高山植物花形态特征对花温度积累的影响

高山生态系统的低温环境不利于植物繁殖器官的发育和传粉过程,因此能改善花内或花序温度的结构对植物繁殖具有积极意义。该研究利用红外测温仪测量了高寒草甸中64种植物的花温度和叶温度以计算花温度积累,并检测了系统发育、花大小、花对称方式和花大小对花温度积累的影响。结果表明:所测量的64种植物种类,花部温度均高于叶部温度。花温度积累的系统发育信号较弱,表明物种间花温度积累的差异可能主要与不同物种对温度的需求有关。花温度积累与花大小存在显著的正相关关系,且两侧对称花的温度积累比辐射对称花更为迅速,但花对称方式和花颜色对花温度积累并没有显著的影响。该研究结果表明花温度积累在不同植物间存在很大的差异,但这些差异对植物繁殖的实际贡献和意义仍需要进一步验证。     

高等植物成花基因的研究

高等植物的成花可分为两个阶段：由茎顶端分生组织转变成花分生组织和花器官的形成。前者主要受成花计时基因的控制,而后一阶段主要由植物的同源（异型）框基因调控。本文综述了近年来对植物成花调控基因的研究,并着重对第一阶段成花基因的功能、它们间的相互作用和特点进行了总结。 Abstract:Plant flower can be divided into two phases——from stem apex meristem tissue into flower meristem tissue and floral apparatus.The flower time genes control the flower development and the homologous genes control flower apparatus identify.This paper summarizes recent studies on plant flower and emphasizes on the first phase flower control genes,theirs interaction and function,characteristic of the homologous genes.     

Zonal thermogenetic dynamics of two species of Philodendron from two different subgenera (Araceae)

Spadix temperature was measured in two species of Philodendron : P. melinonii (subgenus Philodendron ) and P. solimoesense (subgenus Meconostigma ). For each species, the temperature of the male zone, the sterile male zone and the female zone of the spadix were recorded. In both species, the temperature of the male zone warmed up at the beginning of each of the two flowering nights. In P. melinonii , the temperature of the male sterile zone increased the first day but remained not significantly different from that of the ambient air during the second day. The temperature of the male zone warmed up slightly on the second day. In P. melinonii , the temperature of the three zones was not significantly different from that of the ambient air between the two peaks. In P. solimoesense , the temperature of the male zone and sterile zone rose to above that of the ambient air during the first night and then progressively cooled down but remained 3–6°C above the ambient air temperature until the second peak. In both species the temperature of the female zones remained more or less constant during the entire flowering cycle, very close to the temperature of the ambient air. We suggest that the heat production and the spadix temperature patterns observed may reflect a general physiological process common to all species of Philodendron . The biphasic pattern present in the subgenus Meconostigma can be seen as a variant of the 'two peaks' pattern, occurring in the subgenus Philodendron , with a 'plateau' phase between them. The comparison of the different thermogenic cycles occurring in Philodendron , Arum and Dracunculus seems to indicate some clear evolutionary trends. © 2002 The Linnean Society of London, Botanical Journal of the Linnean Society , 2002, 139 , 79–86.     

一个新的水稻花器官数目突变体fon(t)的鉴定及分析

水稻花器官数目突变体 fon(t)是在单倍体与二倍体的杂交 F2代发现的,经过多代种植,已稳定遗传。以 fon(t)为父本,以日本晴、93?11 和 R527 为母本配制杂交组合进行遗传分析,根据 F2代表型及χ2测验结果表明,该突变体的性状是由单隐性基因控制的。因为对花器官数目突变体曾有报道如 fon1、fon2 和 fon3,所以该突变体暂定名为 fon(t)。该突变体导致内外稃开裂,花器官外露;雄蕊和雌蕊的数目均增多,雄蕊一般 6~9 枚,雌蕊 1~2 枚;浆片同源转化为类内稃的结构;个别的花器官中还出现花丝上伸出类柱头的结构,浆片上部同源转化为类柱头或者类雄蕊的结构。研究结果表明,fon(t)基因可能影响水稻第三、四轮花器官的数目以及第二轮浆片的发育。     

Patterns and implications of floral nectar secretion, chemical composition, removal effects and standing crop in Mandevilla pentlandiana (Apocynaceae)

Flower morphology, nectar features (chemical composition, production pattern, removal effects, and standing crop) and floral visitors are analysed in an Argentine population of Mandevilla pentlandiana. Nectar variability was examined during the lifetime of a single flower, over the course of the flowering season, and at different times of the day. Nectar is sucrose dominant. There were some variations in the proportions of sugar throughout both the flower lifespan and the flowering season. Flowers produced most nectar during bud-stage. Nectar secretion ceased near the end of the first day after flower opening. Nectar quantity varied as a function of flower age due to a combination of nectar secretion, cessation, and resorption periods. Overall sugar production was increased by nectar removal. Standing crop data showed that each open flower and inflorescence offers c. 2 and 11 mg of sugar respectively at any time of the flowering season. There was higher nectar availability at the beginning of the flowering season compared with the rest of the period. Flowers were visited by bumblebees, honeybees and hummingbirds. The greater the number of open flowers and the nectar variance, the more the mean reward quantity per flower available in the inflorescence. The sources of nectar variability in M. pentlandiana seem to be linked with both the female function (nectar resorption, nectar cessation) and the male one (early and comparatively large nectar availability, variation in nectar production as the flower ages, nectar secretion stimulation by nectar removals).     

基于花青素代谢培育蓝色花卉的研究进展

花色是植物吸引昆虫传播花粉的主要因素,对于植物在自然界的生存必不可少,也是观赏植物最重要的性状之一。在蓬勃发展的花卉产业中,色彩各异花卉的培育,可以弥补自然花色的匮乏,但是令人垂涎的蓝色花比较难培育。花色的多样性主要是由花青素及其衍生物的种类和含量等因素决定的,飞燕草色素的合成是形成蓝色花的关键因素,许多植物体内缺少合成飞燕草色素的结构基因。近年来,利用基因工程技术培育蓝色花的研究也时有报道。文中以常见的观赏植物为例,基于花青素代谢调控,从影响飞燕草色素合成的关键因素和不同分子改良途径培育蓝色花等几个方面对植物花朵呈色的机制进行了综述,并展示不同分子育种策略可能在其他领域的应用,为其他植物或经济作物的色泽改良如彩色棉蓝色纤维的培育等提供参考和技术支持。     

DOWN THE TUBE: POLLINATORS, PREDATORS, AND THE EVOLUTION OF FLOWER SHAPE IN THE ALPINE SKYPILOT, POLEMONIUM VISCOSUM

Abstract We address how a conflict between pollinator attraction and avoidance of flower predation influences the evolution of flower shape in Polemonium viscosum. Flower shape in P. viscosum is the product of an isometric relationship between genetically correlated (r_A= 0.70) corolla flare and length. Bumblebee pollinators preferentially visit flowers that are more flared and have longer tubes, selecting for a funnel‐shaped corolla. However, flower shape also influences nectar‐foraging ants that sever the style at its point of attachment to the ovary. Surveys of ant damage show that plants having flowers with flared, short corollas are most vulnerable to ant predation. Consistent with this result, the ratio of corolla length to flare is significantly greater in a krummholz (high predation risk) population than in a tundra (low predation risk) population. To explicitly test whether the evolution of a better defended flower would exact a cost in pollination, we created tubular flowers by constricting the corolla during development. Performance of tubular flowers and natural controls was compared for defensive and attractive functions. In choice trials, ants entered control flowers significantly more often than tubular ones, confirming that the evolution of tubular flowers would reduce the risk of predation. However, in a bumblebee‐pollinated population, tubular flowers received significantly less pollen and set fewer seeds than controls. A fitness model incorporating these data predicts that in the absence of the genetic correlation between corolla length and flare, intermittent selection for defense could allow tubular flowers to spread in the krummholz population. However, in the tundra, where bumblebees account for nearly all pollination, the model predicts that tubular flowers should always confer a fitness disadvantage.     

Floral ontogeny in Dipterygeae (Fabaceae) reveals new insights into one of the earliest branching tribes in papilionoid legumes

Flowers of Dipterygeae (Fabaceae, Papilionoideae) exhibit an unusual petaloid calyx. The two adaxial sepals are large and petaloid, and the three abaxial sepals form a three‐toothed lobe. The goal of this study was to elucidate the ontogenetic pathways of this peculiar calyx in light of the floral development of the three genera that comprise the tribe. Floral buds of Dipteryx alata, Pterodon pubescens and Taralea oppositifolia were analysed using scanning electron microscopy and light microscopy. The order of bracteole and sepal initiation varies among the species. The androecium is asymmetric. The carpel cleft is positioned to the right or to the left, and is opposite the adaxial antepetalous stamen. The peculiarity of the calyx becomes noticeable in the intermediate stages of floral development. It results from the differential growth of the sepal primordia, in which the abaxial and lateral primordia remain diminutive during floral development, compared with the adaxial ones that enlarge and elongate. Bracteoles, abaxial sepals, petals and anthers are appendiculate, except in T. oppositifolia, in which the appendices were not found in bracteoles or anthers. These appendices comprise secretory canals or cavities. Considering that the ontogenetic pathway for the formation of the petaloid calyx is similar and exclusive for Dipterygeae, it might be a potential synapomorphy for the group, with the presence of secretory canals in the appendices of abaxial and lateral sepals and petals. © 2014 The Linnean Society of London, Botanical Journal of the Linnean Society, 2014, 174 , 529–550.     

Flower visitation patterns of the coexisting honey bees Apis cerana japonica and Apis mellifera (Hymenoptera: Apidae)

We compared flower visitation patterns of two coexisting honey bees, Apis mellifera Linnaeus and Apis cerana japonica Radoszkowski, on 20 plant species, including three exotics, under natural conditions in Nara, Japan, from April to August 2012. We also measured flower color based on bee color vision (15 flower species), nectar volume (nine species) and nectar concentration (eight species). Flowers colored white, pink, red, purple and cream were classified as bee‐blue‐green, and yellow was classified as bee‐green. Apis cerana visited 14 plant species and A. mellifera visited 11. Although the two Apis species are similar in morphology, they visited different plants: in particular, A. cerana visited native plant species more often than did A. mellifera. Both A. mellifera and A. cerana visited not only nectariferous flowers but also those with no nectar. We also found different visitation patterns between A. cerana and A. mellifera: Apis cerana more often visited flowers with smaller color angle (bee‐blue‐green), lower chroma and higher brightness, and flowers secreting nectars of higher concentration and smaller volume than did A. mellifera.     

樱胚珠发育调控基因PrseSTK在单瓣与重瓣花中的表达比较

用同源克隆方法,从日本晚樱（Prunus lannesiana）花芽中克隆出了PrseSTK基因的cDNA全长,GenBank登录号为GU332504。其包括1个共669 bp的完整开放阅读框,编码222个氨基酸和1个终止密码子。同源序列比对和分子系统进化分析表明,PrseSTK是拟南芥的STK同源基因,其编码蛋白的C末端拥有2个高度保守模体：AG motif Ⅰ和Ⅱ,属D类MADS-box转录因子。其在花器官中表达的组织特异性分析表明,在单瓣‘大岛樱’中,PrseSTK主要在雄蕊和雌蕊中表达;但在重瓣品种‘普贤像’中,其在萼片、雄蕊和叶化雌蕊中均有表达。其在2个品种4轮花器官中的表达呈现明显的差异,并与拟南芥STK基因表达的组织特异性也有一定的差别;其在花萼中的异位表达可能与重瓣品种萼筒异位子房的发育调控相关。     

Flower structure and potential bisexuality in Freycinetia reineckei (Pandanaceae), a species of the Samoa Islands

In Freycinetia reineckei the staminate flower (on the staminate spikes) comprises 3 or 4 (sometimes 2) stamens and a pistillode with 2 (sometimes 4) carpellodes, and the pistillate flower (on the pistillate spikes) is formed of a pistil with 2 (sometimes 4) carpels and of 3 or 4 (sometimes 2) staminodes. This perfect floral homology, also observed in all the other species that were studied with both pistillate and staminate material, strongly suggests that the flower of Freycinetia is basically and potentially bisexual, and may explain the occasional sexual lability and bisexuality of that flower (occurrence of both pistillate and staminate inflorescences, and/or of bisexual inflorescences with bisexual flowers and/or unisexual flowers, on the same individuals) in some species, and also the frequent occurrence of bisexual spikes in this species. These may be partitioned into pistillate, staminate, mixed and sterile zones. In the pistillate zones the flowers have the same aspect and structure as the pistillate flowers. In the staminate zones the flowers generally comprise 3 or 4 (sometimes 2) stamens and a ‘semi-pistil’ some have both stamens and staminodes. The semi-pistils are intermediate between pistils and pistillodes in length, aspect and structure, but always have placentas and ovules. In the mixed zones the flowers are generally formed of a pistil and 3 or 4 (sometimes 2) stamens, and are therefore true hermaphrodite flowers; some have both stamens and staminodes. In the sterile zones the flowers comprise a semi-pistil and 3 or 4 (sometimes 2) staminodes. The staminodes are anatomically very similar to the stamens, especially in the staminate, mixed, and sterile zones, in which they exhibit a wide range of variation in length, aspect and structure. The perfect floral homology as generic character on one hand, and the occasional bisexuality both with and without bisexual flowers and other aspects of sex expression (e.g. occurrence of both pistillate and staminate shoots on the same individuals) in some species on the other hand, seem to indicate that Freycinetia is a basically monoecious, sex changing genus.     

韭兰的几种花形变异及初步分析

首次报道了韭兰的多种花被裂片数目、雄蕊数目及其它变异类型。花被裂片数目变异的频率明显高于雄蕊数目变异。花被筒基部弯曲变异也较常见,而且与花被裂片数目增多的变异存在相关性。跟踪观察结果表明:韭兰的花形变异是不稳定的,但是可以在同一植株中重复出现。分析认为:韭兰的花形变异发生在花亚区的形成期,不能用花器官发育的"ABC模型"以及由"ABC模型"为基础发展而来的"ABCD模型"和"AB-CDE模型"解释。其变异原因既与花器官亚区形成的早期调节有关,也与细胞分裂速度改变有关。韭兰的花形变异是相关基因受到体内某种因素的影响所致。花形变异的不稳定性可能与转座遗传因子有关。     

优质荔枝新品种'草莓荔'开花与落果特性观察

从植株群体和单穗调查分析‘草莓荔’雌雄花开花特性,结果表明,‘草莓荔’雌雄花交替开放的顺序主要是雌→雄,即前期开雌花,后期开雄花;但也有少量交替开放顺序是雄→雌→雄,即先开雄花,中期开雌花后再开雄花。植株群体的花期和雌雄花开放相遇时间比单穗长,更有利于传粉受精。落果从花后15d开始出现,并在花后18～25d出现第一次落果高峰,落果最多,开花后51～58d为第二次落果高峰。     

The learning abilities of the white cabbage butterfly,Pieris rapae,foraging for flowers

This study examines the role of learning and memory in the butterflyPieris rapae crucivora Boisduval during foraging for flowers. In an outdoor cage with 6 flower species,P. rapae showed various visiting patterns: some visited only one species, while others visited several species in a day. The foraging process for flowers ofErigeron annuus (L.) Pers. could be divided into two successive steps: (1) landing on the nectaring caputs, and (2) finding the source of nectar in the caput. Butterflies learned to proceed through the two steps more efficiently with successive attempts: they gradually decreased landings on nectarless caputs and probings on the nectarless petals of ligulate flowers respectively. As a result, handling time per unit caputs became shorter, and apparent rewards per unit time, i.e. the efficiency of collecting nectar, increased. In addition, once learned,P. rapae could remember a rewarding flower color for 3 days, which was not interfered with by learning another flower color. This indicates thatP. rapae keeps memory for a period longer than 3 days, and that they can remember at least two flower species as suitable flower resources. Furthermore, data indicated that they sometimes can apply the foraging skills obtained on other flower species to a novel one. These abilities could enable butterflies to easily switch flower species, or to enhance labile preference. It has been known thatP. rapae also shows flower constancy, which may be due to memory constraints. Therefore, they may appropriately use two foraging tactics: visit consistency and labile preference, to get enough nectar according to their circumstances.     

长沙市春季时尚花卉调查与初步研究

研究表明,长沙市2004年春季时尚花卉有79种,涉及45科52属.其中主要种类有蝴蝶兰、巴西铁、金琥、红星果子蔓、圣诞花、金桔等30种,涉及15个科,28个属,包含观花、观叶、观茎、观果和观赏苞片类等5大类,其中以观叶类和观花类花卉占大多数,二者分别占38.7%和32.2%.对重要花卉种类的形态特征、栽培要点及观赏特点等进行了描述,分析了其中15种重要时尚花卉的观赏特色和人气指数,对近年来大众花卉消费观念的变化进行了分析,预测了未来花卉的消费趋势.对我省花卉消费市场及花卉产业发展等问题进行了讨论,提出了有益的建议.     

黄连木雌花芽形态分化研究

采用石蜡切片法观察了黄连木雌花芽的分化过程,以揭示黄连木雌花芽分化规律,为合理调控雌花芽分化质量和数量提供依据.结果表明:黄连木雌花芽的分化时期为当年4月中旬至10月底和翌年3月中下旬至4月上旬,历时345 d左右.具有分化时间早、分化速度快但整个花序分化持续时间长的特点.黄连木雌花芽分化包括花序分化和小花分化2个过程,可划分为未分化期、花芽分化始期、苞片分化期、花序形成期、小花原基分化期、被片分化期、雌蕊原基分化期、雌蕊分化期等8个时期.     

Pentamerous flowers in the genus Phytolacca have been derived from trimerous flowers—New evidence from the floral organogenesis of Phytolacca dodecandra

The floral organogenesis of Phytolacca dodecandra L′Her. (Phytolaccaceae) has been observed under both scanning electron microscope (SEM) and light microscope. The primordia of the floral appendage are arranged according to a pentamerous pattern and acropetal succession. Five sepal primordia arise in a 2/5 sequence, and no petal primordia have been observed. The stamen primordia arise centrifugally. The first two pairs arise successively opposite sepal one and two. In the subsequent initiation of inner and outer stamens, P. dodecandra differs from other species in the genus Phytolacca. The four or five carpel primordia arise in rapid succession, usually equal in number and alternating with the inner stamens. The effects of temporal and spatial factors during the floral organogenesis of P. dodecandra are discussed. The data on the androecial ontogeny in P. dodecandra refute the existence of diplostemony in Phytolaccaceae, in which P. dodecandra occupies a pivotal systematic position. The androecial ontogeny in P. dodecandra supports the viewpoint that in the genus Phytolacca pentamerous flowers have been derived from trimerous flowers.     

欧报春（Primula vulgaris）不同花色与色素关系及花色遗传初步分析

为了掌握欧报春各花色遗传规律服务于良种生产,通过对欧报春各色花进行色素吸收光谱和薄层层析分析,进行不同花色杂交研究,分析了欧报春各色花所含色素类型及各花色遗传规律。结果显示欧报春群体含多种花色素,单株也可含有多种花色素,形成多变的粉色、红色及蓝色花。黄色深浅主要由类胡萝卜素含量决定。白色对粉色及黄色为隐性遗传,黄色、粉色为显性遗传并有数量遗传特征,黄色与粉色独立遗传。蓝色为多基因控制的隐性遗传,并具有数量遗传特征。     

商陆属中五基数花起源于三基数花的新证据——非洲商陆的花器官发生

运用扫描电镜和石蜡切片方法对非洲商陆Phytolacca dodecandra L′Her.的花器官发生过程及花器官各部分的位置排列进行了观察。结果表明：非洲商陆萼片5枚,以螺旋向心方式发生;没有观察到花瓣原基的发生;雄蕊为螺旋离心方式发生,前4枚雄蕊分2对出现在对萼位置,但此后发生的雄蕊的发生顺序明显区别于其他种;心皮4-5枚,与内部雄蕊互生。本文探讨了时空因素对花器官发生的影响,基于对非洲商陆花器官发生的观察,否定了“商陆属源于二轮雄蕊样式”的假说,并为商陆属中“五基数花起源于三基数花”的观点提供了新的证据。     

Influence of ethylene on apex development and mobilization of soluble saccharides in the corm of Liatris

We studied the influence of ethephon (2-chloroethylphosphonic acid) on the first stages of development of the main apex of Liatris spicata cv. Callilepis and its relation to the mobilization of soluble saccharides in the corm. Ethephon enhanced cell expansion during the first weeks of cultivation but did not affect the timing of flower initiation. Soluble saccharide concentration in the corm reached a maximum after sprouting, probably due to rapid growth of the shoot. There was no change in the concentrations of soluble saccharides immediately prior to flower initiation, which suggested that quantitative changes in these saccharides were not responsible for activating flower initiation. When corms were treated with ethephon there was a greater degree of soluble saccharide mobilization during the first weeks of cultivation than in untreated corms. However, this did not seem to be the direct result of the addition of this phytohormone and was more probably the consequence of cell growth being encouraged. This revised version was published online in July 2006 with corrections to the Cover Date.