关于一些植物学术语的中译等问题(三)

(1)确定rhizome的中文译名“根状茎”符合此术语的定义,同时认为另一中文译名“根茎”不符合有关定义,且易引起误解,应予废弃。(2)介绍了在中国植物学文献中稀见的2种属于有限花序类的花序类型,有限伞形花序和有限头状花序。根据有关欧美专家的花序研究,介绍了在中国植物学文献中放在无限花序类的隐头花序和柔荑花序系由聚伞花序演化而出,而应属于有限花序类的论断; 同时,作者提出楼梯草属梨序楼梯草组的雄隐头花序系由同属的骤尖楼梯草组的有限头状花序演化而出的论点。     

一些花序的新定义和一个新的花序分类系统——植物学教材质疑(六)

花序是生花的分枝结构或系统,通常是被子植物科的重要特征,与传粉密切相关。花序教学的困难可能来自各教材在花序定义和分类上存在的问题。本文重新定义了一些花序类型,如有限和无限花序、伞房花序、轮伞花序,也澄清了伞形花序、柔荑花序、头状花序和隐头花序等花序分类上的一些混乱。笔者提议将花簇生和因花序退化而形成的单花列为花序类型。最后,本文提出了一个新的花序分类系统,增加了一些分类单元。     

楼梯草属研究随记

在该文中首次给出革叶楼梯草的雄头状花序描述;还给出樱叶楼梯草雄头状花序的修正描述和兜苞墨脱楼梯草的修正特征集要;写出托叶楼梯草和南川楼梯草二种的分类学修订,其中包括2新变种和2新等级;描述了小叶楼梯草组的1新种和骤尖楼梯草组的3新种;数年前被归并为异名的兜苞墨脱楼梯草和五肋楼梯草得到恢复。     

楼梯草属研究随记

在该文中首次给出革叶楼梯草的雄头状花序描述; 还给出樱叶楼梯草雄头状花序的修正描述和兜苞墨脱楼梯草的修正特征集要; 写出托叶楼梯草和南川楼梯草二种的分类学修订,其中包括2新变种和2新等级; 描述了小叶楼梯草组的1新种和骤尖楼梯草组的3新种; 数年前被归并为异名的兜苞墨脱楼梯草和五肋楼梯草得到恢复。     

南溪楼梯草,云南荨麻科一新种

该文描述了自云南东南部发现的荨麻科楼梯草属一新种,南溪楼梯草(Elatostema nanxiense)。此新种与田林楼梯草(E. tianlinense)相似,但其叶具三出脉,边缘具浅圆齿或小钝齿,雄总苞苞片较少,8枚,排成一层,背面有1～3条纵肋,只1枚在顶端具角状突起而与后者相区别。此外,此新种与盘托楼梯草系的广布种盘托楼梯草(E. dissectum)的区别在于其茎被糙伏毛,叶呈椭圆形,具三出脉,雄头状花序的花序梗较短,雄总苞苞片较少,呈宽卵形或横长方形,背面有1～3条纵肋,雄小苞片有缘毛。     

云南楼梯草属二新种

该文描述了自云南东南部发现的荨麻科楼梯草属2新种。其中,文山楼梯草与上林楼梯草在亲缘关系上相近,与后者的区别在于本种的茎密被短柔毛,叶片在基部斜楔形,具半离基三出脉,雌头状花序的花序托较小,长约1.2 mm,宽1 mm,不分裂,其雌苞片约12,不等大,只3枚在顶端具角状突起。第二种,绿突楼梯草与马关楼梯草近缘,与后者的区别在于茎密被反曲的柔毛和贴伏的短柔毛,雄花序较长,雄总苞的苞片6枚,排成2层,2外层苞片较大,背面具1绿色纵列龙骨状突起和4或6绿纵肋,4内层苞片较小,背面近中央有1绿色角状突起。     

广西楼梯草属三新种和一新变种

描述了在中国广西发现的楼梯草属3新种和1新变种:马山楼梯草Elatostema mashanense W.T.Wang & Y.G.Wei与滇黔楼梯草E.backeri H.Schroter相近缘,但茎被向上展的短糙伏毛,叶顶端通常尾状渐尖,边缘具小牙齿或圆齿,具三出脉而与后者相区别。变种毛茎圆序楼梯草Elatostema gyrocephalum W.T.Wang&Y.G.Weivar.pubicaule W.T.Wang&Y.G.Wei的茎在近顶端处密被短柔毛,雌花序托不分裂,苞片中部黑色而与模式变种不同。黑苞楼梯草Elatostema nigribracteatum W.T.Wang&Y.G.Wei与显苞楼梯草E.bracteosum W.T.Wang在亲缘关系上相近,但茎被微柔毛,叶有短柄,叶片较小,长达7mm,纸质,上面无毛,钟乳体较小,长0.1～0.15mm,雌花序分裂成2个二回头状花序,苞片和小苞片呈黑色,无毛,花序托上有数条小枝,而与后者明显区分。天峨楼梯草Elatostema tianeense W.T.Wang&Y.G.Wei似E.hookeriano Wedd,但叶在边缘下部三分之一以上或中部以上有较多小牙齿,具半离基三出脉,托叶较小,狭三角形或三角状钻形,长1～2.5mm,雌花枝粗壮,雌苞片条状三角形,无角状突起而不同。     

云南楼梯草属二新种

该文描述了自云南东南部发现的荨麻科楼梯草属二新种。(1)文山楼梯草,与上林楼梯草在亲缘关系上相近,与后者的区别在于本种的茎密被短柔毛,叶片在基部斜楔形,具半离基三出脉,雌头状花序的花序托较小,长约1.2 mm,宽1 mm,不分裂,其雌苞片约12,不等大,只3枚在顶端具角状突起。(2)绿突楼梯草,与马关楼梯草近缘,与后者的区别在于茎密被反曲的柔毛和贴伏的短柔毛,雄花序较长,雄总苞的苞片6枚,排成2层,2外层苞片较大,背面具1绿色纵列龙骨状突起和4或6绿纵肋,4内层苞片较小,背面近中央有1绿色角状突起。     

被子植物花序的演化趋势(上)

被子植物最原始的花序类型,认为是具叶的聚伞花序。在木兰科 Magnoliaceae,Winteraceae,香荔枝科 Annonac-eae,五桠果科 Dilleniaceae,毛莨科 Ranunculaceae,罂粟科 Papaveraceae 和 (?)薇科 Rosaceae 等一些较原始科中例子可以说明,甚至它们的单生花也属一种衍生状况。从毛茛科 Ranuncula(?),罂粟科,蔷薇科,虎耳草科 Saxifragac-eae,夹竹桃科 Apocynaceae,桔梗科 Campanulales 和(?)科 Violaceae 的实例证明,有限花序比无限花序愿始。从实例中可看到花序减化和扩大的两种趋势。在菊科和禾本科中,两种完全不同的发展形式和互交错发生,形成复合花序的复杂类型。花序的个体发育,与枝顶端从营养状态特有的组织学和生理学性质,转变到生殖校顶端有的不同性质有关。如果这种转变与花附属器官原基的分化同时发生或紧跟在其后发生,那就形成一朵单花,或一个简单的具叶的聚(?)花序。在具有非常复杂花序的植物中,如菊科的头状花序和禾本科的圆锥花序,是在各花原基分化之前转变的。此外,形成复杂花序(包括与营养叶强烈地分化的苞片)的生殖顶端,比形成较简单、分化程度较小的花序的营养顶端,其分化更为强烈。与营养枝有关的花序特点,在很大程度上,取决于枝顶端从营养状态到生殖状态转变的缓急度。花序的形状与生殖顶端原基中有丝分裂的方向有关。无限花序起源于有限花序,常分两步进行,即减化继之以扩大。这些步骤受交替选择的支配:第一,由于对较短的生长期的反应,生殖周期就缩短;第二,由于对选择更适宜环境的反应,使种子的产量增加。当生殖周期较长时,能伸长的总状花序就富有适应性,不过生长条件不是最好的,如低光照,缺少矿物质或其他限制。具重复合(?)分枝的花序,对于外界环境的反应,有高度的灵活性,故能很好地适应于那些逐年生长季节波动很大的区域。花序的演化很好地说明了演化趋势的两个普遍特性,即结构的保守性以及沿最小阻力线发生的适应(?)变。     

楼梯草属苞片形态和演化趋势

(Ⅰ)对荨麻科楼梯草属的苞片和小苞片的形态进行了全面研究。(Ⅱ)该属原始群疏伞楼梯草组的雄聚伞花序苞片在每花序为15-90枚,纸质,绿色,狭卵形、狭三角形或条形,长0.5-4mm,扁平,无任何突起,而与楼梯草族的冷水花属和赤车属的聚伞花序苞片极为相似,因此,上述各种形态可以视为楼梯草属苞片的原始特征,并据此观察到总苞苞片的以下演化趋势:(1)近等大,形状相似,在花序托边缘轮生形成一层→排列为二层,外层2苞片对生,较大,内层苞片较小,形状稍不同;(2)狭卵形,狭三角形或条形→宽卵形或宽三角形,或扁半圆形→由于长度强烈缩小,宽度增大而最终消失;(3)扁平→顶端兜形→船形→船形,顶端突起成细筒;(4)无任何突起0背面有1龙骨状突起,或有1-6条纵肋或狭翅1顶端具短到长的角状突起→背面顶端之下具角状突起;(5)分生→基部合生→由于长度强烈缩小,宽度强烈增大,总苞苞片合生成一横条形狭片;(6)在数目上,由每花序的7-45枚,一方面增加到50-180枚,另一方面则减少到5枚以下。同时,观察到小苞片形态以下演化趋势:(1)膜质,半透明,白色0具褐色线纹或呈褐色→呈黑色1薄膜质,透明,无色;(2)扁平→顶端兜形→船形;(3)无任何突起→顶端或在背面顶端之下具角状突起;(4)在数目上,由每花序的7-45枚一方面增加到100或数百枚,甚至达1千到数千枚,另一方面则减少到5枚以下,甚至到0枚。上述演化趋势有助于了解属下各级分类群的演化水平。     

A novel gene Bractea (bra) controls the formation of an indeterminate bractless inflorescence in Arabidopsis thaliana

The morphological and genetic studies of the bra mutant of Arabidopsis thaliana (L.) Heynh. from the collection of the Department of Genetics and Breeding, Moscow State University, showed that the BRA gene controls the main stages of inflorescence development: it suppresses the development of leaflike organs subtending flowers (bracts) and inhibits the formation of the terminal flower. Inactivation of the BRA gene leads to the transition from the indeterminate bractless inflorescence characteristic of the family Cruciferaceae to the determinate bracteose inflorescence. The BRA gene plays a regulatory role and was probably involved in the conversion of the bracteose determinate inflorescence to the bractless indeterminate inflorescence during the origin of ancestral crucifers.     

The geographic, taxonomic and temporal distribution of determinate growth in marine gastropods

Many marine gastropods are characterized by determinate growth, as inferred from the presence of unique terminal elaborations of the shell's aperture. Although determinate growth has evolved repeatedly in most major gastropod clades, it is especially frequent among siphonate caenogastropods. Analyses of shallow-water assemblages show that the incidence of species with determinate growth is far higher in the tropics (especially the tropical Pacific and Indian Oceans) than at higher latitudes. Compilations of fossil assemblages from warm-water environments indicate that, although determinate growth occurred in some Palaeozoic gastropods, it became widespread only in the Neogene. In some groups, terminal apertural elaborations arose in lineages whose growth was more or less continuous and indeterminate, but in others it was derived either from or was ancestral to episodic growth. The hypothesis that periodic or terminal apertural elaborations evolved as a means to dispose of calcium carbonate once growth in the spiral direction ceased is rejected in favour of functional interpretations. Among the latter, the roles of modified apertures in defence and in mate recognition are explored, but no firm conclusion regarding the latter possibility can be drawn owing to our ignorance of mate recognition in gastropods.     

A NewBRACTEA(BRA) Gene Controlling the Formation of an Indeterminate Bractless Inflorescence in Arabidopsis thaliana

The morphological and genetic studies of the bramutant of Arabidopsis thaliana(L.) Heynh. from the collection of the Department of Genetics and Breeding, Moscow State University, showed that the BRAgene controls the major stages of inflorescence development: it suppresses the development of leaves subtending flowers (bracts) and inhibits the formation of the terminal flower. Inactivation of the BRAgene leads to the transition from the indeterminate bractless inflorescence characteristic of the family Cruciferaceae to the determinate bracteose inflorescence. It is suggested that the BRAgene is a regulator gene probably involved in the conversion of the bracteose determinate inflorescence to the indeterminate ebracteate inflorescence during the origin of ancestral crucifers.     

Insights into panicoid inflorescence evolution

Inflorescence forms can be described by different combinatorial patterns of meristem fates (indeterminate versus determinate). In theory, the model predicts that any combination is possible. Whether this is true for grasses is unknown. In this paper, the subfamily Panicoideae s.s. (panicoid grasses) was chosen as the model group to investigate this aspect of grass inflorescence evolution. We have studied the inflorescence morphology of 201 species to complement information available in the literature. We have identified the most recurrent inflorescence types and character states among panicoids. Using multivariate approaches, we have indentified correlations among different inflorescence character states. By phylogenetic reconstruction methods we have inferred the patterns of panicoid inflorescence evolution. Our results demonstrate that not all theoretical combinatorial patterns of variation are found in panicoids. The fact that each panicoid lineage has a unique pattern of inflorescence evolution adds an evolutionary component to combinatorial model.     

Determinate growth is predominant and likely ancestral in squamate reptiles

Body growth is typically thought to be indeterminate in ectothermic vertebrates. Indeed, until recently, this growth pattern was considered to be ubiquitous in ectotherms. Our recent observations of a complete growth plate cartilage (GPC) resorption, a reliable indicator of arrested skeletal growth, in many species of lizards clearly reject the ubiquity of indeterminate growth in reptiles and raise the question about the ancestral state of the growth pattern. Using X-ray micro-computed tomography (µCT), here we examined GPCs of long bones in three basally branching clades of squamate reptiles, namely in Gekkota, Scincoidea and Lacertoidea. A complete loss of GPC, indicating skeletal growth arrest, was the predominant finding. Using a dataset of 164 species representing all major clades of lizards and the tuataras, we traced the evolution of determinate growth on the phylogenetic tree of Lepidosauria. The reconstruction of character states suggests that determinate growth is ancestral for the squamate reptiles (Squamata) and remains common in the majority of lizard lineages, while extended (potentially indeterminate) adult growth evolved several times within squamates. Although traditionally associated with endotherms, determinate growth is coupled with ectothermy in this lineage. These findings combined with existing literature suggest that determinate growth predominates in both extant and extinct amniotes.     

The indeterminate floral apex1 gene regulates meristem determinacy and identity in the maize inflorescence

Meristems may be determinate or indeterminate. In maize, the indeterminate inflorescence meristem produces three types of determinate meristems: spikelet pair, spikelet and floral meristems. These meristems are defined by their position and their products. We have discovered a gene in maize, indeterminate floral apex1 (ifa1) that regulates meristem determinacy. The defect found in ifa1 mutants is specific to meristems and does not affect lateral organs. In ifa1 mutants, the determinate meristems become less determinate. The spikelet pair meristem initiates more than a pair of spikelets and the spikelet meristem initiates more than the normal two flowers. The floral meristem initiates all organs correctly, but the ovule primordium, the terminal product of the floral meristem, enlarges and proliferates, expressing both meristem and ovule marker genes. A role for ifa1 in meristem identity in addition to meristem determinacy was revealed by double mutant analysis. In zea agamous1 (zag1) ifa1 double mutants, the female floral meristem converts to a branch meristem whereas the male floral meristem converts to a spikelet meristem. In indeterminate spikelet1 (ids1) ifa1 double mutants, female spikelet meristems convert to branch meristems and male spikelet meristems convert to spikelet pair meristems. The double mutant phenotypes suggest that the specification of meristems in the maize inflorescence involves distinct steps in an integrated process.     

The response of an autumn-sown determinate faba bean to different plant distributions

The response of an autumn-sown determinate selection, 858 , to different plant distribution patterns was examined in field trials during the two seasons 1985/86 and 1986/87 at the University of Nottingham. Plants were sown at two densities (20 and 40 plants per m2) and at three different row widths (11.9, 23.8 and 47.6 cm) in the autumn of each season. Plant numbers and combined yields were greater in 1986/87 than in 1985/86. Grain yield was unaffected by differences in inter-row spacing and this was ascribed to the early attainment of complete ground cover even when plants were grown in widely spaced rows. Yield was most strongly correlated with seed numbers per m². An examination of yield on a per plant basis suggested that narrow inter-row spacings were more productive at low plant densities, while yield per plant was greater at higher densities if the crop was grown on wider inter-row spacings. It was concluded that autumn-sown determinate forms of faba bean were able to compensate for large changes in plant distribution and consequently yield was unaffected.     

濒危植物庙台槭生殖生物学研究1.花序和花的形态及发育

庙台械的花序为有限花序,由一顶花和6—9枝侧花枝组成,属圆锥状聚伞花序。一个花序共有14—29朵花,包括两性花、雄花和无性花三类花。根据花在花序上着生的位置,可分为三级。7月初,花序原基形成,在花序轴伸长的同时,侧面形成侧花枝轴原基。花序的顶花最早进行个体发育,随后是侧花枝顶花;侧花枝上同一级花的发育顺序则是从花序的下面向上进行。花器官发生时,花萼原基最先形成,然后是花瓣、雄蕊、心皮和胚珠。     

试论竹类的花序及其演变

本文旨在讨论竹类花序的类型。它共有两大类型,即单次发生花序(简称“真花序”)与续次发生花序(简称“假花序”)。前者具有一延续的花序轴,这与竹类的一般营养轴是迥然不同的;此外,整个花序是在一单次发育的周期内所产生的,并且它在植物体上有着一定的生长部位;它们的基本单位是小穗(真小穗),每小穗通常具一明显的柄。后一类型,则实是竹株的具花枝条,而非是真正的花序,故称为“假花序”。它具有原来就是营养轴所成的“花序轴”,此轴仍有节与节间两部分的区别,仅在其节处始能生有小穗;它们在发生上是续次(successivus)的,其小穗可不固定地着生在植物体任何级别的营养轴之各节,甚至可直接生长在主竿的节上;生长在此种类型花序上的通常或大多是假小穗,它无柄或近于无柄。多数情况都是形成紧密的簇团。又此种类型的花序仅见于竹类的一部分属种中,而决不发现在其他禾草(包括另一部分的竹类)的植株上。作者认为真正的花序可以通过演化而转变为续次发生的花序即“假花序”。举例来说,他曾设想筱竹Thamnocalamus spathiflorus Munro含2-3枚小穗的总状花序能够演化为浦竹仔Indosasa hispida McClure那样形态的一小段花枝。作者还相信在竹类的两大类型的花序之间并非仅有一个方向的演化途径,甚至还可能有着逆向演化之存在。     

Flowering and determinacy in maize

All plant organs are produced by meristems, groups of stem cells located in the tips of roots and shoots. Indeterminate meristems make an indefinite number of organs, whereas determinate meristems are consumed after making a specific number of organs. Maize is an ideal system to study the genetic control of meristem fate because of the contribution from determinate and indeterminate meristems to the overall inflorescence. Here, the latest work on meristem maintenance and organ specification in maize is reviewed. Genetic networks, such as the CLAVATA components of meristem maintenance and the ABC programme of flower development, are conserved between grasses and eudicots. Maize and rice appear to have conserved mechanisms of meristem maintenance and organ identity. Other pathways, such as sex determination, are likely to be found only in maize with its separate male and female flowers. A rich genetic history has resulted in a large collection of maize mutants. The advent of genomic tools and synteny across the grasses now permits the isolation of the genes behind inflorescence architecture and the ability to compare function across the Angiosperms.