中华水韭叶舌和缘膜的发生及其发育进程研究

采用石蜡切片技术,以人工培养的中华水韭幼苗的最初几枚叶至成熟植株的叶为实验材料,连续解剖观察其叶舌和缘膜的发生、发育进程,并分析其发育进程与孢子囊和叶片的关系.结果显示:(1)中华水韭叶舌与叶片在其个体发育早期来自于同一原基,但叶舌最初的发育速度快于叶片.(2)中华水韭的苗龄达到15枚叶时开始有孢子囊发生,此时的叶舌下方有明显的缘膜结构.(3)当中华水韭的孢子体达到30枚叶片以上时,早期产生于植株外围的孢子囊已经发育成熟,可以清楚地区分出大、小孢子囊,其中在已经成熟的大孢子叶上,叶舌相对于孢子囊的长度变短,下唇萎缩,缘膜消失;成熟小孢子叶的叶舌比大孢子叶的叶舌长,上翻程度大,下唇萎缩程度不如大孢子叶明显,缘膜也退化消失.研究认为,缘膜是水韭系统发育早期的普遍结构,而演化后期一些地区的缘膜则显著退化甚至消失;对于系统发育初期的中华水韭,其叶舌与叶片的差异并不像现代水韭那么明显.     

中国特产2种濒危水韭雄性发育的比较研究

采用透射电镜和光镜比较观察了中华水韭和云贵水韭雄配子体及其精子的发育特征。结果显示:(1)2种水韭的雄配子体的寿命只有15~30d,终生都在小孢子壁内发育。(2)雄配子体只含有1个原叶体细胞、1个精子器壁细胞和4个精细胞,前2个细胞内含有丰富的营养物质。(3)精子由精核、微管带、鞭毛、细胞质等4部分构成。(4)中华水韭雄配子体发生率为4.5%,平均每个雄配子体产生0.46个精子,精子游动速度约53μm/s,寿命8min;云贵水韭雄配子体发生率和产精量略高于中华水韭,但精子游动速度和寿命略低于中华水韭。研究认为,中国水韭濒危的主要原因之一是雄配子体产精率低、受到生殖生态限制、水污染对精子的危害等;雄性特征表明水韭在石松类中占有较高的进化地位;结合前人的研究成果绘出了水韭雄配子体的发育模式。     

中国水韭属植物的孢子形态特征

利用扫描电镜观察了中国现存5种水韭属Isētes植物孢子的表面纹饰,并统计分析了孢子的大小(n=30).结果显示:高寒水韭上hypsophila大孢子表面光滑无突起纹饰,平均极面直径358 μm,小孢子具脑回状纹饰,平均长度22μm;云贵水韭Lyunguiensis大孢子表面具脊条-网络状纹饰,纹饰突起较低,近极面较稀疏且不连成完全的网络,平均极面直径390 μm,小孢子具疣状小颗粒至近于光滑的表面纹饰,平均长度22μm;台湾水韭L taiwanensis大孢子表面具瘤状突起,平均极面直径312μm,小孢子表面具刺棘状突起,平均长度24μm;中华水韭I sinensis大孢子表面具脊条状突起,平均极面直径409 μm,小孢子表面具刺棘状突起,平均长度28 μm;东方水韭I orientalis大孢子表面具脊条-网络状纹饰,纹饰突起较高,近极面的网络较完整,平均极面直径420 μm,小孢子表面具矮刺状-瘤状突起,平均长度34 μm.比较类群间的孢子形态特征与染色体数目表明:5个类群的孢子表面纹饰区别明显,同时,孢子的大小可反映类群的倍性,孢子较小的高寒水韭、云贵水韭和台湾水韭是二倍体(2n=22),孢子较大的中华水韭(2n=44)和东方水韭(2n=66)为多倍体.孢子的形态特征在中国水韭属植物物种的鉴定与分类中具有重要意义.     

中国4种水韭植物叶片分类学特征的比较观察

我国共有5种水韭,全部被列为国家一级保护,均属极度濒危级（CR）野生植物。就营养器官而言,因水韭根、茎的简化,叶片特征成为最重要的分类学依据。本文针对形态特征相近的中华水韭、云贵水韭、台湾水韭和东方水韭,用显微镜观察了叶片发育的形态特征。结果表明：不同种水韭叶片在旋转角度、气孔分布等方面存在差异,而气孔器的种间一致性较高;同种水韭叶片在不同发育时期,其近远轴面的气孔指数、气孔分布及叶凸指数均有稳定的分类价值。本文检索讨论了我国4种水韭的分类学关系,并发现了叶表皮都存在异形条状细胞。     

中国产3种水韭叶舌形态结构的比较研究

以中国产3种水韭的成熟叶片基部为实验材料,采用石蜡切片法,详细观察3种水韭的叶舌结构,建立各自叶舌的立体模型,探讨3种水韭间的亲缘关系,并比较了中国特产水韭与中亚及北美水韭的演化关系。结果显示:(1)3种水韭叶舌结构主要分为舌片、舌足和横带三部分。(2)中华水韭与东方水韭舌片均为三叉型,有主侧舌片之分,足角均为卵圆形,舌足与叶轴平行,而云贵水韭长鼻形,无主侧舌片之分,足角为三角形,舌足与叶轴有一定的角度。(3)中华水韭与云贵水韭的舌足侧面观为长椭圆形,东方水韭舌足侧面观为肾形。研究认为,中华水韭与东方水韭的亲缘关系较近,二者与云贵水韭亲缘关系较远;叶舌是水韭类的溯祖形态,其结构复杂,特征稳定,种间差异明显,应该作为水韭分类的重要依据。     

高山红景天有性生殖过程及濒危原因的生态学分析

研究了高山红景天(Rhodiola sachalinensis)的生殖生态学特性,并探讨了其致濒的原因。高山红景天花药具4个小孢子囊,腺质绒毡层,初生造孢细胞直接行小孢子母细胞功能,小孢子四分体呈四面体形,小孢子形成初期有败育现象,成熟花粉2细胞,有二种类型花粉。胚珠倒生,大孢子四分体线形排列,功能大孢子位于合点端,胚囊发育属蓼型。高山红景天花粉败育是其濒危的内因,恶劣的生境条件及其大规模人工采挖是其濒危的主要原因     

中华水韭

对我国野生一级珍稀濒危的孑遗植物中华水韭的形态特征、生境与生态分布、繁殖以及生活史作了概述,以期让更多的人了解中华水韭,促进我国水韭的进一步研究与保护。     

中华水韭雌配子体及胚胎发育的初步研究

中华水韭（Isoetes sinensis Palmer）属水韭科（Isoetaceae）草本拟蕨类,是长江中下游特有的古老物种,对环境污染敏感,为国家一级重点保护的极度濒危的野生植物。本研究通过人工培养,按不同发育阶段,用常规石蜡切片法连续观察了雌配子体及胚胎发育的全过程。结果显示：大孢子培养15～20 d萌发,雌配子体为球状、属壁内发育型,每个雌配子体着生8～20个颈卵器。成熟的颈卵器发育有多种可能,但只有颈沟细胞和腹沟细胞都退化,卵才有受精的机会。合子首先进行横向分裂,培养约50 d发育成数十个细胞的球形胚胎,约80 d雌配子体的细胞萎缩,第一叶及其叶舌、第一根结构更明显,出现第二叶。文中还初步探讨了中华水韭濒危的生殖生物学机制。     

湿地松雄性不育和可育系小孢子叶球形态和细胞发育动态变化

为了解湿地松‘松泰’小孢子叶球在发育过程形态是否有差异变化,明确其败育过程、败育方式及影响因素,为湿地松雄性不育品种利用和后期开展相关研究提供科学依据。该研究以‘松泰’s10败育系和s9可育系为材料,观察小孢子叶球形态发育变化,并对其小孢子叶球进行石蜡切片,在光学显微镜下观察小孢子发育过程。结果表明:s10败育系和s9可育系在小孢子母细胞减速分裂前无明显差异,小孢子叶球生长趋势也一致;四分体时期,s10小孢子细胞发育异常,小孢子叶球形态发育也出现异常,二者异常发育具有同步性;可育系从四分体到单核小孢子发育阶段的时间为5 d左右,而败育系持续发育长达20 d左右,持续时间为可育系的4倍。在此期间出现小孢子绒毡层细胞发育异常、降解缓慢,小孢子囊壁组织排列紊乱、降解延迟等现象,s10形成异常二核花粉,且无花粉散出。因此,推论s10小孢子败育的原因主要是小孢子囊壁细胞发育异常,其小孢子叶球形态异常,相对应的绒毡层在四分体时期发育异常,不能适时地分泌胼胝质酶来降解围绕着四分体的胼胝质壁,也不能适时地合成输送花粉形成所需能量物质,同时囊壁细胞出现降解延迟和层积,这一系列的异常变化导致不能形成正常四分体,从而使花粉败育。     

极危孑遗物种东方水韭雌配子体及胚胎的解剖学观察

以人工培养的国家一级保护植物东方水韭(Isoetes orientalis)为材料,采用切片技术对雌配子体和胚胎的发育进程进行解剖学观察研究,探讨其有性生殖过程及濒危机制。结果表明:(1)东方水韭大孢子3~5d萌发,成熟雌配子体呈球形,无假根,三裂缝处发育出多个颈卵器,成熟颈卵器只有颈壁细胞与颈沟细胞,无腹沟细胞。(2)多数雌配子体只发育出一个胚胎,偶见多胚共存现象;胚胎发育时期,第一叶原基相比第二、三叶原基发育迅速。(3)颈卵器部分组织常出现分化紊乱,导致雌配子体败育。该研究结果支持"根叶理论",并讨论了腹沟细胞的退化以及双胚共存机制,认为东方水韭雌配子体常停留在游离核阶段、颈卵器形态或位置不规则、卵细胞排列紊乱等可能是其败育的原因。     

THE SPORE PATTERN IN SOME SPECIES OF CHEILANTHES

Of the 32 taxa examined, 13 contained 32 spores in each sporangium and are considered apo-gamous, 14 were sexual species with 64 spores per sporangium, and 5 had 32 spores in some sporangia and 64 in others. When considered as a whole, the spores ranged in size from 29.9 to 74.88μ. Most species had oval or globose spores but several had tetrahedral spores. The spores of all were radially symmetrical. Almost all of the species possessed a crassimarginate type of laesura and all except C. cooperae and C. viscida had a perispore. The ornamentation of the perispore showed the following patterns: napate, granulate, psilate, lobate, foveate, and echinate. The exine pattern was predominantly psilate but foveate, rugulate, napate, and granulate conditions were observed. Seventeen taxa were found to have some degree of spore abortion.     

In vitro studies on the mechanisms of endospore release by Rhinosporidium seeberi

Studies of Rhinosporidium seeberi have demonstrated that this organism has a complex life cycle in infected tissues. Its in vivo life cycle is initiated with the release of endospores into a host's tissues from its spherical sporangia. However, little is known about the mechanisms of sporangium formation and endospore release since this pathogen is intractable to culture. We have studied the in vitro mechanisms of endospore release from viable R. seeberi's sporangia. It was found that watery substances visibly stimulates the mature sporangia of R. seeberi to the point of endospore discharge. The internal rearrangement of the endospores within the mature sporangia, the opening of an apical pore in R. seeberi's cell wall, and the active release of the endospores were the main features of this process. Only one pore per sporangium was observed. The finding of early stages of pore development in juvenile and intermediate sporangia suggested that its formation is genetically programed and that it is not a random process. The stimulation of R. seeberi's sporangia by water supports the epidemiological studies that had linked this pathogen with wet environments. It also explains, in part, its affinities for mucous membranes in infected hosts. The microscopic features of endospore discharge suggest a connection with organisms classified in the Kingdom Protoctista. This study strongly supports a recent finding that placed R. seeberi with organisms in the protoctistan Mesomycetozoa clade. This revised version was published online in June 2006 with corrections to the Cover Date.     

SPORE MORPHOLOGY IN THE CYATHEACEAE. I. THE PERINE AND SPORANGIAL CAPACITY: GENERAL CONSIDERATIONS

The literature on cyatheaceous spore morphology relative to the presence of a perine layer is reviewed, and evidence based on a sodium-hydroxide assay is presented indicating that the outer scultpine layer in certain cyatheaceous spores is perine. Perine so defined characterizes Metaxya, paleotropical and certain neotropical species of Sphaeropteris, nearly all species of Alsophila, all species of Nephelea, and certain species of Trichipteris and Cyathea. It is lacking in Lophosoria, many species of Trichipteris and Cyathea, and all species of Cnemidaria. Two major patterns of spore number per sporangium in the family are reported. Lophosoria, Sphaeropteris, Trichipteris, Cyathea, Cnemidaria, and probably Metaxya are characterized by 64-spored sporangia, whereas most species of Alsophila and all species of Nephelea are characterized by 16-spored sporangia. The congruence of this generic distribution of sporangial-capacity types with Tryon's phyletic arrangement of cyatheaceous genera supports the naturalness of his system. The intrasporangial germination of spores retained in dehisced and dispersed sporangia supports the suggestion that decreased spore number per sporangium in Alsophila and Nephelea may relate to the role of the sporangia as dispersal units. The decreased number of spores per sporangium is associated with a trend toward increase in the number of sporangia per sores, with the highest known count approaching 1000 sporangia per sorus. The Alsophila-Nephelea evolutionary line has probably not been ancestral in the phylogeny of the more advanced groups of ferns.     

Exceptional preservation in Lower Devonian coalified fossils from the Welsh Borderland: a new genus based on reniform sporangia lacking thickened borders

Reniform sporangia, comprising two equal valves and containing retusoid spores, recovered from Lower Old Red Sandstone strata of Devonian age (micrornatus-newportensis Spore Biozone: lower Gedinnian lower Lochkovian) on North Brown Clee Hill in the Welsh Borderland are placed in Resilitheca salopensis gen. et sp. nov. Conventional compression fossils from Targrove, Ludlow of fertile axes showing isotomous branching with limited overtopping are considered conspecific because the terminal reniform sporangia contain the same spores. Spore ultrastructure is described using scanning and transmission electron microscopy. Sections show faint traces of lamellae. Particles associated with spores and sporangium wall are compared with the globules of pteridophytes and Ubisch bodies of angiosperms, and related to the development of the sporangium. The new plants are compared with Cooksonia caledonica Edwards known only from impressions, and with Renalia Gensel showing far more pronounced pseudomonopodial branching.     

中国水韭属两个四倍体新种

水韭属(Isoëtes)是起源最为古老的水生维管植物,全属物种均被列为国家一级重点保护植物。通过对全国水韭属植物的调查和研究发现,不同产地的四倍体植株在形态上存在显著差异。基于形态学、孢粉学和细胞学证据,将分布于中国湖南省长沙地区和怀化地区的四倍体居群分别命名为隆平水韭(Isoëtes longpingii)和湘妃水韭(I. xiangfei),并详细描述了其形态特征。隆平水韭形态上与中华水韭(I. sinensis)相似,不同之处在于其大孢子具小的瘤状或冠状纹饰,叶细长而柔弱,长达60 cm; 该种也与六倍体东方水韭(I. orientalis)相似,不同之处在于其染色体44条,大孢子具瘤状或冠状纹饰。湘妃水韭的大孢子纹饰虽与二倍体云贵水韭(I. yunguiensis)相似,但在小孢子纹饰、孢子囊形状和染色体数目方面却不同。隆平水韭仅少数植株生长于湖南省宁乡市一处池塘,完全沉水生长,而湘妃水韭则分布于怀化市通道县和会同县的湿地。由于这两个新种的分布区狭窄,野生居群数量和个体数较少,栖息地环境受到人为干扰,因此根据IUCN红色名录评估标准,将隆平水韭评为极危(CR)等级,湘妃水韭评为易危(VU)等级。所编制的中国已知水韭属物种的分种检索表,为本属物种的鉴定和保护工作提供了重要参考。     

紫萁孢子囊发育中多糖和脂滴的细胞化学观察

采用光镜、透射电镜和细胞化学技术,对紫萁孢子囊发育过程中孢壁的超微结构和孢子囊内多糖和脂滴的分布及其动态变化进行研究,以探讨紫萁孢子囊发育过程中多糖和脂滴的代谢特征,为蕨类孢子发生的研究提供基础资料。结果表明:(1)紫萁孢子囊由1层囊壁细胞、2层绒毡层和产孢组织构成。(2)紫萁孢子壁由发达而分2层的外壁(外壁内层和外壁外层)和薄的不连续的周壁构成,由外壁形成棒状纹饰的轮廓;孢子外壁内层由多糖类物质构成,外壁外层和周壁均含有脂类物质。(3)在紫萁孢原细胞中观察到少量脂滴;随着紫萁孢壁的形成,囊壁细胞中淀粉粒的大小逐渐变小、数目先增加后减少,它们转运到内层绒毡层原生质团并转化为孢粉素前体物质,再穿过原生质团内膜表面进入囊腔,成为孢粉素团块或以小球形式填加到孢子表面形成孢壁。(4)紫萁孢子囊将多糖类营养物质转化为脂类,以脂滴的形式储藏在孢子中。