西藏壳斗科订正

在野外观察和前人工作的基础上,对西藏壳斗科植物进行了详细的订正,描述了１个新种,报道１个中国新记录种,４个西藏新记录种,归并１１种和２变种,排除无标本记录的２种。确认西藏壳斗科植物共３属３２种,２变种。     

Polymorphisms in FTO and near TMEM18 associate with type 2 diabetes and predispose to younger age at diagnosis of diabetes

Variations in the FTO gene and near the TMEM18 gene are risk factors for common form of obesity, but have also been linked with type 2 diabetes (T2D). Our aim was to investigate the contribution of these variants to risk of T2D in a population in Latvia. Four single nucleotide polymorphisms (SNP) in the first and fourth intronic regions of FTO and one close to TMEM18 were genotyped in 987 patients with T2D and 1080 controls selected from the Latvian Genome Data Base (LGDB). We confirmed association of SNPs in the first intron (rs11642015, rs62048402 and rs9939609) of FTO and rs7561317 representing the TMEM18 locus with T2D. Association between SNP in FTO and T2D remained significant after correction for body mass index (BMI). The rs57103849 located in the fourth intron of FTO and rs7561317 in TMEM18 showed BMI independent association with younger age at diagnosis of T2D. Our results add to the evidence that BMI related variants in and near FTO and TMEM18 may increase the risk for T2D not only through secondary effects of obesity. The influence of variants in the fourth intron of the FTO gene on development of T2D may be mediated by mechanisms other than those manifested by SNPs in the first intron of the same gene.     

菊科新资料

记述了菊科6个属的一些新分类群和新分布,包含1个新组、3个新种、3个新变种、1个新名称、1个新组合和5个种的新记录。这些新分类群是黄鹌菜属蓝舌组、振铎黄鹌菜、蓝花黄鹌菜、青海乳苣、黄苞垂头菊、尼泊尔橐吾和半裂橐吾。     

猕猴桃属植物狗枣子的修订

作者将海棠猕猴桃Actinidia maloides H.L.Li,心叶海棠猕猴桃A.maloides H.L.Lif.cordata C.F.Liang合并于狗枣子(Actinidia kollmikta (Maxim. and Rupr.)Maxim.)中作为异名,同时对狗枣子及其近缘种软枣猕猴桃A.arguta (Side. and Zucc.)Planch.ex Miq,木天蓼A.polygama(Sieb. and Zucc.)Maxim.和四数猕猴桃A.arguta (Sieb. and Zucc.)Planch.ex Miq,木天蓼A.polygama(Sied.and Zucc.)Maxim.和四数猕猴桃A.tetramera Maxim.的形态学特征进行了辨析。     

中国海南兰科植物的增补与修订

据海南植物志(1977)记载,海南有兰科植物58属143种及2变种,其后多篇文章论及一些种属,标本亦有较多的增加。本文根据现有标本和文献资料对海南兰科植物作一增补与修订,共涉及36属超过57种,包括19个新记录种、2个新种、1个新各称、5个新异名和许多种的名称变动。总计海南岛共有兰科植物68属、178种3变种。     

云南猪屎豆属植物订正

属的分类概述1753年,C. Linnaeus建立了猪屎豆属(Crotalaria),一共记载了该属植物13种。Linnaeus关于该属的基本概念是:"Carina acuminata, longitudine alatum. Filamenta decem, connata, assurgentia. Antherae simplices. Style simplex, infrac-     

草苁蓉属(列当科)分类的研究

本文详细比较了草苁蓉属和丁座草属(Xylanche)植物的形态特征,并在扫描电镜下观察了它们的种皮纹饰。发现G.Beck(1890)建立丁座草属时所依据的花部性状并不可靠,这些性状,尤其是花萼分裂度和心皮数目,本身就有变异。因此,作者将丁座草属归并入草苁蓉属(Boschniakia)中。     

Novelities of Asteraceae

Seven new taxa, including one new section, three new species and three new varieties, are described; one new name, Ligularia pojarkovana S. W. Liu et T. N. Ho, and one new combination, Ligularia liatroides (C. Winkl.) Hand.-Mazz. var. shifangensis (G. H. Chen et W. J. Zhang) S. W. Liu et T. N. Ho are made; five species are mentioned as new records. The seven new taxa are Youngia sect. Cyanoglossa S. W. Liu et T. N. Ho, Youngia zhenduoi S. W. Liu et T. N. Ho, Y. cyanea S. W. Liu et T. N. Ho, Mulgedium qinghaicum S. W. Liu et T. N. Ho, Cremanthodium campanulatum (Franch.) Diels var. flavidum S. W. Liu et T. N. Ho, Ligularia amplexicaulis DC. var. nepalensis S. W. Liu et T. N. Ho, and L. paradoxa Hand. Mazz. var.palmatifida S. W. Liu et T. N. Ho.