Fractal root system of Melica przewalskyi along different aspect in degraded grassland

Aims Fractal root system is phenotypic plasticity result of plant root architecture to respond to environmental heterogeneity, may reflect the growth strategy of plants to adapt to environmental conditions. Our objective was to explore the relationship between root fractal dimension and fractal abundance of fractal root system of Melica przewalskyi population in response to aspect variation in the northwest of China. Methods The study site was located in a degraded alpine grassland on the northern slope in Qilian Mountains, Gansu Province, China. Survey and sampling were carried out at 40 plots which were set up along four slope aspects transects with 20 m distance between adjacent plots. Handheld GPS was used to determine the elevation, longitude and latitude of each plot. ArcGIS was used to set up digital elevation model (DEM). Community traits were investigated and six individuals roots of M. przewalskyi were collected randomly at each plot. The samples were cleaned and divided into different organs, then scanning the root with the Win-RHIZO for measurements of fractal dimension and fractal abundance in laboratory, and their biomass were then measured after being dried at 80 °C in an oven. Important findings With the slope aspect turned from north to east, west, and south, the density, height and soil moisture content of the plant community displayed a pattern of initial decline, the height, density, root fractal abundance of M. przewalskyi increased and the root fractal dimension decreased. The root fractal dimension was negatively associated with the fractal abundance in all aspects, but the relationship varied along the slope aspects gradient; there was a highly significant negative correlation (p < 0.01) between the root fractal dimension and fractal abundance at north slope and south slope aspect, whereas the correlation only reached a significant level (p < 0.05) at the east slope aspect and west slope aspect; indicating that there is a trade-off between the root fractal dimension and fractal abundance. In addition, when the slope aspect changed from north to east, west and south, the standardized major axis (SMA) slope of the regression equation in the scaling relationships between root fractal dimension and fractal abundance increased (p < 0.05), indicating that the roots of M. przewalskyi at the droughty southern slope have less branch and more sparse in the same soil volume of root exploitation and utilization. Consequently, the resource allocation pattern on reasonable trade-off between root fractal dimension and fractal abundance in different slope aspect of M. przewalskyi, reflects the relationship between the income and the cost of construction of plant root architecture.     

异大茴香脑新资源——齿叶黄皮的研究

齿叶黄皮是生长于广东省北部石灰岩山地的一种芸香科常绿小乔木,其叶富含精油,枝叶经水蒸汽蒸馏出油率为0.7%。精油经毛细管气相色谱、气相色谱/质谱联用、红外吸收光谱、核磁共振波谱等方法分析,确证含异大茴香脑(isoanethole)93.10%。异大茴香脑对霉菌有较强抑菌活性,并可通过异构化一步转变为大茴香脑。     

广西的新植物

<正> 小乔木。树高4—8米,嫩枝被灰黄色至黄褐色疏长毛。芽微小,倒卵形,密被灰黄色长柔毛。叶革质,狭椭圆形或披针状椭圆形,长(7)10—14厘米,宽(2)3—4厘米,先端尾状渐尖,尖尾长1—2.5厘米,基部阔楔形,表面无毛,背面沿叶脉上有疏长毛,叶片干后两面密布小瘤凸,叶缘1/2—2/3以上有细锯齿,近基部全缘,叶柄长1—1.5厘米,被疏长毛。花单生枝顶,花柄极短至近无柄,开花时直经3—4(5)厘米,苞片和萼片不分化,8—10枚,外面密被银灰色至灰黄色绢毛,里面无毛,质脆易碎;花辦淡黄白色,倒卵形至阔倒     

广西黄皮属一新变种

<正> 弄岗黄皮 新变种 CLausena yunnanensis Huang var.longgangensis C.F.Liang et Y. X. Lu, var. nov. A typo differt ramulis,rhachibus,petiolulis,pedunculis et pedicellis fructificantibus dense pubescentibus,foliolis subtus apprime ad costas dense barbatis.     

芸香科九里香属及美栌木属的化学分类

通过化学分析证明,美栌木与九里香属内的九里香组植物较为接近,两者均含月橘烯碱 及8-戊烯化香豆精,而棕茎组植物则与黄皮属植物亲缘关系较近。 据此肯定了Tanaka的观 点,认为棕茎组比九里香组原始。黄皮族内的亲缘关系亦可作如下推断： 小芸木属→山小桔属→黄皮属→九里香属棕茎组→九里香属九里香组→美栌木属。     

广西黄皮属六种叶片的比较解剖观察

<正> 芸香科黄皮属(Clausena)植物全球约25种,分布于东半球热带、亚热带地区;我国记载有9种,产长江以南各省区,以两广、云南种类较多;广西现知6种,民间大多作药用,黄皮和小叶黄皮在我国南部广泛栽培,果实供生食或加工,黄皮的优良品种为岭南佳果之一。目前正在挖掘其潜在的药用价值及进行化学成分和挥发油的研究。中国人民解放军181医院药理室,用大鼠进行动物实验,证明黄皮叶有降血脂作用。在研究黄皮属的分类时,某些种的形态特征很接近,叶的形状、大小变化大,在无花果的情况下更难区分,笔者试图从叶的解剖构造探讨种间的差异,为植物分类和生药鉴定提供依据,供临床用药及有关方面参考。     

中国芸香科植物资料

海南黄皮(新种) 灌木或小乔木,高2—5米,小枝、果序轴及小叶均被灰白色柔毛。叶互生,聚集于枝顶部,通常有小叶21—29片,小叶互生,有时对生,位于叶轴下部的较小,有时近圆形,最小的长与宽均约4毫米,向顶部的渐增宽且延长,斜椭圆形,长达20毫米,宽约10毫米,两