大吴风草属、假橐吾属花粉表面纹饰及其分类学意义

观察了千里光族款冬亚族中大吴风草属,假橐吾属及其相关类群5属共8种植物在扫描电镜下的花粉性状,所有种类的花粉外壁均为刺状纹饰,但在刺的长短,刺部是否膨大、刺基膨大上的纹饰以及刺基之间的纹饰等方面存在差别,大吴风草的花粉外壁性状不同于橐吾属,从而不支持它与后者有较近亲缘关系的观点它与花粉超薄结构同为“向日葵型”的多榔菊属的花粉外壁性状也不相同,假橐吾属不同于橐吾属和垂头菊属的花粉外壁性状,研究结果支持本单种属的成立。     

Four oplopanone and bisabolone derivatives from Rugelia nudicaulis

Rugelia nudicaulis afforded, in addition to known compounds, three new highly oxygenated oplopanone derivatives and a bisabolone derivative. The structures were elucidated by high field ¹H NMR spectroscopy. The chemotaxonomic situation is discussed briefly.     

东亚千里光族款冬亚族的花部微观性状及其系统与分类学意义

所研究的东亚款冬亚族及其相关类群的花部微观性状主要包括:花药顶端不育组织、花药药室内壁、花药基部、花药领、花柱分枝顶端、花柱毛被、花柱分枝内表面构型和果柄细胞列数等。此外, 根据所获证据, 讨论了款冬亚族花部微观性状的演化趋势。花部微观性状研究表明:毛冠菊属似乎应作为紫菀族中的一个孤立属;狗舌草亚族与千里光亚族和款冬亚族相比, 似乎是一过渡类群;东亚款冬亚族13 个属似可划分为6 个自然属群。     

Karyomorphology of Ligulariopsis Y. L. Chen (Asteraceae: Senecioneae)

Investigated in the present work was the karyomorphology of Ligulariopsis Y. L. Chen. The interphase nuclei were categorized to be the complex chromocenter type, and the mitotic prophase chromosomes were categorized to be the interstitial type. The metaphase chromosomes ranged from 2.70 μm to 4.70μm with the average 3.62 μm in length. The karyotype was formulated as 2n = 58 = 34m + 18sm(2sat) + 6st and belonged to 2A type. The karyomorphological characteristics of Ligulariopsis are very similar to those of Ligularia and Parasenecio, but there are moresubmedian-centromeric and median-centromeric chromosomes in Ligulariopsis.     

Psednotrichia perennis (Asteraceae,Senecioneae): A new species from the Huila plateau,Angola

The genus Psednotrichia (Asteraceae–Senecioneae) is endemic to Angola and currently consists of two annual species, P. xyridopsis (O. Hoffm.) Anderb. & P. O. Karis, and P. newtonii (O. Hoffm.) Anderb. & P. O. Karis. A perennial member of the genus was collected on a recent field trip to Angola, and is here described as P. perennis N. G. Bergh & B. Nord., sp. nov. A key to the three species is provided.     

Selecting Single-Copy Nuclear Genes for Plant Phylogenetics: A Preliminary Analysis for the Senecioneae (Asteraceae)

Compared to organelle genomes, the nuclear genome comprises a vast reservoir of genes that potentially harbor phylogenetic signal. Despite the valuable data that sequencing projects of model systems offer, relatively few single-copy nuclear genes are being used in systematics. In part this is due to the challenges inherent in generating orthologous sequences, a problem that is ameliorated when the gene family in question has been characterized in related organisms. Here we illustrate the utility of diverse sequence databases within the Asteraceae as a framework for developing single-copy nuclear genes useful for inferring phylogenies in the tribe Senecioneae. We highlight the process of searching for informative genes by using data from Helianthus annuus, Lactuca sativa, Stevia rebaudiana, Zinnia elegans, and Gerbera cultivar. Emerging from this process were several candidate genes; two of these were used for a phylogenetic assessment of the Senecioneae and were compared to other genes previously used in Asteraceae phylogenies. Based on the preliminary sampling used, one of the genes selected during the searching process was more useful than the two previously used in Asteraceae. The search strategy described is valid for any group of plants but its efficiency is dependent on the phylogenetic proximity of the study group to the species represented in sequence databases. Electronic supplementary material The online version of this article (doi:) contains supplementary material, which is available to authorized users.     

Eremophilenolides from petasites japonicus

Chemical investigation of the young flower stalks of Petasites japonicus afforded some eremophilenolides, including a mixture of the two new compounds 6β-angeloyloxy-3β,8α-dihydroxyeremophil-7(11)-en-12,8β- olide and 6β-angeloyloxy-3β,8β-dihydroxyeremophil-7(11)-en-12,8α- olide. Their structures were elucidated by chemical and spectroscopic methods. The ¹³C NMR signals for the carbon atoms of the eremophilenolides were assigned with the help of Beierbeck's parameters. The CD spectra of the compounds are briefly discussed.     

假橐吾属(菊科：千里光族)的核形态研究

首次发表假橐吾属Ligulariopsis Y．L．Chen的核形态研究结果。染色体间期为复杂型,前期染色体为中间型。染色体长度从2．70μm到4．70μm,平均长度为3．62μm,无明显的二型性;核型公式为2n=58=34m+18am(2sat)+6st,核型类型属于2A 。假橐吾属的核型和蟹甲草属与橐吾属相似,但假橐吾属具有较多的亚中部、中部着丝点染色体。