慈姑匍匐茎的起源和球茎的膨大研究

匍匐茎的发生一般见于主茎倒二或倒三叶原基的叶腋部位。在匍匐茎发生区域的主茎一侧,匍匐茎原始细胞的基部形成壳状区;壳状区的形成对匍匐茎原基的外凸起一定作用。匍匐茎无居间分生组织;它的伸长依靠顶端分生组织细胞的横向分裂,使轴向细胞数目增多,并使细胞的轴向延伸。球茎的膨大是通过匍匐茎第8—10节基本分生组织的细胞有丝分裂,增加细胞数目,然后细胞体积的扩大来实现的。球茎中的淀粉一般为单粒淀粉;匍匐茎中的淀粉由单粒和复合两种淀粉粒组成。     

贵州泽泻科植物分布新记录—利川慈姑

以前报道中国特有种-利川慈姑(Sagittaria lichuanensis)仅仅分布在我国的福建、广东、江西三省交界的武夷山山脉以及湖北利川县,该种在贵州的分布为新记录.对该种的形态特征和群落特点作了介绍,同时还比较了该分布点与其它分布点之间生境条件的差异及分布格局.该种在贵州的分布使其地理分布状况从仅仅分布在我国的第三级阶梯变为分布于我国的第二、第三级阶梯.这一发现为研究慈姑属的地理分布规律以及系统演化历史提供了新的场所和证据.此外,该种独特的生殖特点为比较不同生境条件下物种的生殖策略差异提供了有利条件.     

Shade treatment affects structure and recovery of invasive C4 African grass Echinochloa pyramidalis

Echinochloa pyramidalis (Lam.) Hitchc. & Chase is an African grass with C4 photosynthesis, high biomass production, and high vegetative propagation that is tolerant to grazing and able to grow in flooded and dry conditions. Thus, it is highly invasive in tropical freshwater marshes where it is intentionally planted by ranchers to increase cattle production. This invasion is reducing plant biodiversity by increasing the invader''s aerial coverage, changing wetland hydrology and causing soil physicochemical changes such as vertical accretion. Reducing the dominance of this species and increasing the density of native wetland species is a difficult, expensive, and time-consuming process. We applied a series of disturbance treatments aimed at eliminating E. pyramidalis and recovering the native vegetation of a partially invaded freshwater marsh. Treatments included physical (cutting, soil disking, transplanting individuals of the key native species Sagittaria lancifolia subsp. media (Micheli) Bogin, and/or reducing light with shade mesh) and/or chemical (spraying Round-Up™ herbicide) disturbances. At the end of the experiment, four of the five treatments used were effective in increasing the cover and biomass of native species and reducing that of E. pyramidalis. The combination of these treatments should be used to generate a proposal for the restoration of tropical wetlands invaded by non-native grasses. A promising treatment is using soil disked to soften the soil and destroy belowground structures such as roots and rhizomes. This treatment would be more promising if combined with the use of shade cloth. If it is desirable not to impact the soil or if there is not enough budget to make an effort to include active restoration disking soil, the use of shade cloth will suffice, although the recovery of native vegetation will be slower.     

小慈姑的开花状态、传粉机制与交配系统

在自然种群中对沼生植物小慈姑（Sagittaria potamogetifolia Merr.）的开花状态和传粉过程作了观测,并用同工酶遗传标记法定量估测了其3个种群中5个样本的异交率。该种为中心媒传粉为主的虫／风 媒兼性传粉机制,访花昆虫的飞行距离多在0-2m范围内,并与花序密度呈不显著的正相关。异交率（－／^／t）为50.0％－92.8％,表明该种为异交为主的混合交配系统（ixed mating system）。对雌雄同株的小慈姑而言,异交率与各种群花期植株密度无关,异交水平取决于种群中开花花序的两个或两个以上的植株所占比例。     

野慈姑自然群体异交率的定量估测

用自然群体取样和同工酶遗传标记的方法对沼生植物野慈姑（Sagittaria trifolia Linn.）及其变型长瓣慈姑［S.trifolia Linn.f.longiloba(Turcz.)Makino］的异交率作了定量研究,3个自然群体的异交率估计值为=91.0％～98.0％,表明该种为异交占绝对优势的交配系统。在野慈姑各群体间未发现异交率的显著差异。 Abstract:The outcrossing rates of Sagittaria trifolia Linn.and S.trifolia Linn.f.longiloba(Turcz.) Makino,a helophyte species and a form under the species,were estimated by sampling from natural habitats and using isozyme locus as genetic marker.According to the values of outcrossing rates in 3 populations( =91.0％～98.0％),the mating system of the species studied was found to be dominated by outcrossing mechanisms.Statistical analysis suggested that there was no significant difference in outcrossing rates among the populations.     

Vegetation differentiation in the patterned landscape of the central Everglades: importance of local and landscape drivers

Aim We present a model to account for self‐assembly of the slough–ridge–tree island patterned landscape of the central Everglades in southern Florida via feedbacks among landforms, hydrology, vegetation and biogeochemistry. We test aspects of this model by analysing vegetation composition in relation to local and landscape‐level drivers. Location We quantified vegetation composition and environmental characteristics in central Water Conservation Area (WCA) 3A, southern WCA‐3A and southern WCA‐3B in southern Florida, based on their divergence in water management and flow regimes over the past 50 years. Methods In 562 quadrats, we estimated species coverages and quantified maximum, minimum and average water depth, soil depth to bedrock, normalized difference vegetation index (NDVI) and proximity to the nearest tree island. We used non‐metric multi‐dimensional scaling (NMS) to relate compositional variation to local and landscape‐level factors, and evaluated environmental differences among eight a priori vegetation types via anova . Results Water depth and hydroperiod decreased from sloughs to ridges to tree islands, but regions also differed significantly in the abundance of several community types and the hydroregimes characterizing them. NMS revealed two significant axes of compositional variation, tied to local gradients of water depth and correlated factors, and to a landscape‐scale gradient of proximity to tall tree islands. Sawgrass height and soil thickness increased toward higher ridges, and NDVI was greatest on tree islands. Main conclusions This study supports four components of our model: positive feedback of local substrate height on itself, woody plant invasion and subsequent P transport and concentration by top predators nesting on taller tree islands, compositional shifts in sites close to tree islands due to nutrient leakage, and flow‐induced feedback against total raised area. Regional divergence in the relationship of community types to current hydroregimes appears to reflect a lag of a few years after shifts in water management; a longer lag would be expected for shifts in landscape patterning. Both local and landscape‐level drivers appear to shape vegetation composition and soil thickness in the central Everglades.     

Gender plasticity in Sagittaria sagittifolia (Alismataceae), a monoecious aquatic species

 Aquatic plants are well known for their high degree of phenotypic plasticity in vegetative structures, particularly leaves. Less well understood is the extent to which their sexuality can be modified by environmental conditions. Here we investigate gender plasticity in the European clonal monoecious aquatic Sagittaria sagittifolia (Alismataceae) to determine how floral sex ratios may vary with plant size and inflorescence order. We sampled two populations from aquatic habitats in East Anglia, U.K. and measured a range of plant attributes including ramet size and the number of female and male flowers per inflorescence. The two populations exhibited similar patterns of phenotypic gender, despite contrasting patterns of total allocation to female and male flower number. Plants produced male-biased floral sex ratios but female flower number increased from the first to the second inflorescence whereas male flower number decreased. Size-dependent gender modification occurred in both populations, but the patterns of allocation to female flower production differed between the two populations. Our results are consistent with the view that monoecy is a sexual strategy that enables plants to adjust female and male allocation in response to changing environmental conditions. Received September 16, 2002; accepted October 23, 2002 Published online: March 20, 2003     

Production of male flowers does not decrease with plant size in insect-pollinated Sagittaria trifolia, contrary to predictions of size-dependent sex allocation

It has been proposed that relative allocation to female function increases with plant size in animalpollinated species.Previous investigations in several monoecious Sagittaria species seem to run contrary to the prediction of size-dependent sex allocation (SDS),throwing doubt on the generalization of SDS.Plant size,phenotypic gender,and flower production were measured in experimental populations of an aquatic,insect-pollinated herb Sagittaria trifolia (Alismataceae) under highly different densities.The comparison of ramets produced clonally can reduce confounding effects from genetic and environmental factors.In the high-density population,48％ of ramets were male without female flowers,but in the low-density population all ramets were monoecious.We observed allometric growth in reproductive allocation with ramet size,as evident in biomass of reproductive structures and number of flowers.However,within both populations female and male flower production were isometric with ramet size,in contrast to an allometric growth in femaleness as predicted by SDS.Phenotypic gender was not related to ramet size in either population.The results indicated that large plants may increase both female and male function even in animal-pollinated plants,pointing towards further studies to test the hypothesis of size-dependent sex allocation using different allocation currencies.