-D and 2.0 mg/l TDZ. Culture on a medium containing a high concentration of nitrate (for example, B5 medium) negatively affected the survival of regenerated shoots of one genotype, Gelb IV 48, probably due to an increase in the pH value of the medium. Consequently, the highest efficiency was obtained using a basal medium containing half-strength Murashige and Skoog macroelements. A protocol to regenerate shoots of Primula vulgaris and P. elatior is described.     

Primula subansirica G.D. Pal is not a Primula (Primulaceae), but rather belongs to Gesneriaceae

Examination of type specimens has shown that Primula subansirica G.D. Pal is a Gesneriad and conspecific with Beccarinda cordifolia (Anthony) B.L. Burtt (Gesneriaceae), thus a reduction is made and a new synonymy is proposed.     

Pollen flow in a population of Primula vulgaris Huds.

A British population of Primula vulgaris was visited four times between 1971 and 1976 for study of the nature and functioning of distyly. The stainability and production of pollen from pins exceeded those of thrums. About 20% of pin pollen and 48% of thrum pollen was removed from anthers by insect visitors. Pins and thrums were present in a 1:1 ratio in 1971 but pins outnumbered thrums in 1976. Thrums produced more seeds per flower than pins though the number of ovules produced by each was similar. Two methods for collecting stigmas from open flowers and analyzing them for pollen loans produced somewhat different results. For pin stigmas, the pollen load consisted of 2–23% thrum pollen; for thrum stigmas, the pollen load consisted of 0–71% pin pollen with most stigmas having less than 50% pin pollen. In general, intermorph pollen flow is less than would be expected if pollen flow were random. It is probable that most intramorph pollen on stigmas is a result of self- or geitonogamous pollination. The extensive literature concerning the natural pollinators of the primrose is reviewed. Although Darwin's hypothesis concerning the functional significance of distyly in promoting intermorph pollination was never quantified, the pollen flow patterns observed in P. vulgaris are unexpectedly deviant and are similar to those patterns observed in several unrelated heterostylous species in other plant families.     

滇北球花报春的组织培养(简报)

滇北球花报春种子上胚轴在MS+NAA0.4mg/L+6-BA0.5mg/L培养基上可诱导不定芽并进行增殖培养,在1/2MS+IBA1.0mg/L培养基上生根;组培苗移栽成活率达75%以上。     

On variegation in Primula sinensis

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Growth and Differentiation of Root Endodermis in Primula acaulis Jacq.

Adventitious roots of Primula acaulis Jacq. are characterized by broad cortex and narrow stele during the primary development. Secondary thickening of roots occurs through limited cambial growth together with secondary dilatation growth of the persisting cortex. Close to the root tip, at a distance of ca. 4 mm from the apex, Casparian bands (state I of endodermal development) within endodermal cells develop synchronously. During late, asynchronous deposition of suberin lamellae (state II of endodermal development), a positional effect is clearly expressed - suberization starts in the cells opposite to the phloem sectors of the vascular cylinder at a distance of 30 – 40 mm from the root tip. The formation of secondary walls in endodermis (state III of endodermal development) correlates with the beginning of secondary growth of the root at a distance of ca. 60 mm. Endodermis is the only cortical layer of primrose, where not only cell enlargement but also renewed cell division participate in the secondary dilatation growth. The original endodermal cells additionally divide anticlinally only once. Newly-formed radial walls acquire a typical endodermal character by forming Casparian bands and deposition of suberin lamellae. A network of endodermal Casparian bands of equal density develops during the root thickening by the tangential expansion of cells and by the formation of new radial walls with characteristic wall modifications. These data are important since little attention has been paid up till now to the density of endodermal network as a generally significant structural and functional trait of the root. This revised version was published online in July 2006 with corrections to the Cover Date.