Developmental anatomy of vascular cambium and periderm ofBotrypus virginianus and its bearing on the systematic position of ophioglossaceae

The developmental anatomy of the vascular cambium and periderm ofBotrypus virginianus was studied, and its bearing on the systematic position of Ophioglossacease is discussed. The cambial zone including cambium is initiated in a procambial ring of the stem before primary vascular tissue is well differentiated. The presumed cambium is composed of fusiform and ray initials. The cambium is extremely unequally bifacial, producing secondary xylem centripetally, and quite a small number of parenchymatous cells but no secondary phloem centrifugally. The cambial activity persists long, although it is very low in the mature part of the stem. It seems that the circumferential increase of the cambium is accommodated by an increase in the number of cambial initials. Secondary xylem is nonstoried and composed of tracheids with circular-bordered pits with evenly thick pit membranes, and uniseriate or partly biseriate radial rays. It makes up the bulk of the stem xylem. Periderm is formed almost entirely around the stem, simultaneous with its increment due to the secondary xylem. The combination of these anatomical features of secondary tissue supports the idea that Ophioglossaceae are living progymnosperms.     

Stem anatomy of Dolichos lablab Linn (Fabaceae): Origin of cambium and reverse orientation of vascular bundles

Secondary growth in the stem of Dolichos lablab is achieved by the formation of eccentric successive rings of vascular bundles. The stem is composed of parenchymatous ground tissue and xylem and phloem confined to portions of small cambial segments. However, development of new cambial segments can be observed from the obliterating ray parenchyma, the outermost phloem parenchyma and the secondary cortical parenchyma. Initially cambium develops as small segments, which latter become joined to form a complete cylinder of vascular cambium. Each cambial ring is functionally divided into two distinct regions. The one segment of cambium produces thick-walled lignified xylem derivatives in centripetal direction and phloem elements centrifugally. The other segment produces only thin-walled parenchyma on both xylem and phloem side. In mature stems, some of the axial parenchyma embedded deep inside the xylem acquires meristematic activity and leads to the formation of thick-walled xylem derivatives centrifugally and phloem elements centripetally. The secondary xylem comprises vessel elements, tracheids, fibres and axial parenchyma. Rays are uni-multiseriate in the region of cambium that produces xylem and phloem derivatives, while in some of the regions of cambium large multiseriate, compound, aggregate and polycentric rays can be noticed.     

濒危植物海南风吹楠营养器官解剖结构特征

该研究采用石蜡切片和光学显微技术,对海南风吹楠营养器官的解剖结构及其对环境的适应性进行了探讨。结果表明:海南风吹楠为典型异面叶,叶片中脉发达,中部分化出髓,上表皮外侧具角质层,内侧具1层内皮层,下表皮外侧无角质层,有气孔器分布,气孔器为双环型,略下陷;栅栏组织3~4层细胞,海绵组织4~6层细胞。茎的初生结构中表皮轻微角质化,维管束为外韧型,8~10个初生维管束围绕髓排列为1轮;茎的次生结构中,表皮外部角质层加厚,维管柱紧密排列连成环状,次生韧皮部和次生木质部发达,形成层细胞3~5层。根的初生结构中表皮细胞外壁加厚,外皮层细胞体积大,形状不规则,内侧具1层形成层,内皮层具凯氏带,初生木质部为多原型,呈辐射状排列。根的次生结构中木栓层细胞5~6层,木栓层内侧具1层木栓形成层,栓内层细胞3层。海南风吹楠营养器官具有一定耐阴和耐旱结构特征,同时与其生活的热带雨林沟谷中高温荫湿的环境相适应。     

白鲜营养器官解剖结构及其与白鲜碱的积累关系

应用植物解剖学、组织化学及植物化学方法对白鲜营养器官根、茎、叶的结构及其生物碱的积累进行了研究。结果显示:(1)白鲜根的次生结构以及茎和叶的结构类似一般双子叶植物;白鲜多年生根主要由周皮、次生韧皮部、维管形成层以及次生木质部组成,根次生韧皮部中可见大量的淀粉、草酸钙簇晶、韧皮纤维以及油细胞;茎由表皮、皮层、维管组织和髓组成;叶由表皮、栅栏组织、海绵组织和叶脉组成;在茎和叶初生韧皮部的位置均分布有韧皮纤维,在叶表皮上分布有头状腺毛和非腺毛;在茎和叶紧贴表皮处分布有分泌囊。(2)组织化学分析结果显示:在白鲜多年生根中,生物碱类物质主要分布在周皮、次生韧皮部、维管形成层和木薄壁细胞中;在茎中,生物碱主要分布在表皮、皮层、韧皮部、木薄壁细胞及髓周围薄壁细胞中;在叶中,生物碱主要分布在表皮细胞、叶肉组织和维管组织的薄壁细胞;此外在分泌囊和头状腺毛中亦含有生物碱类物质。(3)植物化学结果显示,秦岭产白鲜根皮/白鲜皮、根木质部、茎和叶中白鲜碱含量分别为0.041%、0.012%、0.004%和0.002%,其中木质部中白鲜碱含量和其他部分地区白鲜皮中白鲜碱含量类似。研究表明,在秦岭产白鲜营养器官中,除根皮/白鲜皮外,在根木质部亦含有大量的白鲜碱,且在茎和叶中亦含有一定的白鲜碱,具有潜在的开发利用价值。     

桔梗根的发育解剖学研究

以桔梗(Platycodon grandiflorum A.DC)根为材料,运用石蜡切片和半薄切片法对其根的发育过程及结构进行解剖学观察,并对不同年限根的结构进行了比较。结果表明:桔梗根的结构发育过程包括原生分生组织、初生分生组织、初生生长和次生生长4个阶段。其原生分生组织由3群原始细胞组成,表现出典型分生组织的细胞学特征;初生分生组织包括根冠原、表皮原、皮层原和中柱原;初生结构由表皮、皮层和中柱组成,其中皮层薄壁细胞占主要地位,初生木质部为二原型;次生生长主要依靠维管形成层和木栓形成层的活动来完成,其次生结构从外到内由周皮和次生维管组织组成,次生维管组织占主导地位,其中以薄壁细胞为主,维管分子少量,分散在薄壁组织中。不同年限的根的结构基本相同,但它们在主根长度和直径、周皮厚度、木质部与韧皮部面积之比等方面存在差异。     

Xylem parenchyma cells deliver the H<Subscript>2</Subscript>O<Subscript>2</Subscript> necessary for lignification in differentiating xylem vessels

Lignification in Zinnia elegans L. stems is characterized by a burst in the production of H₂O₂, the apparent fate of which is to be used by xylem peroxidases for the polymerization of p-hydroxycinnamyl alcohols into lignins. A search for the sites of H₂O₂ production in the differentiating xylem of Z. elegans stems by the simultaneous use of optical (bright field, polarized light and epi-polarization) and electron-microscope tools revealed that H₂O₂ is produced on the outer-face of the plasma membrane of both differentiating (living) thin-walled xylem cells and particular (non-lignifying) xylem parenchyma cells. From the production sites it diffuses to the differentiating (secondary cell wall-forming) and differentiated lignifying xylem vessels. H₂O₂ diffusion occurs mainly through the continuous cell wall space. Both the experimental data and the theoretical calculations suggest that H₂O₂ diffusion from the sites of production might not limit the rate of xylem cell wall lignification. It can be concluded that H₂O₂ is produced at the plasma membrane in differentiating (living) thin-walled xylem cells and xylem parenchyma cells associated to xylem vessels, and that it diffuses to adjacent secondary lignifying xylem vessels. The results strongly indicate that non-lignifying xylem parenchyma cells are the source of the H₂O₂ necessary for the polymerization of cinnamyl alcohols in the secondary cell wall of lignifying xylem vessels.     

黄芩根中木间木栓的形成与发育特性研究

应用光学显微镜和电子显微镜对3年生黄芩(Scutellaria baicalensis Georgi)根中木间木栓的形成及其发育过程进行了细致观察,以揭示黄芩木间木栓形成的特征以及发育过程中导管及周围薄壁细胞的变化,旨在为中药枯芩的形成提供理论依据和实验证据。结果表明：(1)黄芩根的次生结构由周皮、皮层和次生维管组织组成;木间木栓发生在木质部异常导管的周围,先是导管内出现侵填体或其他物质,接着这些导管邻近的部分薄壁细胞内也出现一些物质,随后导管外围的正常薄壁细胞恢复分生能力,产生木栓形成层,进而形成木间木栓。(2)木间木栓将健康组织与这些异常的导管和薄壁细胞隔离,隔离在内的组织会逐渐成为死亡组织。(3)横切面观,小木间木栓可同时或先后发生在木质部的不同位置,由内向外逐渐扩大,与周围的木间木栓相连,最终形成大的木间木栓。(4)纵切面观,木间木栓以管状形式由根头部向下延伸,部分根中距根头部以下3 cm内有木间木栓存在。     

白鲜根的发育解剖学研究

应用半薄切片、常规石蜡切片并结合离析法,对药用植物白鲜(Dictamnus dasycarpus Turcz.)根的发生发育过程进行了研究。结果表明:白鲜根的发生发育过程包括4个阶段,即原分生组织阶段、初生分生组织阶段、初生结构阶段以及次生结构阶段。原分生组织位于根冠内侧及初生分生组织之间,衍生细胞分化为初生分生组织。初生分生组织由原表皮、基本分生组织以及中柱原组成。原表皮分化为表皮,基本分生组织分化为皮层,中柱原分化为维管柱,共同组成根的初生结构;在初生结构中,部分表皮细胞外壁向外延伸形成根毛,皮层中分布有油细胞,内皮层有凯氏带,初生木质部为二原型或偶见三原型,外始式;根初生结构有髓或无。次生结构来源于原形成层起源的维管形成层的活动以及中柱鞘起源的木栓形成层的活动;白鲜次生韧皮部宽广,其中多年生根中可占根横切面积的85%,另外除基本组成分子外,还分布有油细胞;周皮发达,木栓层厚;初生皮层、次生木质部和次生韧皮部薄壁细胞中常充满丰富的淀粉粒。     

牛膝根的发育解剖学研究

应用植物解剖学方法研究了牛膝(Achyranthes bidentataBlume.)根的发育过程.研究结果表明,牛膝根的发育包括原分生组织、初生分生组织、初生结构、次生结构和三生生长5个发育阶段.原分生组织具有典型分生组织的细胞特征;初生分生组织包括根冠原、表皮原、皮层原和中柱原;初生结构由表皮、皮层和中柱组成.其内皮层细胞上凯氏带明显.初生木质部多为二原型;次生结构从外到内由周皮和次生维管组织组成,其木栓形成层由中柱鞘细胞恢复分裂能力而形成,次生结构中,次生维管组织占主要地位;牛膝根的进一步加粗主要是由于三生结构的发生和分化.第一圈额外形成层产生于次生韧皮部外侧的薄壁组织细胞和射线细胞,以后的每一圈由前一圈向外衍生的薄壁组织细胞产生.额外形成层无纺锤状原始细胞和射线原始细胞之分,在切向纵切面上呈叠生排列.三生维管束以离心方式排列成整齐的同心环状,由薄壁结合组织将其彼此分开,其圈数与额外形成层的圈数是一致的,随着根的个体发育而不断增加.     

Epidermal derivatives as xylem elements and transfer cells: a study of the host-parasite interface in two species of Triphysaria (Scrophulariaceae)

Summary Haustoria ofTriphysaria pusilla andT. versicolor subsp.faucibarbata from a natural habitat were analysed by light and electron microscopy. The keel-shaped edge of the secondary haustorium generally splits the epidermis and cortex of the host root parallel to the root axis, and penetrates to the host vascular tissue. Anticlinally elongated epidermal cells of the haustorium constitute most of the host/parasite interface. Some of these epidermal cells are divided by oblique cell walls. Some of their oblique daughter cells as well as some undivided epidermal cells differentiate into xylem elements. Single epidermal cells occasionally intrude into the vascular tissue of the host and individual host cells can be invaded. The surface area of the plasmalemma in parasitic parenchymatous interface cells is increased by the differentiation of wall labyrinths characteristic of transfer cells and by the development of membrane-lined cytoplasmic tubules or flattened sacs which become embedded in the partly lignified interface cell-wall. Mycorrhizal fungal hyphae enter the xylem bridge in some haustoria. Implications of these observations for the function of the haustorium are discussed.     

Morphological studies on the genusClematis linn

In four-sepaled flowers ofClematis the sepal is supplied by three main traces. The basic pattern of the vascular supply to sepals is found inC. alpina var.ochotensis which invariably has six-bundled pedicels. It is as follows: the median traces to the first pair of opposite sepals, as well as all the lateral traces, arise directly from pedicel bundles, while those to the second pair are formed secondarily, after fusion and subsequent division of two adjacent pedicel bundles. As to the manner of origin of the median traces, the pattern is similar to that of the vascular supply to foliage leaves. This gives further evidence for the generally accepted view that the sepals ofClematis, like foliage leaves, are decussately arranged. In most other species such asC. apiifolia, C. stans, etc. the number of pedicel bundles tends to be reduced from six to four so as to coincide with that of the sepals, so patterns are much simplified and specialized: all the traces arise directly from pedicel bundles. InC. japonica an iconsistent pattern is observed, since the number of pedicel bundles from which sepal traces arise is much higher and varied.     

Formation of successive cambia and stem anatomy of Sesuvium sesuvioides (Aizoaceae)

Mature stems of Sesuvium sesuvioides (Fenzl) Verdc. were found to be composed of successive rings of xylem alternating with phloem. Repeated periclinal divisions in the parenchyma outside the primary phloem gave rise to conjunctive tissue and the lateral meristem that differentiate into the vascular cambium on its inner side. After the formation of the vascular cambium, the lateral meristem external to it became indistinct as long as the cambium was functional. As the cambium ceased to divide, the lateral meristem again became apparent prior to the initiation of the next cambial ring. The cambium was exclusively composed of fusiform cambial cells with no rays. In the young saplings, the number of cambial cylinders in the axis varied from the apex to the base, indicating formation of several rings within the year. In each successive ring of the lateral meristem, small segments differentiated into the vascular cambium and gave rise to vessels, axial parenchyma, fibres and fibriform vessels towards the inside, and secondary phloem on the outer side. In the old stems, non‐functional phloem of the innermost rings was replaced by a new set of sieve tube elements formed by periclinal divisions in the cambial segments associated with the non‐functional phloem. In some places the cambial segments completely differentiate into derivatives leaving no cambial cells between the xylem and phloem. © 2008 The Linnean Society of London, Botanical Journal of the Linnean Society, 2008, 158 , 548–555.     

远志根的发育解剖学研究

运用石蜡切片法对远志根的发育过程及1~3年生根的结构进行解剖学研究。结果显示:远志根的原分生组织由3群原始细胞组成,具有典型分生组织的细胞学特征。初生分生组织分化为根冠原、表皮原、皮层原和中柱原;初生结构由表皮、皮层和中柱组成,初生木质部为二原型。次生生长是依靠维管形成层和木栓形成层的活动完成,次生结构从外到内由周皮和次生维管组织组成;远志根次生结构特点为:次生韧皮部在次生维管组织中占主要部分,次生韧皮部中以韧皮薄壁细胞为主且其中储存有丰富的内含物,随着根龄的增加,韧皮薄壁细胞中的内含物也随之增加。3年生的主根中次生韧皮部薄壁细胞中的内含物最丰富;不同年份远志的主根随根龄的增加,周皮、次生韧皮部和次生木质部的面积都呈增加趋势,其中韧皮部和木质部的面积比值随根龄增长呈由小到大的变化,这是远志根的显著特点;根中的周皮发达,具有较厚的木栓层,次生木质部中导管和纤维发达,导管分布频率较高,并具有较大的口径。周皮和次生木质部的结构特征与远志的抗旱特性相适应。     

Cytokinesis and nodal anatomy in the charophycean green algaChara zeylanica

Summary Cell plate formation inChara zeylanica was compared with recent models of cytokinesis in higher plants in order to gain insight into the evolutionary origin of plant cytokinetic processes. Transmission electron microscopy (TEM) reveals that while cytokinesis inC. zeylanica bears many features in common with that in higher plants, there are significant differences. Unlike that in higher plants, cytokinesis inC. zeylanica begins with a congregation of smooth membrane tubules that are closely associated with endoplasmic reticulum (ER) and Golgi membranes. Mitochondria and other organelles excluded by the phragmoplast in higher plants are present as well. Unlike in higher plants, phragmoplast microtubules persist throughout cytokinesis inC. zeylanica, and the cell plate generally forms across the whole cell at once, though development is patchy, due to small regions developing at different rates; the ends of the plate form last. By identifying aspects of cytokinesis that are different inC. zeylanica and plants, our study indicates which cytokinetic features are more likely to be derived, and which are more likely to be ancestral. In addition, we demonstrated that all nodal cells ofC. zeylanica are interconnected via plasmodesmata, lending support to the idea that, whileChara spp. are generally considered to be filamentous organisms, nodal regions may be thought of as meristemlike tissues.Abbreviations HPF high-pressure freezing - KFe potassium ferricyanide - SCF stepwise chemical fixation - TEM transmission electron microscopy     

Aluminum,Fe, Ca,Mg, K,Mn, Cu,Zn and P in above- and belowground biomass. I.Abies amabilis andTsuga mertensiana

In a mature mixed subalpine stand ofTsuga mertensiana andAbies amabilis, significantly higher Al levels were found in foliage, branch and root tissues ofT. mertensiana.Tsuga mertensiana had significant increases in Al, Ca and Mn levels with increasing foliage age. In current foliage,T. mertensiana had lower levels of Ca, similar levels of Mg and P, and higher levels of Mn thanA. amabilis. Both tree species had Cu and Fe present at higher levels in branch than foliage tissues. Fine roots had the highest concentrations of Al, Fe and Cu but the lowest Ca and Mn concentrations of all tissues analyzed. In the roots of both species, phloem tissues always had significantly higher Al levels than xylem. Fine roots (< 1 and 1–2 mm) ofT. mertensiana had higher Al levels than were found inA. amabilis. Roots greater than 2 mm in diameter exhibited no significant differences in Al levels in phloem or xylem tissue betweenA. amabilis andT. mertensiana. The two species show a clear difference in their ability to accumulate specific elements from the soil.     

Non invasive imaging of water flow in plants by NMR microscopy

Summary Water flow in the stems of the horsetailEquisetum hyemale, the flowering plantStachys sylvatica and the mossDendroligotrichum dendroides was observed non-invasively using NMR microscopy. A Pulsed Gradient Spin Echo sequence using a single phase encoding step was used. We demonstrate by this method that water flow inEquisetum occurs in the carinal canals and in the xylem vessels of the vascular tissue ofStachys and in the central water-onducting strand ofDendroligotrichum.Abbreviations CPU central processing unit - ID internal diameter - NMR nuclear magnetic resonance - RF radio frequency - TS transverse section     

酸枣根系结构可塑性对自然梯度干旱生境的适应机制

根系是植物吸收水分和养分的主要器官,是直接接触土壤最先感受土壤逆境胁迫的部位。在干旱环境中,植物根系的结构特征必定发生改变以维持正常的生物机能而生存。目前,关于根系解剖结构的研究大多集中于根系的某一特定结构对单一逆境因子的响应。以生长在烟台-石家庄-银川-吐鲁番不同地域气候条件形成的自然梯度干旱环境中的酸枣为试验材料,应用植物显微技术研究酸根系结构的可塑性对不同自然梯度干旱环境的适应机制,结果表明:酸枣根的初生结构包括表皮、皮层和维管柱,表皮位于幼根的最外层,由单层体积较小、紧密排列的表皮细胞组成。皮层占根初生结构的大部分比例,由体积较大的多层薄壁细胞组成,薄壁细胞近似圆球形,数目众多,呈环形分布。维管柱位于最内层,细胞小而密集,由中柱鞘、初生木质部、初生韧皮部及薄壁细胞组成。随生境干旱加剧,酸枣根初生结构表皮细胞的厚度和宽度逐渐增加,皮层薄壁细胞的厚度和宽度、皮层薄壁细胞层数和皮层厚度均以宁夏银川样地的最大。酸枣根的次生结构包括周皮(木栓层、木栓形成层、栓内层)和次生维管组织(次生韧皮部、维管形成层和次生木质部)。从烟台至新疆吐鲁番随生境干旱加剧,酸枣植株根系周皮逐渐加厚、致密度提高。次生木质部中,导管的数量增加,管径增大。干旱环境中,酸枣植株根系结构上的变化一方面提高了吸水能力和输水效率,另一方面增强了保水能力,减少水分散失,这可能是其适应干旱逆境的机制之一。     

The development of phloem anastomoses between vascular bundles and their role in xylem regeneration after wounding in Cucurbita and Dahlia

The differentiation of phloem anastomoses linking the longitudinal vascular bundles has been studied in stem internodes of Cucurbita maxima Duchesne, C. pepo L. and Dahlia pinnata Cav. These anastomoses comprise naturally occurring regenerative sieve tubes which redifferentiate from interfascicular parenchyma cells in the young internodes. In all three species, severing a vascular bundle in a young internode resulted in regeneration of xylem to form a curved by-pass immediately around the wound. The numerous phloem anastomoses in these young internodes were not involved in this process, the regenerated vessels originating from interfascicular parenchyma alone. Conversely, in mature internodes of Dahlia, the regenerated vessels originated from initials of the interfascicular cambia, and their phloem anastomoses did not influence the pattern of xylogenesis. On the other hand, in old internodes of Cucurbita, in which an interfascicular cambium was not yet developed, the parenchyma cells between the bundles had lost the ability to redifferentiate into vessel elements, and instead, regenerated vessels were produced in the phloem anastomoses. Thus, the wounded region of the vascular bundle was not bypassed via the shortest, curved pathway, but by more circuitous routes further away from the wound. Some of the regenerated vessels produced in the phloem anastomoses were extremely wide, and presumably efficient conductors of water. It is proposed that the dense network of phloem anastomoses developed during evolution as a mechanism of adaptation to possible damage in mature internodes by providing flexible alternative pathways for efficient xylem regeneration in plants with limited or no interfascicular cambium.This paper is dedicated to the memory of the late Isaac Blachmann (deceased 19 November 1995), father-in-law of the senior author, for encouragement and advice throughout the yearsThis research was supported by an International Scientific Exchange Award to R.A. from the Israel Academy of Sciences and The Royal Society.     

Plasmodesmatal distribution and frequency in vascular bundles and contiguous tissues of the leaf ofThemeda triandra

Small and intermediate vascular bundles and contiguous tissues of the leaf blade ofThemeda triandra var.imberbis (Retz.) A. Camus were examined with transmission and scanning electron microscopes to determine the distribution and frequency of plasmodesmata between various cell types. Plasmodesmata are most abundant at the mesophyll/bundle-sheath cell and bundle-sheath/vascular parenchyma cell interfaces, and their numbers decrease with increasing proximity to both thick- and thin-walled sieve tubes. Among cells of the vascular bundles, the greatest frequency of plasmodesmata occurs between vascular parenchyma cells, followed by that of plasmodesmata between vascular parenchyma cells and companion cells, and then by the pore-plasmodesmata connections between companion cells and thin-walled sieve tubes (sieve tube-companion cell complexes). The sieve tube-companion cell complexes of theT. triandra leaf are not isolated symplastically from the rest of the leaf and, in this respect, differ from their counterparts in theZea mays leaf. However, the thick-walled sieve tubes, like their counterparts inZea mays, lack companion cells and are symplastically connected with vascular parenchyma cells that about the xylem.Abbreviations SEM scanning electron microscope - TEM transmission electron microscope     

药用植物牛滕根中异常次生结构的发育解剖学研究

本文报道了药用植物牛滕根的异常次生生长。其初生结构和早期的次生结构类似于一般的草本双子叶植物根。后来,在维管柱的外围以离心的顺序发生多轮异常形成层。第一轮异常形成层起源于次生韧皮部的薄壁组织细胞和射线细胞。以后的每一轮由前一轮向外衍生的薄壁组织细胞产生。新的形成层常常以弧状片段与前一轮维管束之间的形成层相连接。每一轮形成层向内产生木质部,向外产生韧皮部,组成异常维管束。这些束排成不规则的同心环,包埋在薄壁结合组织中。