横断山及邻近地区八种菊科植物的染色体数目及核型

对横断山及邻近地区风毛菊属(Saussurea)、帚菊属(Pertya)和针苞菊属(Tricholepis)的8种菊科植物进行细胞学研究,其中异叶帚菊(Pertya berberidoides)(2n=2x=32=28m+4sm)、针苞菊(Trichole-pis furcata)(2n=2x=32=16m+ 16sm)、中甸风毛菊(Saussurea dschungdienensis)(2n=2x=30=30m+Bs)、丽江风毛菊(S.likiangensis)(2n 2x=32=26m+6sm)、倒齿风毛菊(S.retroserrata)(2n=2x=32=14m+18sm)和显梗风毛菊(S.peduncularis)(2n=2x=36=26m+ 10sm)为首次报道染色体数目和核型,长毛风毛菊(S.hieracioides)和三角叶风毛菊(S.deltoidea)的核型公式分别为:2n=4x=64=30m+34sm和2n=2x=34=22m+ 12sm,与前人报道的一致.8种植物中,除中甸风毛菊和异叶帚菊的核型不对称性为1B型外,其余6种的核型不对称性均属于2B型;在中甸风毛菊中首次发现B染色体.结合现有的细胞学资料分析表明,风毛菊属和帚菊木族的染色体数目存在变异,并且存在明显的非整倍性;此外,分布于横断山区的风毛菊属植物仪有两种倍性(二倍体和四倍体),而且多倍化并不占主导地位.     

栌菊木属及白菊木属的细胞学研究

对栌菊木属及白菊木属的染色体数目进行了首次报道,对栌菊木（Nouelia insignis Franch.)分布区内的10个居群进行了细胞学研究,染色体数目均为2n=54。白菊木属在中国分布的仅白菊木（Leucomeris decora Kurz)一种,对漾濞这个居群的细胞学研究表明,染色体也为2n=54。这两个属的基数可能x=9,它们可能为6倍体,结合帚木菊族已有染色体报道及形态特征,地理分布等初步分析表明：栌菊木种内分化程度小,是一自然类群;栌菊木和白菊木可能有着较近缘的联系;栌菊木可能是古老孑遗植物的后裔,为适应环境而多倍体化,得以保存下来。     

东亚帚菊木族及其相关类群的叶表皮形态比较

在光学显微镜和扫描电镜下,对东亚地区帚菊木族及其南美相关类群共12属31个种的叶表皮进行了观察.研究发现气孔器普遍存在于叶的下表皮,少数种的上表皮也有分布,气孔器主要为星型和无规则型两种类型.叶表皮细胞为多边形和不规则形,垂周壁平直弓形、浅波状或波浪状.气孔器表面观为椭圆形和近圆形,气孔外拱盖内缘近平滑至浅波状,其中 Macroclinidium 较为特殊,具有双层气孔外拱盖.叶表面通常光滑无蜡质或角质,部分种叶表面具薄片状或层状蜡质.研究表明,叶表皮特征在种间一致性较高,但在属间,特别是属群和亚族间存在一定差异.     

广西特有和濒危的异裂菊属

<正> 异裂菊属Heteroplex Chang是我国广西稀有的特有属。自1937年张肇骞教授根据采自广西龙州上金,龙虎山至摩天岭的标本(梁向日66720号)作为一个单种属发表以来,迄今尚无人再次采获,也无人对其作过研究,近年来作者在编写中国植物志菊科的过程中,曾对该属进行了整理研究,除了原有的异裂菊H.vernonioides Chang外,另发现有小花异裂菊H.microcephala Y.L.chen.和绢叶异裂菊H.sericophylla Y.L.Chen.两新种。     

国内新记录属小帚梗柱孢属的一个新种

报道国内一新记录属——小帚梗柱孢属(Cylindrocladiella)的一新种:纤细小帚梗柱孢(Cylindrocladiella tenuis C.F.Zhang et P.K.Chi sp.nov.》。新种特征为不产生不育附属丝和顶端泡囊,分生孢子窄(小于3μm)而短,培养基(PDA,CLA)上厚垣孢子密集,形成微菌核。新种的模式标本存放在华南农业大学真菌标本室。     

辽宁省牛膝菊属(Galinsoga Ruiz. et Pav.)植物的补充研究

牛膝菊（Galinsoga parviflora Cav.）和粗毛牛膝菊（Galinsoga quadriradiata Ruiz. et Pav.）为辽宁省两种重要入侵植物,目前国内文献对这两种植物的形态描述有混淆。根据沈阳农业大学植物标本室收藏的标本并比对采集于沈阳市附近的标本,作者明确这两种牛膝菊属植物的主要区别在于冠毛：前者的舌状花无冠毛或冠毛为细短毛,管状花的冠毛羽筛状,先端钝;后者的舌状花和管状花的冠毛均呈羽筛状,先端尖。该性状差异可为准确鉴别该属杂草提供形态学依据。     

中国春黄菊族植物叶表皮结构的研究

本文对分布在中国的春黄菊族(Anthemideae)中的25属98种植物叶的表皮结构进行了观察。1.毛状体的类型适于作为本族自然群、属、亚属、组或系的分类特征。2.轴型、半平列型和螺旋型等复合结构的气孔适于作属以下各单位的分类依据。3.表皮细胞的大小、气孔的保卫细胞长度和 T 型-毛的顶端长度等,这些只是数量特征,在本族分类上意义不大。     

基于2个核糖体DNA序列的国产白酒草属、小舌菊属和歧伞菊属（菊科紫菀族）分子系统学研究

国产白酒草亚族（菊科紫菀族）由白酒草属（Conyza）、小舌菊属（Microglossa）和歧伞菊属（Thespis）3个小属组成,且国产白酒草亚族各属间及其与非洲白酒草属植物之间的分子系统发育关系尚无报道,故本研究利用核糖体DNA ITS和ETS序列并采用最大简约法和贝叶斯分析法,重建了国产白酒草亚族的分子系统发育树。结果表明,国产4种白酒草属植物、歧伞菊和非洲白酒草属植物组成一支,而劲直白酒草的两变种和小舌菊嵌入田基黄亚族分支;小舌菊与Psiadia pascalii近缘。基于这些结果,我们认为：（1）劲直白酒草和Conyza incisa应处理为田基黄亚族的一个独立的属;（2）国产4种白酒草属植物和歧伞菊以及大多数非洲白酒草属植物属于Eschenbachia属,而且Eschenbachia属代表一个新的亚族,歧伞菊可处理为Eschenbachia属的一个组。Eschenbachia属可能从非洲经数次长距离传播到达我国南部;（3）Welwitschiella 和小舌菊属应保持属的地位,Psiadia pascalii、Conyza scabrida和C. pyrrhopappa可并入小舌菊属。     

中国新记录属种——狮齿菊属和糙毛狮齿菊

报道了于山东大学（威海）校园文心湖畔发现的糙毛狮齿菊（新拟）Leontodon hispidus L.,隶属于菊科（Asteraceae）狮齿菊属（Leontodon L.）。该种的主要特征为头状花序,叶及花序梗具粗糙硬毛,冠毛二型。经过调查研究发现该属、种均为中国新记录。简要讨论了其价值及入侵风险,依据近缘属种形态特征编制了狮齿菊属与近缘属分类检索表。     

国内新记录属小帚梗柱孢属的一个新种

报道国内一新记录属－－小帚梗柱孢属的一新种：纤细小帚梗柱孢。新种特征为不产生不育附属线和顶端泡囊,分生孢子窄而短,培养基上厚坦孢子密集,形成微菌核,新种的模式标本存放在华南农业大学真菌标本室。     

Effect of flower number on the pollinator attractiveness and the threshold plant size for flowering in Pertya triloba (Asteraceae)

Pertya triloba (Asteraceae) is a perennial herb growing in the understory of deciduous broad-leaved forests in central Japan. Its capitulum consists of a single floret that differs from those of most other Asteraceae species. A bagging experiment clearly showed that breeding of P. triloba required cross-pollination. By using female fertility as a measure of pollination success, the effect of an attractive floral display on the threshold plant size for flowering in P. triloba was surveyed. The number of florets per plant in a P. triloba population was artificially adjusted between one and 30. In both control plants and experimental plants with adjusted floret number, the seed set increased with an increase in the number of florets per plant and became constant (60%) when the floret number per plant was more than 10. Thus, the number of florets per plant has an important role in attracting pollinators, and more than 10 florets per plant must be the effective floral display size. In the P. triloba population, 98.5% of the flowering plants had 10 or more flowers. The effective floral display size might be determined through the mutual relationship between plants and pollinators. The number of florets per plant increased with an increase in the plant leaf area. Therefore, the threshold plant size for flowering might be determined by the productivity needed to support an attractive floral display.     

Recent advances in the study of Kaposi's sarcoma-associated herpesvirus replication and pathogenesis

It has now been over twenty years since a novel herpesviral genome was identified in Kaposi's sarcoma biopsies. Since then, the cumulative research effort by molecular biologists, virologists, clinicians, and epidemiologists alike has led to the extensive characterization of this tumor virus, Kaposi's sarcoma-associated herpesvirus(KSHV; also known as human herpesvirus 8(HHV-8)), and its associated diseases. Here we review the current knowledge of KSHV biology and pathogenesis, with a particular emphasis on new and exciting advances in the field of epigenetics. We also discuss the development and practicality of various cell culture and animal model systems to study KSHV replication and pathogenesis.     

A Unique Protease Cleavage Site Predicted in the Spike Protein of the Novel Pneumonia Coronavirus (2019-nCoV) Potentially Related to Viral Transmissibility

正Dear Editor,In December 2019, a novel human coronavirus caused an epidemic of severe pneumonia(Coronavirus Disease 2019,COVID-19) in Wuhan, Hubei, China(Wu et al. 2020; Zhu et al. 2020). So far, this virus has spread to all areas of China and even to other countries. The epidemic has caused 67,102 confirmed infections with 1526 fatal cases     

Curcuminoids as inhibitors of thioredoxin reductase: A receptor based pharmacophore study with distance mapping of the active site

Curcumin is the yellow pigment of turmeric that interacts irreversibly forming an adduct with thioredoxin reductase (TrxR), an enzyme responsible for redox control of cell and defence against oxidative stress. Docking at both the active sites of TrxR was performed to compare the potency of three naturally occurring curcuminoids, namely curcumin, demethoxy curcumin and bis-demethoxy curcumin. Results show that active sites of TrxR occur at the junction of E and F chains. Volume and area of both cavities is predicted. It has been concluded by distance mapping of the most active conformations that Se atom of catalytic residue SeCYS498, is at a distance of 3.56 from C13 of demethoxy curcumin at the E chain active site, whereas C13 carbon atom forms adduct with Se atom of SeCys 498. We report that at least one methoxy group in curcuminoids is necessary for interation with catalytic residues of thioredoxin. Pharmacophore of both active sites of the TrxR receptor for curcumin and demethoxy curcumin molecules has been drawn and proposed for design and synthesis of most probable potent antiproliferative synthetic drugs.     

The structure, reproduction and taxonomy of Vidalia and Osmundaria (Rhodophyta, Rhodomelaceae)

Comprises species occurring mostly in subtidal habitats in tropical, subtropical and warm-temperate areas of the world. An analysis of the type species, V. spiralis (Sonder) Lamouroux ex J. Agardh, a species from Australia, establishes basic characters for distinguishing species in the genus. These characters are (1) branching patterns of thalli, (2) flat blades that may be spiralled on their axis, (3) width of the blade, (4) primary or secondary derivation of sterile and fertile branchlets and (5) position of sterile and fertile branchlets on the thalli. Application of the latter two characters provides an important basic method for separation of species into three major groups. Osmundaria , a genus known only in southern Australia, was studied in relation to Vidalia , and its separation from the Vidalia assemblage is not accepted. Species of Vidalia therefore are transferred to the older genus name, Osmundaria. Two new species, Osmundaria papenfussii and Osmundaria oliveae are described from Natal. Confusion in the usage of the epithet, Vidalia fimbriala Brown ex Turner has been clarified, and Vidalia gregaria Falkenberg, described as an epiphyte on Osmundaria pro/ifera Lamouroux, is revealed to be young branches of the host, Osmundaria prolifera.