凤仙花近缘种间核型分析与叶表皮微形态研究

为探究凤仙花近缘种植物的细胞学和微形态学方面的亲缘关系,该文选取荔波凤仙花(Impatiens liboensis)及近缘种赤水凤仙花(I.chishuiensis)和管茎凤仙花(I.tubulosa)的根尖和叶表皮为实验材料,采用体细胞染色体常规压片法和叶表皮光学显微镜观察法对凤仙花近缘种植物进行染色体及叶表皮特征研...     

中国滨藜属种子形态及其分类学意义

本文对中国滨藜属(Atriplex L.)13种植物的种子形态进行了观察并探讨其在分类学中的意义. 在种子外部形态观察基础上明确了胚根位置类型的划分标准, 认为滨藜属胚根位置仅有胚根上位和胚根侧位两种类型;利用扫描电镜首次观察报道了该属种皮微形态特征。研究结果表明, 种子形态及种皮微形态特征对属内类群划分具有较大的分类学意义。     

Revisione Delle Briofite Dell'Italia Meridionale

Summarium

Hepaticas, quae in Herbario A. G. GASPARRINI Horti Botanici Ticinesis servantur, A. revisit. Species et varietates nonullas in Italia Meridionali hucusque non cognitas (et potissimum: Scapania subalpina, Riccia bifurca, R. ligula, R. ciliata var. intumescens, Pleuroschisma tricrenatum var. microphyllum) invenit.

De duabus Ricciae speciebus, quibus GASPARRINI “trichophyllae” et “aeruginosae” nomina tribuerat, commentatus est.     

Electron microscopy of dry peanut (Arachis hypogaea L.) seeds crushed for oil removal. Fixation and embedding of anhydrously prepared tissues

Summary Aqueous fixatives caused dry seed tissues to swell; mashed peanuts, crushed to remove oil, swelled even more. Use of anhydrous, organic solvents as vehicles for fixatives enabled maintenance of dimensional stability during fixation of dry seed tissues; even crushed seed tissue did not swell significantly when processed anhydrously. However, anhydrously processed specimens proved difficult to section. The difficulty was due to imperfect permeation of plastic into the seed tissues during embedding. An explanation of why anhydrously processed dry seed tissues are so difficult to embed in plastic is offered.     

Myrmecochory in Polygala vulgaris L., Luzula campestris (L.) DC. and Viola curtisii Forster in a Dutch dune area

Summary Seed dispersal by ants in Polygala vulgaris, Luzula campestris and Viola curtisii was studied in a primary dune valley on the island of Terschelling, The Netherlands. Normally developed seeds of all three species are taken by the ants into their nests. The ants show a distinct preference for the seeds of the specialized myrmecochore Polygala vulgaris, as compared with the two diplochorous species. It could be demonstrated that the elaiosome is the attractive part of the seed. Mapping studies demonstrate that the dispersal of the seeds by ants has a marked effect on the distribution pattern of the standing population of Polygala and Viola. Adult plants are often found on or close to the active nest mounds of all ant species present, while the growing sites of juvenile individuals and seedlings are practically restricted to the nest environment. The nests of two of the seed-dispersing ant species, viz., those of Lasius niger and Tetramorium caespitum, show differences in soil chemistry with the surroundings. The ant nests are significantly richer in some essential plant macronutrients, such as phosphate, potassium and nitrate. The advantage of myrmecochory in the dune area of Terschelling is discussed.     

Variability of mitochondrial population in Chlamydomonas reinhardii

Several details have been published cocerning the mitochondrial number and shapes at various stages of the synchronized vegetative and generative cell cycle in Chlamydomonas reinhardii. The present study, based on ultrathin serial sections and threedimensional reconstructions, completes these data. Quantitative analysis of serial micrographs makes it possible to give specific details of mitochondrial volumes in cells at early intermediate stages of the vegetative life cycle. Our investigations clearly show that mitochondria have a relatively wide range of sizes, within certain limits, and vary like the mitochondrial shapes; in fact, they vary in various cells at various stages as well as in several cells at the same stage and even in one and the same cell. Thus, we present a plastic insight into the dynamically changing micromorphology of the mitochondrial population in Chlamydomonas reinhardii.     

Characterization and subcellular localization of vicilin and phytohemagglutinin,the two major reserve proteins of Phaseolus vulgaris L.

Extracts of bean (Phaseolus vulgaris L. cv. Greensleeves) cotyledons contained two abundant proteins: vicilin and phytohemagglutinin. Vicilin, a 6.9 S protein fraction at neutral pH, associated to an 18.0 S form at pH 4.5 and had 3 non-identical subunits with molecular weights (MW) of 52,000, 49,000 and 46,000. Phytohemagglutinin, a 6.4 S protein fraction, had 2 non-identical subunits with MW of 34,000 and 36,000. Phytohemagglutinin could be separated by isoelectrofocusing into a mitogenic and non-erythroagglutinating protein with a single subunit of MW=34,000, and a mitogenic and erythroagglutinating protein fraction which contained both subunits. Vicilin is apparently identical with the so called glycoprotein II (A. Pusztai and W.B. Watt, Biochim. Biophys. Acta 365, 57–71, 1970) and with globulin G1 (R.C. McLeester, T.C. Hall, S.M. Sun, F.A. Bliss, Phytochem. 2, 85; 1973), while phytohemagglutinin is identical with globulin G2 (McLeester et al., 1973). Since vicilin and phytohemagglutinin are internationally used names there is no need to introduce new names to describe P. vulgaris reserve proteins. Both proteins are catabolized in the course of seedling growth and are located in the protein bodies, indicating that they are reserve proteins. Vicilin isolated in its 18.0 S form from the cotyledons of young seedlings contains substantial quantities of smaller polypeptides, in addition the 3 original ones. We suggest that the presence of these small polypeptides represents partial breakdown of the vicilin prior to its complete catabolism.     

Biology of the polyploid geophyte Allium oleraceum (Amaryllidaceae): Variation in size,sexual and asexual reproduction and germination within and between tetra-, penta- and hexaploid cytotypes

It has been proposed that plant species cytotypes commonly exhibit altered morphology, reproduction, geographic and ecological distributions. We studied phenotypic variation in height, sexual (flowers, seeds) and asexual (aerial bulbils) reproduction in natural populations and in the conditions of a common garden of three cytotypes (2n = 4x, 5x, 6x) of the bulbous geophyte Allium oleraceum in the Czech Republic. Additionally, we compared the germination and dormancy of seeds and bulbils to determine whether propagules have different ecological roles. The pattern of morphological differentiation observed between cytotypes under natural conditions was similar to that observed under common garden conditions, suggesting that variability in morphological characteristics appears to be associated with ploidy levels. We revealed differences in size and sexual and asexual production between A. oleraceum cytotypes, but with wide overlap among cytotypes, suggesting a limited possibility of the studied traits to reliably distinguish between cytotypes. Tetraploids and pentaploids were rather similar; they were taller and produced more flowers than hexaploids, which were mostly flowerless (mean <0.7 flower/plant). All cytotypes were able to produce viable seeds, but their numbers were extremely low, usually less than 3 seeds per inflorescence; clonal reproduction via aerial bulbils dominates in all cytotypes (flower:bulbil ratio <0.5), with tetraploids producing more but lighter bulbils than other cytotypes. The seed: ovule ratio was low (<0.1) in all cytotypes, although hexaploids reached higher values than other cytotypes. Bulbils germinated better (means >80%) than seeds in all cytotypes, with pentaploid bulbils showing the highest germination (mean 90.5%). The cytotypes did not differ in seed germination (range of means 73.4%–76.3%). About 6% of seeds did not germinate but were still viable at the end of the experiment, while all non-germinated bulbils of all cytotypes had rotten away. Seeds, but not bulbils, can likely form a short-term persistent propagule soil bank. We found no evidence of a phenotypic trade-off between the production of flowers (seeds) and the production of bulbils within the inflorescence of all studied cytotypes. Together, inter-cytotypic differences in fitness-related traits cannot completely explain the different geographic and ecological distributions of cytotypes in the Czech Republic found by previous research.     

西双版纳热带季节雨林145个树种繁殖体特征

分析了西双版纳热带季节雨林20公顷动态监测样地中145个树种的繁殖体特征。结果表明：雨季散布的种类最多（71.03%）,在雾凉季及干热季散布的种类相对较少;果实类型以核果,蒴果,浆果居多,黑色、黄色、褐色果实最为常见;动物散布的种类最多（56.55%）,其次为机械散布,独立散布,风力散布;大种子树种（种子最大长度〉10mm）较占优势（53.10%）;树种单粒种子重量从2.3×10^-5～22.29g不等,但76.55%的种子的重量集中在0.01～10g之间;干热季散布的种子平均重量显著高于雨季和雾凉季;独立散布的种子重量最大,风力散布的种子重量最小,而机械弹射的种子重量和动物散布的种子重量之间差异不显著;树种的成年个体最大胸径与种子重量之间存在显著正相关。     

禾本科广义拂子茅属的叶表皮形态研究

禾本科广义拂子茅属Calamagrostis Adans. s.l.是广布于全球温带和热带亚热带高山的一个大属, 常分为拂子茅属Calamagrostis Adans. s.s.和野青茅属Deyeuxia Beauv.。对国产5种拂子茅属和26种、1变种野青茅属植物在光镜下进行了叶表皮特征的观察。发现广义拂子茅属植物的叶表皮特征为典型的狐茅型, 很多结构在种间有丰富的变异式样, 如脉间长细胞形状、大小和细胞壁的厚度与弯曲程度, 短细胞形状和分布式样, 硅质体形状和分布式样, 气孔形状和分布式样, 以及刺毛形态和分布式样等。在国产种类中首次发现微乳突结构, 在很多种类中发现刺毛硅质化现象。用UPGMA对15个叶表皮性状进行分析, 结果分为两大支: 具加厚的长细胞、密集分布的短细胞和(或)刺毛以及刺毛硅质化的种类聚为一支; 具薄壁的长细胞、较稀疏的短细胞和(或)刺毛以及刺毛不发生硅质化的种类聚为另一支。这种分异与广义拂子茅属的属下系统相关性不大, 但与种的海拔分布有关。前一支的种类大多生长于高海拔(2600 m以上)地区, 而后一支的种类则大多生长在低海拔(2600 m以下)地区。