First fossil fruits of Elaeocarpus (Elaeocarpaceae) in East Asia: Implications for phytogeography and paleoecology

The genus Elaeocarpus contains approximately 360 species and occurs in mesic forest communities from India, through to China, Southeast Asia, New Guinea, Australia, and New Caledonia. Elaeocarpus fossils are best known from the Eocene to the Miocene of Australia and the late Pliocene–early Pleistocene of India, but have not been documented from East Asia before. Here we describe six new species of Elaeocarpus, E. nanningensis sp. nov. from the late Oligocene Yongning Formation of the Nanning Basin, E. presikkimensis sp. nov. from the Miocene Erzitang Formation of the Guiping Basin, E. prerugosus sp. nov., E. prelacunosus sp. nov., E. preserratus sp. nov., and E. preprunifolioides sp. nov. from the late Miocene Foluo Formation of the Nankang Basin in Guangxi, South China. This is the first reliable report for the genus occurring in East Asia, and the fossils indicate that Elaeocarpus had colonized this region by the late Oligocene and represented by a morphologically diverse group of species by the late Miocene. This sheds new insights into the timing and migration patterns of the genus in East Asia. Elaeocarpus is typically a rainforest genus occurring in mesic forests. Based on the habitat of their morphologically similar modern relatives we propose that these three sedimentary basins were warm and wet adjacent to mountainous regions with the evergreen or rain forests during the late Oligocene to Miocene.     

模拟酸雨和镉复合处理对秃瓣杜英生长和荧光参数的影响

通过盆栽试验研究了模拟酸雨(pH 3.0和pH 5.6)和镉(Cd 50和Cd 100)复合污染以及对照处理(CK)对秃瓣杜英(Elaeocarpus glabripetalus)的生长和生理指标的影响。结果表明:单独的酸雨处理显著增加了植株总生物量的积累,促进了根和叶片生物量的分配,降低了茎干生物量的分配,且显著降低了叶片中的镉含量。单独镉处理下,Cd 50显著增加了植株生物量的积累,促进了根和叶片生物量的分配,Cd 100虽抑制了植株生物量的积累,但生物量分配几乎不受影响。复合处理促进了植株根和叶片生物量的分配,降低茎干生物量分配,且降低了根冠比,其中pH 5.6+Cd 100显著促进了植株生物量的积累。所有处理的荧光参数与对照无显著差异,说明未对植株的PSⅡ反应中心产生显著影响。镉在植株体内的积累为:根茎叶。酸雨强度和镉浓度的交互作用对生物量,镉含量和F0影响显著。因此,秃瓣杜英对酸雨和镉的复合污染有较强的耐受能力。     

硕叶杜英,中国杜英科一新记录种

文章报道了产自中国云南杜英科杜英属一新记录种,硕叶杜英(Elaeocarpus grandifolius Kurz),并对硕叶杜英叶绿体基因组进行了测序和系统发育分析。该种与近缘种毛果杜英(Elaeocarpus rugosus)的区别是叶基部渐狭或下延,花瓣外部被锈色短柔毛,核果被锈色短柔毛,该种与水石榕(Elaeocarpus hainanensis)的区别是叶片长圆形或卵圆形,核果椭球形。     

中国杜英属小记

基于4～5室的子房和果实,以及不同的嫩枝、叶、花被等特征,光叶球果杜英是一个明显区别于园果杜英的种。报道了黑腺杜英在广西的首次记录。     

Anti-babesial ellagic acid rhamnosides from the bark of Elaeocarpus parvifolius

Bioassay-guided investigation of the bark of Elaeocarpus parvifolius led to the isolation of three new ellagic acid derivatives, 4-O-methylellagic acid 3'-alpha-rhamnoside (2), 4-O-methylellagic acid 3'-(3'-O-acetyl)-alpha-rhamnoside (3), and 4-O-methylellagic acid 3'-(4'-O-acetyl)-alpha-rhamnoside (4) in addition to the known ellagic acid derivative, 4-O-methylellagic acid 3'-(2',3'-di-O-acetyl)-alpha-rhamnoside (1). Their structures were elucidated on the basis of analysis of 1H NMR, 13C NMR, HMQC, HMBC and MS spectroscopic data. Compounds 1-4 were evaluated for their growth-inhibitory effect on Babesia gibsoni in vitro. Compounds 2 and 4 showed very weak activity, while compounds 1 and 3 showed moderate activity, with IC50 values of 28.5 and 52.1 microg/ml, respectively.     

IBA及NAA对山杜英组培苗生根过程中POD、PPO活性的影响

本文研究山杜英组培苗根诱导分化过程中过氧化物酶、多酚氧化酶活性变化。结果表明,在使用IBA和NAA后,对生根有显著影响,过氧化物酶活性在0~4d迅速下降,然后逐步上升,在根开始伸长时,活性又开始下降;不使用任何生长调节剂的情况下不生根,过氧化物酶活性在0~16d上升,然后开始下降;多酚氧化酶活性在整个根诱导中都维持在较低水平。     

In vitro plantlet regeneration of “dwarf” Indian olive (Elaeocarpus robustus Roxb.): a fruit plant of Bangladesh

A plantlet regeneration protocol was developed on pot-grown mature plants of Elaeocarpus robustus Roxb. cv. Dwarf from nodal and leaf explants. The best yield of adventitious shoots was achieved from the leaf-derived calli in a modified MS (MMS₁, half strength of major salts, full strength of minor salts, and vitamins) medium containing 4.0 μM BA + 4.0 μM Kn + 0.5 μM NAA + 15% coconut water (CW). The shoot multiplication rate was amplified about twofold per culture after the addition of 15% CW to the medium. The rate of shoot multiplication reached maximum at the 5th subculture, and it maintained this rate throughout the 3 subsequent subcultures. The best rooting in vitro was investigated by subculturing the microcuttings in an MMS₂ (half strength of both major salts and minor salts and full strength of vitamins) medium containing 1.0 μM IBA in the dark for one initial week at 30°C, followed by subculturing them in a plant-growth regulator (PGR)-free medium in the light. The plantlets raised in vitro were successfully established under ex vitro conditions.     

Development of EST-SSR markers for Elaeocarpus photiniifolia (Elaeocarpaceae), an endemic taxon of the Bonin Islands

? Premise of the study: Expressed sequence tag (EST)-derived microsatellite markers were developed for Elaeocarpus photiniifolia, an endemic taxon of the Bonin Islands. ? Methods and Results: Initially, a complementary DNA (cDNA) library was constructed by de novo pyrosequencing of total RNA extracted from a seedling. A total of 267 primer pairs were designed from the library. Of the 48 tested loci, 25 loci were polymorphic among 41 individuals representing the entire geographical range of the species, with the number of alleles per locus and expected heterozygosity ranging from two to 14 and 0.09 to 0.86, respectively. Most loci were transferable to a related species, E. sylvestris. ? Conclusions: The developed markers will be useful for evaluating the genetic structure of E. photiniifolia.     

亚热带常绿阔叶林栲树与薯豆不同龄级种群生态位特征

种群不同年龄组的生态位是种群资源利用随时间变化的一种重要形式。根据高度将植物种群分为乔木组、幼树组和幼苗组3个年龄梯度,对重庆缙云山自然保护区常绿阔叶林优势树种—栲树与薯豆生态位特征进行了比较研究。结果表明：(1)栲树与薯豆3个龄级的实际生态位宽度均较大,但资源利用能力都不强;它们的生态位宽度与资源利用能力随龄级增加而增大趋势很明显。(2)栲树与薯豆幼苗组生态位特化程度高,幼树组与乔木组生态位泛化程度不高。(3)薯豆乔木组、幼树组的生态位宽度和资源利用能力均大于栲树,但薯豆幼苗组生态位宽度和资源利用能力却比栲树小。(4)两个种群生态位重叠较高,资源性竞争激烈;生态位重叠随年龄增长而呈“V”字形,幼树组重叠值低与幼苗组的高竞争导致栲树中等龄级的缺失有关。     

Ellagic acid derivatives and cytotoxic cucurbitacins from Elaeocarpus mastersii

Bioassay-guided investigation of the bark of Elaeocarpus mastersii using KB (human oral epidermoid carcinoma) cells as a monitor led to the isolation of two cucurbitacins, cucurbitacin D and cucurbitacin F as cytotoxic principles, together with two ellagic acid derivatives, 4'-O-methylellagic acid 3-(2",3"-di-O-acetyl)-alpha-L-rhamnoside (1) and 4,4'-O-dimethylellagic acid 3-(2",3"-di-O-acetyl)-alpha-L-rhamnoside (2). These compounds were evaluated against a panel of human tumor cell lines.