不同居群唐古特白刺叶片解剖特征对生境的响应研究

以河西走廊不同生境的3个天然居群(WMX、ZGL、JGC)唐古特白刺为研究对象,对叶片进行解剖观察,测定其叶片长、宽、厚,表皮毛长、宽及密度,气孔器长、宽、面积及密度,角质层厚,表皮细胞厚,栅栏组织厚,海绵组织厚,主脉直径,支脉直径,含晶细胞直径,粘液细胞长、宽,贮水组织长、宽;并对栅海比(P/S)、叶片组织结构紧密度(CTR)、疏松度(SR)等指标进行统计分析,比较同一指标在3个居群间的差异,以探讨其叶片的形态解剖特征对不同生境的适应性响应机制。结果表明:（1）3个天然居群唐古特白刺除叶片长、宽、长宽比及下表皮毛宽外,其余各指标均存在不同程度差异,其中叶厚、叶面积、上下表皮毛长度及密度、上下气孔器长度及密度、上表皮细胞厚度、上下栅栏组织厚度、海绵组织厚度、P/S、CTR、维管束直径以及粘液细胞长宽在3个居群间均显著差异。（2）3个居群的综合指标变异系数和可塑性指数的均值排序一致,指标均值的排序均为JGC＞WMX＞ZGL,表明3个居群唐古特白刺的生态适应性强弱为JGC＞WMX＞ZGL。（3）3个居群唐古特白刺的栅栏组织、海绵组织、表皮毛、角质层的可塑性指数均相对较高,说明在应对不同环境时这些组织起着主导作用,这可能是唐古特白刺叶片解剖特征对不同生境条件的适应性响应机制。     

西藏高原硬叶柳叶片结构对寒旱环境的适应机制

为探究硬叶柳叶片结构对高寒高海拔环境的适应机制,以西藏那曲嘉黎县硬叶柳叶片为试验材料,应用石蜡切片技术和植物显微技术,分析硬叶柳叶片结构对寒旱环境的适应特征。结果显示:(1)硬叶柳叶片为异面叶,叶片背面有表皮毛,叶片主叶脉在叶片下部凸起,呈现不规则半圆形;栅栏组织呈柱状紧密排列,有2～3层,海绵组织形状多为短柱状或者短球形,细胞间隙较大。(2)随着海拔的不断升高,硬叶柳叶片厚度从最低海拔(4 000 m)的40.4μm增加到最高海拔(4 700 m)的68.04μm,其中叶片下表皮厚度在海拔4 400 m～4 700 m之间呈显著增加的趋势,而上表皮厚度在4 000～4 400 m之间变化不显著;海绵组织和栅栏组织厚度变化分别在9.34～24.84μm、25.63～40.36μm之间,且随海拔梯度的升高海绵组织和栅栏组织的厚度均呈不显著的增加趋势。(3)硬叶柳叶片上表皮无气孔分布,下表皮散生着大量气孔,且气孔器小而密集,其密度为17.87～28.37个·mm~(-2),单位面积的气孔总周长为0.13～0.25 mm,但气孔密度和单位面积的气孔周长在海拔梯度上没有明显变化。研究表明,硬叶柳叶片主要通过增加叶片厚度来适应高海拔地区的寒旱环境。     

白木香叶解剖结构的研究

用石蜡切片法制片,光学显微镜观察,研究白木香叶的解剖结构。结果表明,白木香叶为典型的异面叶,但同时还表现出许多旱生形态。表皮由一层排列紧密形状不规则的表皮细胞组成,细胞外壁角质膜较厚。上表皮角质膜一般较下表皮角质膜厚1μm,下表皮上零星分布着单细胞表皮毛。气孔仅分布在下表皮上,微下陷,气孔类型为无规则型。叶肉组织发达,其间分布着较多的长方晶体,其细胞长轴与表皮垂直。栅栏组织由1—2层排列整齐的圆柱形细胞组成。栅栏组织的外层细胞转化为异细胞,海绵组织内具有一层由异细胞组成的下皮层;横切面上栅栏组织厚度与海绵组织厚度之比为1：3。主脉发达,有异细胞组成的维管束鞘,具双生韧皮部。叶内具有发达的木质部外纤维。这些特征与旱生环境相适应。     

马蔺叶片解剖结构特征与其抗旱性关系研究

通过温室模拟干旱胁迫试验,从中国北方不同生境生长的15份野生马蔺种质材料鉴定出3个不同抗旱性群体(强抗旱、中度抗旱和弱抗旱),从中选择具代表性的不同抗旱级别的4份马蔺种质,进行其叶片组织解剖结构特征的观察和比较,以进一步证实马蔺叶片解剖结构特征及其与抗旱性的关系。结果表明,各种质材料间叶片厚度、上下表皮细胞厚度、角质层厚度、气孔密度、栅栏组织厚度、海绵组织厚度、栅栏组织/海绵组织厚度、CTR值和SR值等结构参数指标均与马蔺种质材料抗旱性存在密切的关系。其中,强抗旱种质材料的叶片厚度、上下表皮细胞厚度和角质层厚度大,气孔密度大,栅栏组织和海绵组织较发达,叶片组织紧密度大、疏松度小,栅栏组织/海绵组织厚度比较高;弱抗旱种质材料的叶片厚度、上下表皮细胞厚度和角质层厚度小,气孔密度小,栅栏组织和海绵组织较薄,叶片组织紧密度小、疏松度大,栅栏组织/海绵组织厚度比较低。     

暗罗属植物叶的比较解剖学研究

利用扫描电镜技术、叶片叶片离析方法和石蜡切片法对暗罗属12种植物叶和形态结构进行了比较研究。结果表明,叶表皮细胞形状、气孔器形态、表皮毛类型、表皮细胞中晶体类型、叶肉中油细胞分布位置、栅栏组织和海绵组织厚度的比值,以及主脉维管组织的结构特征等具有明显的种间差异。可以利用这些叶的解剖特征将暗罗属植物相互区别开来。     

新疆野苹果不同地理分布与树龄的叶片解剖结构特征

以新疆野苹果为材料,对不同居群及不同树龄叶片解剖结构特征进行了分析研究。结果表明：新疆野苹果叶片属于异面叶,由上表皮、栅栏组织、叶脉、海绵组织和下表皮组成;不同居群新疆野苹果叶片厚度及细胞排列方式有差异,巩留、额敏及托里的野苹果栅栏组织增厚,且栅栏组织/海绵组织比值增大;新源的野苹果叶片及栅栏组织较薄,栅栏组织/海绵组织比值偏低;不同树龄新疆野苹果叶片厚度随着树龄的增大而呈变薄的趋势,多年生野苹果及野苹果“树王”栅栏组织及海绵组织层数最少,厚度较薄。这些结果暗示新疆野苹果通过各部分结构的协调生长来保证光合作用效率,以适应不同的生长环境以及处于不同发育时期的生长状况。本研究为新疆野苹果原位保护、保育提供了实验依据。     

七种阔叶常绿植物叶片的生态解剖学研究

对 7种常绿阔叶植物叶片的解剖学特征的观察结果表明 ,它们的叶片在结构上均表现出典型的旱生特点 :异面叶 ,上表皮细胞较厚且排列紧密 ,具发达的角质膜 ,无气孔器分布 ,下表皮细胞较小 ,气孔器密度较大 ;栅栏组织细胞层数较多 ,排列紧密 ,海绵组织细胞排列极其疏松 ,并形成通气组织 ;中脉及其输导组织和机械组织发达。越冬叶和越夏叶在解剖结构上存在一定的差异 :前者在角质膜 ,叶片厚度和栅栏组织厚度等方面比后者厚 ,而在气孔密度和输导组织方面则比后者略有减少或不发达。这些差异 (发育可塑性 )是常绿阔叶植物适应冬、夏季截然不同的两种生境 (生境的时间异质性 )的表现形式     

安徽产两种山罗花属植物及其居群叶的微形态比较

利用离析法、扫描电镜和石蜡切片法对安徽产2种3居群山罗花属植物的叶进行了微形态比较研究,结果表明：该属植物叶表皮细胞形状为不规则形,垂周壁呈波状、深波状至重波状;表皮细胞内含叶绿体;角质层具条状纹饰;表皮上有表皮毛和腺毛分布,扫描电镜下表皮毛具瘤状突起的纹饰;栅栏组织只有1层,排列比较疏松,海绵组织有发达的胞间隙;气孔器多为无规则型,极少数仅有一个副卫细胞,仅分布于下表皮,扫描电镜下气孔外拱盖内缘近光滑或浅波状。2种植物在垂周壁式样、表皮毛密度、气孔器长宽比、栅栏组织和海绵组织的厚度比以及中脉的结构特征等具有明显的差异,而山罗花3居群间的差异不明显。     

湖南安息香属植物的叶片比较解剖学研究

利用光学显微镜和扫描电镜对湖南产安息香属10种植物叶表皮微形态和解剖结构进行了观察和测量。结果表明:(1)表皮均由单层细胞构成,细胞形状为多边形和无规则形,垂周壁式样为平直、弓形、波状;(2)气孔器大小及密度在种间的差异明显;(3)气孔外拱盖内缘主要为波状和浅波状,气孔器外围角质纹饰以越南安息香的鸟巢状和栓叶安息香的碗状为显著区别特征;(4)老鸹铃、垂珠花和白花龙的气孔器保卫细胞两极有"T"形加厚;(5)栓叶安息香和大果安息香叶上表皮由大型细胞组成;(6)叶肉分化为栅栏组织和海绵组织,二者的厚度及比值在种间有明显的差异,其中越南安息香栅栏组织分化为2层;(7)大果安息香和芬芳安息香的主脉维管组织构成一圈封闭的环状结构,而其他种则为开放的半圆形结构;(8)叶片及主脉的厚度在种间差异明显。安息香属植物的表皮微形态及解剖结构特征比较稳定,可作为种间鉴定和分类的重要依据。     

成都地区10种园林灌木叶片结构与抗旱性关系研究

利用石蜡切片法和指甲油印迹法,对成都地区10种常见园林灌木叶片解剖结构的13个指标:主脉厚度、叶片厚度、上下表皮角质层厚度、上下表皮厚度、栅栏组织厚度、海绵组织厚度、下表皮气孔密度、气孔长度、气孔宽度、叶片结构紧密度、栅栏组织与海绵组织厚度比(栅海比)进行测定和分析,再用方差分析和主成分分析法选取有代表性的指标,结合隶属函数法对物种间的抗旱性进行综合评价。结果显示,13个指标的变异系数为17.40%～68.20%,在10种园林灌木间差异极显著。10种植物都属于异面叶,组织结构易于辨识(三角梅的下表皮角质层太薄,无法测出数据)。叶片结构紧密度、栅海比、气孔密度、气孔长、气孔宽、栅栏组织厚度可作为评价这10种园林灌木抗旱性的重要指标。抗旱性由强到弱依次为:红花继木、鸭脚木、红叶石楠、栀子、西洋杜鹃、海桐、山茶、雀舌黄杨、三角梅和金边大叶黄杨。其中红花继木、鸭脚木、红叶石楠和栀子属于强抗旱品种,可用于屋顶、边坡等区域种植。     

Characteristics of leaf structure and photosynthetic apparatus within the crown of systematically shadedQuercus petraea andNothofagus procera seedlings

Four-year-old seedlings ofQuercus petraea (Matt.) Liebl. andNothofagus procera (Poepp. et Endl.) Querst were grown outdoors in pots while subjected to full, medium and low irradiances. Shading and decrease in height of leaf attachment generally increased specific leaf area, the diameters of chloroplasts and of palisade and spongy mesophyll cells, but decreased leaf thickness, number of palisade cell layers, length of palisade and spongy mesophyll cells, number of chloroplasts per mesophyll cell and epidermal cell and cuticle thickness, stomata and hair densities per unit leaf area, hair length, maximum hair breath and cell wall thickness in the two species. However, inN. procera grown under full irradiance, leaves at the upper and middle positions had hairs on both upper and lower epidermes, whereas those in other treatments and all leaves in all treatments inQ. petraea, had theirs only on the upper epidermis.     

Anatomical Characteristics of Leaves and Woods of Fagus lucida and Their Relationship to Ecological Factors in Mountain Fanjingshan,Guizhou, China

An eco-anatomic study on leaves and woods of Fagus lucida Rehd. et Wils., which grows at an elevation of 1 260～2 020 m above sea level in Mountain Fanjingshan, Guizhou Province of Southwestern China, was carried out. Anatomical characteristics of leaves (including the thickness of upper epidermis, palisade mesophyll, spongy mesophyll, lower epidermis and lamina) and woods (vessel length, vessel width, vessel frequency, fiber length, ray width, ray height and ray frequency), and leaf surface characters (stomatal density, stomatal width and stomatal length) were determined and compared along the latitudinal gradient. As the results, 1) Lamina thickness was between 119.2 and 364.3μm; 2) Vessel frequency 75.2～133.6 per mm , vessel width 50.7～85.6 μm, vessel length 479.8～748.6 μm; fiber length 936.4～1 326.9 μm; total frequency of single and muhiseriate rays 6～9 per mm; 3) No solitary trichome was found on mature foliage, and the stomatal density was 72～113.6 per mm . Climatic indices at different altitudes were obtained by means of climatological method. Multi-statistical analysis was used to clarify the relationship between the morphological characters of the leaves and woods and climatic factors. The results showed that: 1 ) The thickness of palisade mesophyll, lower epidermis and lamina, and the vessel width increased with the humid/ add index (Bailey’s index); 2) With an increase of annual precipitation, spongy mesophyll thickness, vessel length and fiber length increased, but vessel frequency and stomatal density decreased; 3) Morphological features of leaves were closely related to low winter temperature, namely, lamina thickness decreased with coldness index, and the stomatal size decreased as the increase of mean temperature of the coldest month.     

Structural assessment of the impact of environmental constraints on Arabidopsis thaliana leaf growth: a 3D approach

Light and soil water content affect leaf surface area expansion through modifications in epidermal cell numbers and area, while effects on leaf thickness and mesophyll cell volumes are far less documented. Here, three-dimensional imaging was applied in a study of Arabidopsis thaliana leaf growth to determine leaf thickness and the cellular organization of mesophyll tissues under moderate soil water deficit and two cumulative light conditions. In contrast to surface area, thickness was highly conserved in response to water deficit under both low and high cumulative light regimes. Unlike epidermal and palisade mesophyll tissues, no reductions in cell number were observed in the spongy mesophyll; cells had rather changed in volume and shape. Furthermore, leaf features of a selection of genotypes affected in leaf functioning were analysed. The low-starch mutant pgm had very thick leaves because of unusually large palisade mesophyll cells, together with high levels of photosynthesis and stomatal conductance. By means of an open stomata mutant and a 9-cis-epoxycarotenoid dioxygenase overexpressor, it was shown that stomatal conductance does not necessarily have a major impact on leaf dimensions and cellular organization, pointing to additional mechanisms for the control of CO(2) diffusion under high and low stomatal conductance, respectively.     

Leaf plasticity in peanut (Arachis hypogaea L.) in response to heavy metal stress

Phenotypic plasticity in morphological, anatomical and physiological traits of peanut (Arachis hypogaea L.) leaves was tested at four different concentrations of Cd, Cu and Zn under greenhouse conditions. Among 18 characteristics tested, nine were found to be the most sensitive and demonstrate the greatest phenotypic plasticity. These were: the leaf area (LA), the leaf mass per area (LMA), chlorophyll a concentration (Chl a), chlorophyll b concentration (Chl b), total chlorophyll concentration (Chl t), the effective quantum yield of photosystem II (ΦPS II), stomatal density of upper epidermis (SDU), palisade thickness (PT), and palisade to spongy thickness ratio (P/S). The plasticity of chlorophyll concentration and fluorescence parameters may be maladaptive and reflects metal toxicity to leaves, whereas the anatomical plasticity is adaptive, indicative of a tradeoff between the physiological and anatomic plasticity. The anatomical plasticity resulted in a xerophyte feature of leaves (i.e. small leaflets, thick lamina, upper epidermis, palisade mesophyll, as well as abundant and small stomata), which enhanced the capacity to resist drought caused by heavy metals via a decrease in root growth.     

Effects of ultraviolet-B radiation on cotton (Gossypium hirsutum L.) morphology and anatomy

Cotton (Gossypium hirsutum L.) crop, cultivated between 40 degrees N and 40 degrees S, is currently experiencing 2-11 kJ m-2 d-1 of UV-B radiation. This is predicted to increase in the near future. An experiment was conducted to study the effect of enhanced UV-B radiation on vegetative and reproductive morphology and leaf anatomy of cotton in sunlit, controlled environment chambers. From emergence to harvest, cotton plants were exposed to 0, 8 or 16 kJ m-2 d-1 of UV-B in a square wave approach for 8 h from 0800 to 1600 h. Changes in plant height, internode and branch length, mainstem node number, leaf area, length and area of petals and bracts, and anther number per flower were recorded. Epidermal cell and stomatal density, stomatal index, leaf thickness, and epidermal, palisade and mesophyll tissue thickness were also measured. Initial chlorotic symptoms on leaves turned into necrotic patches on continued exposure to enhanced UV-B. Exposure to high UV-B reduced both vegetative and reproductive parameters and resulted in a smaller canopy indicating sensitivity of cotton to UV-B radiation. Enhanced UV-B radiation increased epicuticular wax content on adaxial leaf surfaces, and stomatal index on both adaxial and abaxial leaf surfaces. Leaf thickness was reduced following exposure to UV-B owing to a decrease in thickness of both the palisade and mesophyll tissue, while the epidermal thickness remained unchanged. The vegetative parameters studied were affected only by high levels of UV-B (16 kJ m-2 d-1), whereas the reproductive parameters were reduced at both ambient (8 kJ m-2 d-1) and high UV-B levels. The study shows that cotton plants are sensitive to UV-B at both the whole plant and anatomical level.     

山东银莲花叶片形态结构对异质生境和海拔变化的响应

山东银莲花为一分布极其狭域的稀有物种,对海拔600 m以上的针阔混交林和山顶灌丛两种异质的生境都具有较高的适应性。为探索其适应策略,选择两种异质生境中的5个海拔梯度样带,采用常规石蜡切片法和显微观察技术,对叶片进行观察、分析和测量,通过比较叶片外部形态特征参数和内部解剖结构的差异,推测其叶片适应海拔和异质生境的响应策略。结果表明:为适应阴暗、潮湿的针阔混交林和干旱、强光照的山顶灌丛两种不同环境,山东银莲花分别表现出不同的适应策略。针阔混交林下,叶片的背腹表皮毛密度、比叶面积和气孔相对开度较山顶灌丛的大,而气孔密度、叶片厚度、栅栏组织和海绵组织的厚度较山顶灌丛的小;山顶灌丛植株叶片栅栏组织细胞排列较林下更加整齐紧密。两种生境中叶片腹面表皮毛的长度、气孔相对开度都随海拔的升高而减小,且差异明显;而叶片厚度、比叶面积、气孔指数等对600 m以上海拔变化未表现出明显的规律性。本研究将为山东银莲花的保护和利用提供理论基础及依据,为其他植物的相关研究提供参考。     

Variation in leaf traits at different altitudes reflects the adaptive strategy of plants to environmental changes

Leaf anatomical traits play key roles in plant functions and display evolutionary adaptive changes to suit the surrounding environment. To reveal the adaptive mode and mechanisms of plants in response to global warming, we analyzed leaf morphology and anatomical structures in three different species, Epilobium amurense Hausskn., Pedicularis densispica Franch., and Potentilla fulgens Wall. ex Hook., growing along an elevational gradient (3,000–4,600 m) in the Yulong Mountains. The results showed leaf length and width decreased, whereas leaf thickness increased with increasing altitude in all three species. Thickness of leaf upper epidermis, lower epidermis, palisade and spongy mesophyll, and main vein increased with rising altitude. Stomatal density in each species increased with rising elevation. These results illustrate that plants can adapt to the environmental changes that accompany high altitudes by decreasing leaf area and increasing leaf thickness, mesophyll tissue thickness, and stomatal density. Such morphological and anatomical plasticity would lead to lower transpiration rates, enhanced internal temperature and water status, and improved photosynthetic capability.     

青藏高原草地植物叶解剖特征

运用常规石蜡制片技术对我国青藏高原66种草地植物优势种的叶解剖特征进行研究,并分析了叶解剖特征与海拔、生长季降水及生长季均温之间的关系.结果表明:青藏高原草地植物叶片具有很多适应高寒环境的结构特征,如表皮层厚且表皮细胞大小差异显著,表皮毛等表皮附属物发达,异细胞丰富,通气组织普遍发达等;叶片各组成部分厚度的变异程度不同,其中海绵组织厚度变异最大,其次为上角质层、下表皮层、下角质层、上表皮层、栅栏组织,叶片厚度的变异最小;青藏高原草地植物叶片各组成部分的厚度存在协同进化,上下角质层厚度呈强烈正相关,海绵组织厚度与叶片厚度相关性最强;青藏高原草地植物叶片各组成部分的厚度与海拔、生长季降水、生长季均温3个重要环境变量呈较弱的相关性,总体表现为随海拔升高叶片各组成部分的厚度减小,而随生长季降水和生长季均温的增加叶片厚度增加.     

8种绿化树种光合特性及叶片解剖结构比较

城市绿化不仅包含了园林绿化的美化作用,还具有重要的生态功能,其生态功能是通过植物的生理活动实现的。光合能力在种间和基因型间的变化很大,这些差异通常与代谢和(或)叶片的解剖结构的性质有关。本研究选择8种哈尔滨常见树种,采用Li-6400便携式光合测定系统对叶净光合速率(P_n)、呼吸速率(R_d)、蒸腾速率(T_r)、气孔导度(G_s)、胞间CO_2浓度(C_i)等进行测定,并利用显微镜观察测定叶片厚度、表皮厚度、栅栏组织厚度、海绵组织厚度,从而探讨叶片结构对光合生理的影响。结果表明:8个树种间叶片最大光合速率、气孔导度、胞间CO_2浓度、蒸腾速率、光饱和点差异显著(P <0.05);表皮厚度、栅栏组织厚度、上表皮气孔密度和下表皮气孔密度差异显著(P <0.05)。虽然8个树种间光合能力和叶片解剖结构的差异较大,但分析发现其间也存在一定的相关性。其中,光饱和点与叶表皮厚度显著正相关(P <0.01),相关系数为0.78。胞间CO_2浓度与上表皮气孔密度显著负相关(P <0.05),相关系数为-0.65。而最大光合速率、呼吸速率、蒸腾速率和光补偿点与表皮厚度、栅栏组织厚度、海绵组织厚度、上表皮气孔密度和下表皮气孔密度相关均不显著(P> 0.05)。胞间CO_2浓度与表皮厚度、栅栏组织厚度、海绵组织厚度和下表皮气孔密度相关均不显著(P> 0.05)。光饱和点与栅栏组织厚度、海绵组织厚度、上表皮气孔密度和下表皮气孔密度相关均不显著(P> 0.05)。虽然对叶片结构对生理过程的影响的机理还需要进一步研究,但是我们认为叶片解剖结构的研究可以更好地理解生理指标的变化。