新疆翠雀花属三新种

该文描述了在新疆维吾尔自治区发现的毛茛科翠雀花属三新种,包括隶属于密花翠雀花组高翠雀花亚组的二新种,即布尔津翠雀花(Delphinium buerjinense W.T.Wang&Z.Z.Yang)和尼勒克翠雀花(D.nilekeense W.T.Wang&Z.Z.Yang),以及隶属于翠雀花组须花翠雀花亚组的一新种,即哈巴河翠雀花(D.habaheense W.T.Wang&Z.Z.Yang);此外,还分别描述了此三新种与近缘种的区别特征。     

四川翠雀属三新种

描述了在中国四川发现的毛茛科翠雀属三新种:拟直距翠雀花Delphinium orthocentroides W.T.Wang,宽爪翠雀花D.platyony chinum W.T.Wang和大藏翠雀花D.dazangense W.T.Wang。     

云南翠雀花属二新种

该文描述了自云南西北部发现的毛茛科翠雀花属二新种:短葶翠雀花(Delphinium breviscaposum W.T.Wang)和丝苞翠雀花(D.filibracteolum W.T.Wang)。短葶翠雀花与察隅翠雀花(D.chayuense W.T.Wang)在亲缘关系上相近,前者与后者的区别在于短葶翠雀花植株具3条簇生短花葶,总状花序的轴和花梗无毛,小苞片较长,萼片较小,退化雄蕊的瓣片不分裂;丝苞翠雀花与拟长距翠雀花(D.dolichocentroides W.T.Wang)近缘,前者与后者的区别在于丝苞翠雀花的花组成圆锥花序,花梗、萼片和萼距均较短,退化雄蕊的爪无附属物,心皮无毛。     

中国毛茛科翠雀属的分类学研究(十):须弥翠雀花二新异名（英文）

标本室和野外观察表明匙苞翠雀花(Delphinium subspathulatum W.T.Wang)和吉隆翠雀花(D.tabatae Tamura)与须弥翠雀花(D.himalayae Munz)属于同一种植物,故将前二者均处理为须弥翠雀花的异名。     

中国毛茛科翠雀属的分类学研究(三):拟澜沧翠雀花、磨顶山翠雀花和粗距蓝翠雀花的名实订正(英文)

通过标本室和野外观察,发现根据云南西北部德钦标本描述的拟澜沧翠雀花(Delphinium pseudothibeticum W.T.WangM.J.Warnock)与同样根据德钦标本描述的短角萼翠雀花(D.ceratophorum Franch.var.brevicorniculatum W.T.Wang)属于同一植物,故将前者处理为后者的异名;而根据德钦标本描述的磨顶山("磨顶"应为德钦县羊拉乡茂顶,故"磨顶山"实应为"茂顶山")翠雀花(D.motingshanicum W.T.WangM.J.Warnock)和粗距蓝翠雀花(D.caeruleum Jacq.ex Camb.var.crassicalcaratum W.T.WangM.J.Warnock)均与云南西北部颇为常见的宽距翠雀花(D.beesianum W.W.Smith)属于同一植物(磨顶山翠雀花为宽距翠雀花的高大个体),故将磨顶山翠雀花和粗距蓝翠雀花均处理为宽距翠雀花的异名。     

中国毛茛科翠雀属的分类学研究(十):须弥翠雀花二新异名

标本室和野外观察表明匙苞翠雀花(Delphinium subspathulatum W. T. Wang)和吉隆翠雀花(D. tabatae Tamura)与须弥翠雀花(D. himalayae Munz)属于同一种植物,故将前二者均处理为须弥翠雀花的异名。     

新疆翠雀花属新植物

本文描述了新疆翠雀花属七个新分类群,即：叶城翠雀花、假深蓝翠雀花、无腺翠雀花、赛塔城翠雀花、高翠雀花、秀丽翠雀花、白花萨乌尔翠雀花。     

中国毛茛科翠雀属的分类学研究(十三):狭序翠雀花的名实订正（英文）

发现根据甘肃南部标本描述的毛茛科狭序翠雀花(Delphinium angustipaniculatum W.T.Wang)与此前记载分布于甘肃南部和四川北部的松潘翠雀花(D.sutchuenense Franch.)属于同一种植物,故将前者处理为后者的异名。讨论了松潘翠雀花与其可能的近缘种秦岭翠雀花(D.giraldii Diels)和疏花翠雀花(D.sparsiflorum Maxim.)的形态区别。     

四川翠雀属三新种

描述了在中国四川发现的毛茛科翠雀属三新种:拟直距翠雀花(Delphinium orthocentroides W. T. Wang),宽爪翠雀花(D. platyonychinum W. T. Wang)和大臧翠雀花(D. dazangense W. T. Wang)。     

西藏翠雀花属七新种

描述了自西藏发现的毛茛科翠雀花属七新种,隆子翠雀花,黄花翠雀花,绿房翠雀花,二距翠雀花,扎囊翠雀花,宽片翠雀花和狭裂翠雀花,并给出其等与近缘种的区别特征。     

Retrotransposon-induced ectopic expression of the Om(2D) gene causes the eye-specific Om(M) phenotype in Drosophila ananassae

Optic morphology (Om) mutations in Drosophila ananassae map to at least 22 loci, which are scattered throughout the genome. Om mutations are all semidominant, neomorphic, nonpleiotropic, and associated with the insertion of a retrotransposon, tom. We have found that the Om(2D) gene encodes a novel protein containing histidine/proline repeats, and is ubiquitously expressed during embryogenesis. The Om(2D) RNA is not detected in wild-type eye imaginal discs, but is abundantly found in the center of the eye discs of Om(2D) mutants, where excessive cell death occurs. D. melanogaster flies transformed with the Om(2D) cDNA under control of the hsp70 promoter display abnormal eye morphology when heat-shocked at the third larval instar stage. These results suggest that the Om(2D) gene is not normally expressed in the eye imaginal discs, but its ectopic expression, induced by the tom element, in the eye disc of third instar larvae results in defects in adult eye morphology.     

Flamingomyces and Parvulago, new genera of marine smut fungi (Ustilaginomycotina)

Teliospore walls, teliospore germinations, hyphal septations, cellular interactions, and nucleotide sequences from the D1/D2 region of the nuLSU rRNA gene of the marine smut fungi Melanotaenium ruppiae and Ustilago marina were examined and compared with findings in other Ustilaginomycotina. The data show that Melanotaenium ruppiae belongs to the Urocystaceae and Ustilago marina to the Ustilaginaceae. Within the Urocystaceae, Melanotaenium ruppiae is morphologically similar to Melanustilospora and Vankya. However, according to the molecular results Melanotaenium ruppiae can neither be ascribed to Melanustilospora nor to Vankya. Therefore, the new genus Flamingomyces is proposed for Melanotaenium ruppiae. Ustilago marina differs from the other Ustilaginaceae in the mode of sporulation, which exclusively occurs at the base of the host plant culms. Accordingly, the new genus Parvulago is proposed for Ustilago marina.     

中国毛茛科翠雀属的分类学研究(十一): 巴唐翠雀花二新异名

毛茛科巴塘翠雀花（Delphinium batangense Finet & Gagnep.）是我国四川西部和云南西北部一种较广布的高山植物,形态变异颇大。标本室和野外观察表明白缘翠雀花（D.chenii W.T.Wang）和雅江翠雀花（D.yajiangense W.T.Wang）在形态上处于该种的变异范围之内,故将二者均处理为巴塘翠雀花的异名。     

中国毛茛科翠雀属的分类学研究(六):拟川西翠雀花二新异名

通过标本室和野外观察, 发现根据四川丹巴标本描述的毛茛科光果拟螺距翠雀花(Delphinium bulleyanum Forrest ex Dielsvar. leiogynum W. T. Wang)和根据四川汶川标本描述的汶川翠雀花(D. wenchuanense W. T. Wang)与此前发现分布于四川宝兴、都江堰、汶川一带的拟川西翠雀花(D. pseudotongolense W. T. Wang)没有区别, 故将二者均处理为拟川西翠雀花的异名。     

中国毛茛科翠雀属的分类学研究(十四):光序翠雀花二新异名

广布于中国-喜马拉雅地区的毛茛科光序翠雀花（Delphinium kamaonense Huth）在我国甘肃、青海、四川和西藏具有相当连续的分布区,在分布区内颇为常见,几为杂草。通过标本室和野外观察,发现根据西藏波密、察隅标本描述的展毛光序翠雀花[D. kamaonense var. glabrescens（W. T. Wang）W. T. Wang]和根据西藏类乌齐标本描述的倒心形翠雀花（D. obcordatilimbum W. T. Wang）与光序翠雀花没有本质区别,故将二者均处理为光序翠雀花的异名。     

苦苣苔科植物Lysionotus bijantiae的名实订正

通过查阅相关文献和标本,作者发现近期发表的苦苣苔科吊石苣苔属植物一新种——Lysionotus bijantiae D. Borah & A. Joe实为鉴定错误,应是汉克苣苔属的长圆叶汉克苣苔[Henckelia oblongifolia(Roxb.)D. J. Middleton & Mich. Möller] [原长圆叶唇柱苣苔Chirita oblongifolia(Roxb.)Sinclair]。Lysionotus bijantiae的模式标本采集于中国西藏东南部地区的喜马拉雅南坡,该地区苦苣苔植物多样性较为丰富。作者因其花具2枚发育雄蕊而将其归于吊石苣苔属,花萼分裂不达基部而与吊石苣苔属其他相关种类比较,而忽略了其种子先端不具附属物的特征。通过电镜扫描观察到,该种在墨脱境内居群以及其模式产地居群的种子均无附属物,从而证实了该种不是吊石苣苔属的物种,而是属于汉克苣苔属。因此,作者将Lysionotus bijantiae处理为Henckelia oblongifolia的新异名,同时提供了长圆叶汉克苣苔的彩色图片(含种子扫描图)、选定模式标本,并给出了吊石苣苔属和汉克苣苔属的区分方法和主要识别特征,不仅为这两个属的物种鉴定提供了参考,而且避免更多的物种分类混淆问题出现。     

Dalbergia prazeri Prain(豆科)之考证

在发表Dalbergia prazeri Prain时Prain曾认为其与托叶黄檀(D.stipulacea Roxb.)近缘,只是该种小叶背面疏被微柔毛,花萼被硬毛与托叶黄檀不同,同时又指出其荚果也与后者不同,但是并没有解释其不同点。之后Prain又将其归并入奥氏黄檀(D.oliveri Gamble ex Prain),亦未给出相应的理由。经研究D.prazeri Prain与南岭黄檀(D.assamica Benth.)为同种,而被归并入后者。Prain发表该种时引证Prazer s.n.为模式,但并没有指定主模式。涉及该种的Prazer s.n.的标本共有6份,该文将藏于印度国立标本馆加尔各答馆(CAL),条形码为CAL0000012326(CAL标本号131311)的标本指定为后选模式(lectotype),其余分别藏于加尔各答标本馆的4份及英国皇家植物园邱园标本馆(K)的1份为等后选模式(isolectotype)。     

中国毛茛科翠雀属的分类学研究(五):秋翠雀花二新异名

通过标本室和野外观察,发现根据四川西南部越西标本描述的毛茛科凉山翠雀花(Delphinium liangshanense W. T. Wang)和根据四川西南部木里标本描述的光轴翠雀花(D. leiostachyum W. T. Wang)只是此前记载分布于四川木里、盐源和云南西北部宁蒗一带的秋翠雀花(D. autumnale Hand.-Mazz.)植株较高的类型,故将二者均处理为秋翠雀花的异名.     

The effects of mullein plants (Verbascum thapsus) on the population dynamics of Dicyphus hesperus (Heteroptera: Miridae) in tomato greenhouses

The response of Dicyphus hesperus Knight (Heteroptera: Miridae) to whitefly populations in tomato greenhouses was measured in the presence and absence of mullein (Verbascum thapsus L.) as an alternative host plant. The dynamics of the D. hesperus population on tomato (Lycopersicon esculentum Mill.) and on mullein plants were followed through an entire growing season. In houses with mullein plants, more predators occurred on mullein when whitefly density was low on tomato. A mark-release-recapture experiment where rabbit IgG was used as an external marker showed that D. hesperus adults moved from mullein plants to tomato plants. D. hesperus was always more abundant in houses with mullein than in the houses with tomato plants alone. Movements between tomato and mullein plants are discussed as a strategy to optimize predator foraging. The use of mullein as an alternative host plant may contribute to the establishment of D. hesperus and help to preserve the predator population when prey on tomato crops is scarce.     

Molecular phylogeny and evolution of the genus Neoerysiphe (Erysiphaceae, Ascomycota)

The genus Neoerysiphe belongs to the tribe Golovinomyceteae of the Erysiphaceae together with the genera Arthrocladiella and Golovinomyces. This is a relatively small genus, comprising only six species, and having ca 300 species from six plant families as hosts. To investigate the molecular phylogeny and evolution of the genus, we determined the nucleotide sequences of the rDNA ITS regions and the divergent domains D1 and D2 of the 28S rDNA. The 30 ITS sequences from Neoerysiphe are divided into three monophyletic groups that are represented by their host families. Groups 1 and 3 consist of N. galeopsidis from Lamiaceae and N. galii from Rubiaceae, respectively, and the genetic diversity within each group is extremely low. Group 2 is represented by N. cumminsiana from Asteraceae. This group also includes Oidium baccharidis, O. maquii, and Oidium spp. from Galinsoga (Asteraceae) and Aloysia (Verbenaceae), and is further divided into four subgroups. N. galeopsidis is distributed worldwide, but is especially common in western Eurasia from Central Asia to Europe. N. galii is also common in western Eurasia. In contrast, the specimens of group 2 were all collected in the New World, except for one specimen that was collected in Japan; this may indicate a close relationship of group 2 with the New World. Molecular clock calibration demonstrated that Neoerysiphe split from other genera of the Erysiphaceae ca 35–45 M years ago (Mya), and that the three groups of Neoerysiphe diverged between 10 and 15 Mya, in the Miocene. Aloysia citriodora is a new host for the Erysiphaceae and the fungus on this plant is described as O. aloysiae sp. nov.