三白草核型分析

本文对三白草的核型进行分析。结果表明,三白草染色体基数为X=11,二倍体2n=22;而三白草科的原始染色体基数为X=11,三白草属与祖先型的是一致的,是科中最原始的一个分类群。核型公式为:2n=2x=22=2m+8sm+1st,核型为3B。     

裸蒴属营养器官的解剖及其分类位置的研究

本文通过对三白草科 saururaceae 裸蒴属 Gymnotheca Decne． 营养器官的解剖和观察,发现该属和三白草属Saururus L.、蕺草属 Houttuynia Thunb. 有明显的区别,而同胡椒科Piperaceae 的齐头绒属 Zippelia Bi．则有许多相似的特征。因此我们认为该属和齐头绒属同为三白草科和胡椒科的中间过渡类型。     

数值分类在中国三白草科属间关系上的应用

本文采用相关系数和距离系数计算的方法,对中国三白草科植物形态学和解剖学的主要特征及其属间亲缘关系问题进行了尝试。结果表明:三白草属Saururus L.和蕺草属Houttuynia Thunb.之间的亲缘关系比较近,这两个属与裸蒴属Gymnotheca Decne.之间的亲缘关系比较远。     

沙参属10个种的染色体研究

本文报道了我国黑龙江产桔梗科沙参属的10种1变种的染色体数目和核型,对其中 7种作了减数分裂行为的观察。 其中6种1变种为首次报道,并发现2n=68的4x种。该 属染色体基数多为17(x＝17),但Adenophora trachelioides和A．remotiflora的基数为18 (x=18),为该属独特基数。核型的共同特征是：小型,以中部(m)、近中部(sm)着丝点 染色体为主,至少具一对近端着丝点染色体和一对随体染色体。该属染色体的演化处于二种 水平： 数目变化(包括多倍化和非整倍体变化)和结构变异。 多倍化是该属物种形成的主要 途径之一。结合其它性状讨论了这些种的分类,并确立1个四倍体新种(A. amurica)和1个新组合(A．pereskiifolia ssp．alternifolia)。     

半蒴苣苔属植物染色体制片优化及染色体数目和倍性研究

染色体数目和倍性是系统与进化生物学和遗传学研究中十分重要的基础信息。为探索半蒴苣苔属染色体制片的适宜条件以及染色体数目的进化模式及其与物种的进化关系，该研究基于半蒴苣苔属染色体数目的进化历史，并根据该属植物具有叶片扦插繁殖的特性，采用叶片水培生根法获取半蒴苣苔(Hemiboea subcapitata)、弄岗半蒴苣苔(H.longgangensis)、龙州半蒴苣苔(H.longzhouensis)、江西半蒴苣苔(H.subacaulis var.jiangxiensis)、华南半蒴苣苔(H.follicularis)和永福半蒴苣苔(H.yongfuensis)6种植物的根尖材料，分析不同实验条件对染色体制片效果的影响，对染色体制片实验的条件进行优化及染色体计数，结果表明：(1)9:30—10:00取材，解离10 min以及染色15 min为半蒴苣苔属染色体制片的适宜条件。(2)上述6种半蒴苣苔属植物均为二倍体，染色体数目均为32(2n=2x=32)。(3)除个别物种染色体数目有变化以外，该属大部分物种染色体数目可能为2n=2x=32且染色体数目变化可能是非整倍化的作用，与物种进化没有明...     

从细胞学资料看金松属的系统位置

本文比较了金松(属)和杉科其他各属植物的核型,它的染色体数目(2n=20)和基数(x=10)较低,其核型最为对称。细胞学资料支持金松属从杉科分出另立金松科SciadopityaceaeHayata,它的系统位置则很可能比杉科来得原始。这也得到古植物学的支持。     

云南无量山四种报春花属植物的核型研究

研究了云南无量山报春花属(Primula)3组4种植物的核型。体细胞中期染色体的数目和核型分别为：波缘报春P.sinuata Franch,2n=2x=22-20m(2SAT)_ 2st,着丝点端化值(T．C．％)为57．51％;无葶脆蒴报春P.sinoexscapa C.M.Hu,2n=2x=22=20m 2sm,T.C.％值为57．78％;滇北球花报春P．denticulata ssp.sinodenticulata (Balf.F.et Forrest)W.W.Smith,2n=2x=22=20m(4SAT) 2st,T.C.%值为56.79%;光叶景东报春P.interjacens var.epilosa C.M.Hu,2n=2x=18=2m(2SAT) 6sm(4SAT) 10st,T.C.%值为67.47%。简要讨论了报春花属植物可能的染色体原始基数和3个组的染色体基数。     

中国三白草科的解剖学初步研究

本项工作采用三白草Saururus chinensis (Lour.)Baill.蕺草Houttuynia cordata Thunb.裸蒴Gymnotheca chinensis Decne.和白苞裸蒴Gymnotheca involucrata Pei.的时片、叶柄、茎和总花梗制成石蜡切片和徒手切片,进行解剖观察和描述,并用检索性状比较各属间的特征,从而,进一步总结出三白草科的解剖特征。     

水晶兰属植物的染色体

对国产水晶兰属植物水晶兰（Monotropa uniflroa L．）和毛花松下兰（M．hypopitys var．hirsutea Roth）的花粉母细胞减数分裂进行了观察,它们的减数分裂中期Ⅰ的染色体数目均为n=24。结合前人所做的研究,确定该属的染色体基数为x=8,并对该属的染色体基数和倍性变异与地理分布区的关系进行了初步探讨。通过对鹿蹄草亚科和水晶兰亚科的染色体基数比较,结合两个亚科的生长习性和花药开裂方式的不同,作者赞同哈钦松系统将水晶兰亚科作为科的处理。     

沙芥属植物染色体数及核型分析

以沙芥属植物根尖为材料,采用常规压片法,对其染色体数及其核型进行分析,结果表明:本属植物间期核特征为前染色体核型;染色体均为二倍体,沙芥染色体数为2n=2x=22,基数为x=11,宽翅沙芥、斧形沙芥、距果沙芥和齿冠沙芥染色体数为2n=2x=20,基数为x=10;染色体有亚中部着丝点染色体(sm)和中部着丝点染色体(m)2种;沙芥、距果沙芥属于2A型,宽翅沙芥、斧形沙芥、齿冠沙芥属于1A型,本属植物的核型均为首次报道。根据核型特征进行聚类分析,将染色体数为2n=2x=20的沙芥属4种植物分为两类:第一类距果沙芥;第二类包括宽翅沙芥、斧形沙芥、齿冠沙芥。     

三白草科花部发育及其系统学意义

本研究从比较三白草科属间小花个体发育及分析花器官数量变异入手,探寻花器官在发生顺序、数目变化及排列方式等方面的演化趋势,揭示系统发育在个体发育中一定程度重现的事实及属间的进化关系。结果简述如下:首先,雄蕊和心皮发生顺序由中部优先演化到两侧优先。其次,由于远中雄蕊和心皮经历了从发育延迟、生长减缓到最终消失的历程,中部雄蕊和心皮由成对演化为单生。此外,两侧生雄蕊对由各自独立的原基发生演化到共同原基发生或减化为1枚,假银莲花属近中1枚雄蕊原基二裂成1对,蕺菜属3枚心皮发生于一环状共同原基等,都是该科花器官演化的重要事实并可归结为融合、减化和复化的结果。文章根据花器官的演化趋势及过渡类型的剖析,论述了三白草科属间的系统进化关系。     

Karyomorphology and relationships in some genera of Saururaceae and piperaceae

Karyomorphological observations were carried out on three genera belonging to the Saururaceae and four genera of the Piperacea. All of the genera of Saururaceae show the same karyomorphological characteristics from interphase to metaphase in the somatic cell divisions. However there are two types of the karyomorphology in Piperaceae, i) the first type observed inPiper, Pothomorphe andZippelia, and ii) the second type inPeperomia. Each group corresponds to Thorne's two subfamilies (1974, 1976), Piperoideae and Peperomioideae. The basic chromosome numbers of the genera are confirmed or newly proposed as follows:Saururus x=11,Houttuynia x=12,Anemopsis x=22 (Saururaceae),Peperomia x=11,Piper andPothomorphe (=Heckeria) x=13,Zippelia x=19 (Piperaceae). The relationships of these basic chromosome numbers are presumed to be as shown schematically in Fig. 4. The original basic chromosome number of the common ancestral stock of Saururaceae and Piperaceae is presumed to be x=11.     

Phylogeny of Saururaceae based on mitochondrial matR gene sequence data

DNA sequences of matR gene from three species of Saururaceae and the selected outgroups, Chloranthus holostegius and Zippelia begoniaefolia, are reported. All DNA sequences of six species in four genera of Saururaceae and the two outgroups are analyzed on PAUP 4.0 8b to reconstruct the phylogeny. A single matR gene tree is generated from parsimony, distance, and likelihood analyses, respectively. The three trees with the same topology are slightly different in bootstrapping support for some clades. The result indicates that Saururaceae is monophyletic. Anemopsis is sister to Houttuynia, and the two genera form the first diverging lineage of the family. The sister group relationship between Saururus and Gymnotheca is also supported by a relatively high bootstrap value. The result is different from all the former phylogenetic opinions on Saururaceae based on morphology, but it is supported by the evolution of flower-bract stalk in Saururaceae. In addition, some characteristics of the matR gene are analyzed. The MatR gene is a relatively better tool to reconstruct the molecular clock because the base substitution bias greatly decreases in the gene.     

A Study on the Anatomy of Vegetative Organs of the Gymnotheca Decne. (Saururaceae) in Relation to Its Systematic Position

The present paper deals with the anatomy of vegatative organs of Gymnotheca Decsne. Many significant differences between the genus and the other genera (Saururus L. and Houtuynia Thunb.) of the same family have been discovered in our study. On the contrary, the genus and Zippelia Bl. of the family Piperaceae have many anatomical characteritics in common. The genera Gymnotheca Decne. and Zippelia Bl. are therefore considered intermediate between the families saururaceae and Piperaceae from anatomical point of view.     

Chromosome diversity of South American Oxalis (Oxalidaceae)

Mitotic or meiotic chromosome studies are reported for 39 species or subspecies of Oxalis from South America belonging to 14 sections. Chromosome numbers of 34 of these taxa are reported for the first time. Diploids and polyploids with six different basic chromosome numbers x=5, 6, 7, 8, 9 and 11 are described. Thirteen species of subgenus lhamnoxys were analysed and two new basic chromosome numbers were observed in diploid entities of this subgenus, x = 6 and x=9. The underground stem-bearing entities of Oxalis subgenus Oxalis studied (in sections Articulatae, Jonoxalis and Palmatifoliae) are mostly diploids and polyploids with a basic chromosome number x=7. Five species of section Carnosa are diploids with x = 9. In species of sections Rosea, Ortgieseae, Clematodes and Laxae the basic chromosome numbers x = 6, 7, 8 and 9 were observed. Groups of related species sharing the same chromosome number are discussed with the aim of improving the infrageneric delimitation of the genus. The basic chromosome number x=6 seems to be primitive in the genus and other basic chromosome numbers probably appeared several times in the course of chromosome evolution of Oxalis .     

Nuclear DNA content and chromosome number in some diploid and tetraploid Centaurea (Asteraceae: Cardueae) from the Dalmatia region

Given the paucity of information about genome size in the genus Centaurea, nuclear DNA content of 15 Centaurea taxa, belonging to four subgenera and six different sections, has been investigated for the first time. The sample concerns 21 populations from the Dalmatia region of Croatia. The 2C DNA content and GC percentage were assessed by flow cytometry and chromosome number was determined using standard methods. Genome size of studied Centaurea ranged from 2C=1.67 to 3.72 pg. These results were in accordance with chromosome number and especially with ploidy level that varies throughout this group; 2C DNA values ranged from 1.67 to 3.43 pg for diploid, and from 3.19 to 3.72 for polyploid taxa. No significant intraspecific variations of DNA amount were found between two subspecies of C. visiani and C. ragusina, nor between two varieties of C. gloriosa. However, some populations of C. glaberrima and C. cuspidata showed a significant difference in DNA amount. Three different basic chromosome numbers were observed in studied species (x=9, 10, and 11). The most frequent basic number was x=9. C. rupestris, C. ragusina ssp. ragusina, and C. r. ssp. lungensis possessed x=10 and C. tuberosa x=11. The species with a basic chromosome number of x=9 had a small genome size and the smallest chromosomes (on average 0.09 to 0.12 pg/chromosome) but frequently present polyploidy. Centaurea ragusina ssp. ragusina and C. r. ssp. lungensis had a mean base composition 41.3% GC.     

New Chromosome Counts of Some Dicots in the Sino-Japanese Region and Their Systematics and Evolutionary Significance

New somatic chromosome numbers for nine species eight families and eight gen era in the Sino-Japanese Region are reported here as shown in Table 1. Data of six genera are previously unknown cytologically. The bearings of these new data on the systematics and evolution of the related species, genera or families are discussed as follows: (1) Platycarya strobilacea Sieb. et Zucc. (Juglandaceae). The chromosome number of this species is 2n=24, with a basic number of x=12, which deviates from 2n=32 occurred in Juglans, Carya, Pterocarya and Engelhardtia with the basic number x= 16. The Juglandaceae appears to be fundamentally paleotetraploid, with an original basic number of x = 6 in Platycarya and x-8 in the other four genera, although secondary polyploidy occurs in Carya. Based on the remarkable morphological differences between Platycarya and the rest seven genera of the family, Manning (1978) established two subfamilies: Platycaryoideae for Platycarya and Juglandoideae for the other genera. Iljinskaya (1990), however, recently established a new subfamily: Engelhardioideae for Engelhardtia. Lu (1982) points out that because of a great number of primitive characters occurring in Platycarya, the genus could not be derived from any other extant juglandaceous taxa but probably originated with the other groups from a common extinct ancestor. The present cytological data gives support to Manning′s treatment. We are also in favor of Lu′s supposition and suggest that basic aneuploid changes, both ascending and descending, from a common ancestor with the original basic number x=7, took place during the course of early evolution of the Juglandaceae and led to the origin of taxa with x=6 and 8. Subsequent polyploidy based on these diploids occurred and brought forth polyploids of relic nature today, whereas their diploid progenitors apparently have become extinct. (2) Nanocnide pilosa Migo (Urticaceae). The chromosome number of this Chinese endemic is 2n-24, with a basic number of x=12. An aneuploid series occurs in the Urticaceae, with x--13, 12, I1, 10, 9, 8, 7, etc. According to Ehrendorfer (1976), x = 14, itself being of tetraploid origin, is the original basic number of the whole Urticales, and descending aneuploid changes took place in the early stage of evolution of the Urticaceae and Cannabinaceae. In addition to Nanocnide, x= 12 also occurs in Australina, Hesperonide and Lecanthus, and partly in Chamabainia, Elatostema, Girardinia, Pouzolzia and Urtica. (3--4) Sedum sarmentosum Bunge and S. angustifolium Z. B. Hu et X. L. Huang (Crassulaceae). The former is a member of the Sino-Japanese Region, while the latter is only confined to eastern China. The chromosome number of Sedum is remarkably complex with n=4-12, 14-16…74, etc. S. angustifolium with 2n=72 of the present report is evidently a polyploid with a basic number of x =18 (9^?) Previous and present counts of S. sarmentosum show infraspecific aneupolyploidy: n = c. 36 (Uhl at al. 1972) and 2n=58 (the present report). These two species are sympatric in eastern China and are morphologically very similar, yet distinguishable from each other (Hsu et al. 1983) S. sarmentosum escaped from cultivation in the United States gardens exhibited high irregularity in meiosis (Uhl et al. 1972). Uhl (pets. comm. ) suspected strongly that it is a highly sterile hybrid. R. T. Clausen (pets. comm.) found that plants of S. sarmentosum naturalized in the American Gardens propagated by means of their long stolons and broken stem tips, and could not yield viable seeds. Hsu et al. (1983) found that some of the plants of S. sarmentosum and S. angustifolium did yield a few seeds, but other did not. These species are, therefore, by the large vegetatively apomictic. (5) Glochidion puberum (L. ) Hutch. (Euphorbiaceae). The genus Glochidion includes about 300 species, but only eigth species from the Himalayas have been studied cytologically, with n= 36 and 2n= 52, having a basic number of x= 13. The present count for the Chinese endemic G. puberum establishes the tetraploid chromosome number 2n= 64, and adds a new basic number x= 16 to the genus. (6) Orixa japonica Thunb. (Rutaceae). Orixa is a disjunct Sino-Japanese monotypic genus. Out of the 158 genera of the Rutaceae, chromosome numbers of 65 genera have hitherto been investigated, of which 42 genera are with x=9 (66.61%), some with x=7, 8 and 10, and rarely with x=13, 15, 17 and 19. The present count of 2n=34 for O. japonica may have resulted from a dibasic tetraploidy of n=8+9. (7) Rhamnella franguloides (Maxim.) Weberb. (Rhamnaceae). The chromosome number of this member of the Sino-Japanese Region is 2n= 24. with a basic number of x= 12. The basic number x= 12 also occurs in Hovenia, Paliurus, Sageretia, Ceanothus and Berchemia. Hong (1990) suggested that x= 12 in Rhamnaceae may be derived from descending aneuploidy of a paleotetraploid ancestor. (8) Sinojackia xylocarpa Hu (Styracaceae). The chromosome number of this rare Chinese endemic is 2n= 24, with a basic number of x =12, which is identical with that in Halesia and Pterostyrax, but deviates from that in Styrax (x=8). The basic number x=8 in the Styracaceae may be derived from the original basic number x=7 by ascending aneuploidy in the early stage of evolution of the family, and x=12 may be derived from polyploidy. (9) Thyrocarpus glochidiatus Maxim. (Boraginaceae). The chromosome number of this Chinese endemic species is 2n=24, with a basic number of x=12. An extensive aneuploid sequence of x = 4-12 occurs in the Boraginaceae, of which x = 8, 7 and 6 are the most common. The basic number x=12 also occurs in Cynoglossum and Mertensia. It is evident that aneuploid changes, both descending and ascending, from an ancestor with x = 7, have taken place in the primary phase of evolutionary diversification of the Boraginaceae, and subsequent polyploidy has given rise to x=15, 17 and 19 in a few genera (e. g. Amsinskia and Heliotropium). The origin of x=12 is not certain. Either it be a result of ascending aneuploidy, or a product of polyploidy on the basis of x = 6. The present authors are in favorof the latter.