中国看麦娘属植物叶表皮微形态研究

看麦娘属是禾本科早熟禾亚科的重要类群,中国分布有8种。该研究采用光学显微镜和电子扫描电镜,对中国看麦娘属7种植物的叶下表皮(含叶鞘下表皮)微形态特征进行观察并探讨其分类学意义。结果表明：(1)看麦娘属叶鞘下表皮长细胞的形状呈长筒状或短筒状,深波状弯曲的细胞壁,脉间短细胞密布,单生或对生,形状多为新月形或椭圆形,脉区硅细胞为椭圆形,平行形或低圆屋顶形的气孔器,看麦娘属叶鞘下表皮特征高度一致,分类价值不大。(2)看麦娘属植物叶下表皮和叶鞘下表皮的显微结构存在很大不同,看麦娘属植物叶下表皮长细胞多为长筒状或短筒状或长菱形,平周壁平直或不明显弯曲,脉间区短细胞分布或无,脉区刺毛密布,脉间区有或无刺细胞的分布,平行形的气孔器,脉区分布的硅细胞多为长方形边缘呈波状弯曲。看麦娘属植物叶下表皮的不同主要体现在脉间区长细胞的形状及平周壁的弯曲与否,脉间区短细胞出现或无,脉间区刺细胞的分布数量以及气孔器的列数。7种植物的叶表皮微形态的分类检索表据此列出。依据叶表皮微形态划分的组与根据外部特征划分的组并不完全一致。但是,由于该文仅研究了7种,叶表皮微形态对于看麦娘属的分类意义还需要更深入的研究。     

中国羊茅属部分植物叶下表皮微形态研究

通过光学显微镜及电子显微镜对国产羊茅属21个种叶下表皮微形态进行观察。结果显示:(1)羊茅属叶下表皮属于典型的狐茅型。长细胞长筒状或短筒状,细胞壁波状弯曲,少数细胞壁平直;短细胞单生或对生,方形、椭圆形或新月形;气孔器少见或1列至多列,副卫细胞平行形到圆屋顶形;刺细胞常见或少见;脉上硅细胞方形、椭圆形、新月形或长方形边缘波状弯曲。许多结构细胞在羊茅属内存在较丰富的变异。(2)对羊茅属的叶表皮微形态特征进行UPGMA的聚类分析,结果分成了2个分支,其中分支Ⅰ的植物叶下表皮几乎无气孔,刺细胞常见,且分支Ⅰ由羊茅亚属植物组成;分支Ⅱ的植物叶下表皮气孔常见,气孔器1至多列,刺细胞少见,且分支Ⅱ由长花序亚属、宽叶亚属、贫芒亚属植物组成。     

中国早熟禾属植物部分种叶下表皮微形态的研究

通过光学显微镜及扫描电子显微镜对中国早熟禾属20种、6亚种及2变种植物的叶下表皮微形态特征进行了观察, 以明确叶表皮微形态特征在早熟禾属植物中的分类学意义。结果显示：(1)早熟禾属植物的叶下表皮长细胞多为长筒状或纺锤形,少数短筒状,细胞壁波状弯曲或近平直;脉间具有短细胞或缺如;气孔器多数常见,副卫细胞平行形至低圆屋顶形;脉上具有刺细胞或缺如,脉间刺细胞多为缺如;脉上硅细胞单生或对生,椭圆形、肾形、新月形、近方形、长方形边缘波状弯曲或结节形;部分早熟禾属植物叶下表皮存在冠细胞。(2)早熟禾属植物叶下表皮微形态特征在长细胞的形状及其细胞壁的弯曲与否、短细胞的有无及其形状、气孔器的分布与副卫细胞的形状、刺细胞的分布、脉上硅细胞的形状、冠细胞的有无这些方面存在着一定的差异,可为该属植物种间分类提供参考依据。叶表皮微形态证据支持高原早熟禾、细叶早熟禾作为草地早熟禾亚种的处理意见。     

沟稃草属及其近缘属植物颖片微形态特征研究

通过扫描电镜对沟稃草属及其近缘属共14属20种2变种植物颖片微形态进行观察。结果显示:(1)沟稃草属颖片脉间长细胞长筒形或短筒形,细胞壁波状弯曲,显著增厚;脉间短细胞单生,脉间栓细胞近圆形,脉间硅细胞缺失;脉上硅细胞单生,近圆形,有气孔器,气孔副卫细胞平行形至低圆屋顶形;脉上、脉间刺毛常见,有钩毛,无微毛,有乳突,无大毛。(2)根据颖片微形态特征所构建的系统发育树显示,沟稃草属与早熟禾族植物聚为一支,表明其亲缘关系较近,支持将沟稃草属置于早熟禾族中。(3)沟稃草属与拂子茅属、野青茅属植物相距较远,颖片微形态证据不支持将沟稃草属作为广义拂子茅属的成员,其应该单独成属。     

新疆14种青兰属植物叶表皮微形态结构研究

应用光学显微镜和扫描电镜,对新疆14种青兰属(DracocephalumL.)植物叶片的微形态特征进行观察,结果表明:该属植物只有宽齿青兰(Dracocephalum paulsenii Briq.)叶的下表皮细胞为多边形,其余种植物叶的上、下表皮均为不规则形;垂周壁式样有深波状、波状、浅波状、平直-弓形;气孔器均为横列型;气孔形状有椭圆形、长椭圆形、宽椭圆形、近圆形;表皮毛的类型为小刺毛、短柔毛、长柔毛、头状腺毛和盾状腺毛。在不同种间甚至是同种植物叶的上、下表皮上,气孔器的大小、气孔密度、气孔指数、气孔外拱盖内缘、表皮毛、角质层纹饰等的微形态特征都存在很大的差异,可为探讨本属种间的分类、亲缘关系和演化趋势提供理论依据。     

中国剪股颖属部分种叶下表皮微形态的研究

用光学显微镜对中国剪股颖属植物14种及1变种叶下表皮微形态特征进行了研究.结果显示:(1)剪股颖属植物叶下表皮长细胞多为长筒形,副卫细胞为平行形,脉上常见刺细胞,脉间有刺细胞或无或偶见,脉间具有短细胞或缺如;脉上硅细胞大多为结节形.(2)种间叶表皮的差异主要表现在脉间长细胞的形状及细胞壁的平直与否,气孔器分布的列数,脉间短细胞的有无,脉间刺细胞的有无,表明叶下表皮的差异可以作为种间的分类依据.(3)叶下表皮微形态的证据不支持山东剪股颖(Agrostis shandongensis F.Z.Li)作为玉山剪股颖(A.infirma Büse.)的异名处理,支持山东剪股颖和昆嵛山剪股颖(A.transmorrisonensis Hayata var.kunyushanensis F.Z.Li)的成立.并对昆嵛山剪股颖重新命名为[A.sozanensis Hayata var.kunyushanensis(F.Z.Li)F.Z.Li & C.M.Xu].     

中国蔷薇属植物叶表皮微形态特征及其系统学意义

应用光学显微镜和电子显微镜,对30种中国蔷薇属植物叶表皮的微形态特征进行了观察。结果表明:叶表皮细胞一般为多边形或不规则形,垂周壁平直、平直弓状、波状、浅波状和深波状式样;该属植物的叶表皮细胞大小种间差异较大,总体来看上表皮几乎全为多边形细胞,且上表皮细胞比下表皮细胞略大;在扫描电镜下观察,大部分细胞的平周壁下陷,仅部分细胞的平周壁突起;叶表皮角质层纹饰多样、即使同一个种的上下表皮细胞角质层纹饰微形态特征也有差异;大多植物叶片表面具柔毛,均为单毛,有长柔毛和短柔毛,大部分种类的柔毛基部无特化,其基部由普通的表皮细胞围绕着,少部分种类的柔毛基部由几个特化的辐射状细胞围绕着,少数植物无毛;有些植物叶表面或叶脉上还分布有腺毛;除了单叶蔷薇亚属的小蘗叶蔷薇1个种的上下表皮均分布有气孔器外,其余蔷薇亚属的29种植物的气孔器均分布在下表皮,形状为椭圆形、宽椭圆形和长椭圆形三种,气孔器类型有无规则型、不规则四细胞型、对位四细胞型、环列型和辐射型;气孔器外拱盖内缘近平滑或呈深浅不同的波状、气孔器外拱盖纹饰光滑或粗糙,大多植物气孔器的保卫细胞两级T型加厚;另外,只有小蘗叶蔷薇的气孔器具双层外拱盖且仅上表皮被毛等特征也说明了其在演化上的特殊地位,蔷薇属植物叶表皮的这些微形态特征,在属内各组间无明确的规律性,但可为探讨该属种间的分类学及亲缘关系提供依据。     

贯众属的叶表皮特征

对贯众属（Cyrtomium）19种植物和近缘类群的15种植物的叶表皮形态特征进行了光学显微镜观察,并对包括贯众属3个亚系的模式种在内的12个种进行了扫描电镜观察。结果显示贯众属的叶表皮细胞为多边形或不规则形,垂周壁近平直、弓形、浅波状、波状至深波状。贯众属的气孔器分布于叶片下表皮,有无规则型、横列型和极附型三种类型,其中无规则型是主要的气孔器类型。气孔器表面观为宽椭圆形,长椭圆形,稀为近圆形,气孔外拱盖内缘近平滑、浅波状至啮齿-浅波状。大多数种类叶片表面角质膜具条纹,并常有条状隆起,或具颗粒等附属物。目前研究未发现可作为邢公侠二系四亚系诊断特征的明显的叶解剖特征。     

梯牧草属(Phleum)叶表皮微形态特征研究

利用扫描电子显微镜对禾本科梯牧草属及其近缘属共17属35种2变种植物的叶片上下表皮微形态特征进行了研究。结果显示,梯牧草属植物叶片上下表皮脉间长细胞都为长筒形或长菱形,细胞壁平直或弯曲,脉上硅细胞结节形,气孔副卫细胞平行形,脉上刺细胞常见,脉间偶见或缺失,无乳突,无微毛;同时,根据叶表皮微形态性状构建了系统发育树,结果表明梯牧草属与早熟禾族聚为一支,显示其亲缘关系较近,而与燕麦族、剪股颖族和虉草族的亲缘关系则相对较远,因此叶表皮微形态证据支持将梯牧草属置于早熟禾族中。     

海南莎草属植物叶下表皮微形态的研究

利用光学显微镜对海南莎草属(Cyperus Linnaeus)15个种1个变种的叶下表皮微形态进行了研究。结果显示:(1)该属叶下表皮微形态基本特征如下:长细胞为长筒形、短筒形,少数为近方形,边缘波状、深波状;无短细胞的存在;副卫细胞为高圆屋顶形、圆屋顶形、圆屋顶至三角形或三角形;(2)根据保卫细胞的形态将海南莎草属分为两大类型即保卫细胞两端明显加厚型和保卫细胞两端不明显加厚型;(3)海南莎草属叶下表皮微形态一致,表明莎草属是一个自然类群,但在莎草属种间叶下表皮的长细胞形态、保卫细胞及副卫细胞形态、气孔长宽等存在一定的差异,可作为本属种间分类鉴别的参考依据。     

Systematic significance of mature embryo of bamboos

The mature embryo of seven species belonging to five genera of Indian bamboos is described. In all these the basic pattern of embryo organisation is same: the scutellar and coleoptilar bundles are not separated by an internode, the epiblast is absent, the lower portion of the scutellum and the coleorhiza are separated by a cleft and the margins of embryonic leaves overlap. The features unique to fleshy fruited bamboos are: presence of a massive scutellum, the juxtaposition of plumule and radicle and the occurrence of a bud in the axil of the coleoptile. The fleshy fruit bearing bamboos should be classified into one group, the tribeMelocanneae. Evidence is provided to recognise additional groups in the subfamilyBambusoideae.     

Taxonomic status of the species of the green algal genusNeochloris

Komárek has recently reviewed the various species assigned to the green algal genusNeochloris Starr (Chlorococcales, Chlorococcaceae) and removed those with uninucleate vegetative cells to a new genus,Ettlia. Watanabe & Floyd, unaware ofKomárek's work, also reviewed the species ofNeochloris and distributed them among three genera—Neochloris, Chlorococcopsis gen. nov., andParietochloris gen. nov.—on the basis of details of the covering of the zoospore and the arrangement of the basal bodies of the flagellar apparatus. This paper reconciles these two treatments and makes additional recommendations at the ranks of genus, family, order, and class.     

Phylogeny of cardinalfishes (Teleostei: Gobiiformes: Apogonidae) and the evolution of visceral bioluminescence

The cardinalfishes (Apogonidae) are a diverse clade of small, mostly reef-dwelling fishes, for which a variety of morphological data have not yielded a consistent phylogeny. We use DNA sequence to hypothesize phylogenetic relationships within Apogonidae and among apogonids and other acanthomorph families, to examine patterns of evolution including the distribution of a visceral bioluminescence system. In conformance with previous studies, Apogonidae is placed in a clade with Pempheridae, Kurtidae, Leiognathidae, and Gobioidei. The apogonid genus Pseudamia is recovered outside the remainder of the family, not as sister to the superficially similar genus Gymnapogon. Species sampled from the Caribbean and Western Atlantic (Phaeoptyx, Astrapogon, and some Apogon species) form a clade, as do the larger-bodied Glossamia and Cheilodipterus. Incidence of visceral bioluminescence is found scattered throughout the phylogeny, independently for each group in which it is present. Examination of the fine structure of the visceral bioluminescence system through histology shows that light organs exhibit a range of morphologies, with some composed of complex masses of tubules (Siphamia, Pempheris, Parapriacanthus) and others lacking tubules but containing chambers formed by folds of the visceral epithelium (Acropoma, Archamia, Jaydia, and Rhabdamia). Light organs in Siphamia, Acropoma, Pempheris and Parapriacanthus are distinct from but connected to the gut; those in Archamia, Jaydia, and Rhabdamia are simply portions of the intestinal tract, and are little differentiated from the surrounding tissues. The presence or absence of symbiotic luminescent bacteria does not correlate with light organ structure; the tubular light organs of Siphamia and chambered tubes of Acropoma house bacteria, those in Pempheridae and the other Apogonidae do not.     

Host plants of someRhinanthoideae (Scrophulariaceae) of eastern North America

Twenty three species in 11 genera were examined in the field to determine hosts. OnlyStriga asiatica andSeymeria cassioides have a narrow host range being restricted to grasses and pines, respectively. These are the only species which cause pronounced and sometimes serious host damage. The other species attach to a great diversity of hosts.     

Apoptotic Regulation of Caspase Activity

Intracellular cysteine aspartate-specific proteases (caspases) play both signaling and effector roles in realizing the program of cell death. Caspases function as proteolytic cascades unique for each cell type and signal triggering apoptosis. All parts of the proteolytic cascades are duplicated and controlled by feedback signals. Amplification cycles between pairs of caspases (the third and the sixth, the ninth and the third, the twelfth and the sixth, and others) help multiply the initial apoptotic signal. The presence of physiological inhibitors of apoptosis that directly interact with caspases creates a multilevel regulatory network of apoptosis in cell. The caspase proteolytic cascades are also regulated by sphingolipid secondary messengers, among them ceramide, sphingosine, and their phosphates. Moreover, an association of the caspase signaling with ubiquitin-dependent proteolysis is shown in cells. In particular, the use of extracellular activators and inhibitors of caspases allows irreversible activation of apoptosis in tumor cells or the prevention of apoptosis in cortical neurons under neurodegenerative diseases.     

A molecular phylogeny of Hebeloma species from Europe

In order to widen the scope of existing phylogenies of the ectomycorrhizal agaric genus Hebeloma a total of 53 new rDNA ITS sequences from that genus was generated, augmented by sequences retrieved from GenBank, and analysed using Bayesian, strict consensus and neighbour joining methods. The lignicolous Hebelomina neerlandica, Gymnopilus penetrans, and two species of Galerina served as outgroup taxa. Anamika indica, as well as representatives of the genera Hymenogaster and Naucoria, were included to test the monophyly of Hebeloma, which is confirmed by the results. Hebeloma, Naucoria, Hymenogaster and Anamika indica cluster in a strongly supported monophyletic hebelomatoid clade. All trees largely reflect the current infrageneric classification within Hebeloma, and divide the genus into mostly well-supported monophyletic groups surrounding H. crustuliniforme, H. velutipes, H. sacchariolens, H. sinapizans, and H. radicosum, with H. sarcophyllum being shown at an independent position; however this is not well supported. The section Indusiata divides with strong support into three groups, the position of the pleurocystidiate Hebeloma cistophilum suggests the possible existence of a third subsection within sect. Indusiata. Subsection Sacchariolentia is raised to the rank of section.     

Analysis of twin of eyeless regulation during early embryogenesis in Drosophila melanogaster

The Drosophila Pax6 homolog twin of eyeless (toy) is so far the first zygotically expressed gene involved in eye morphogenesis in Drosophila. The study of its expression during embryogenesis is therefore informative of the initial events of eye development in Drosophila. We have analyzed how the initial expression domain of toy at cellular blastoderm is regulated. We show that the three maternal patterning systems active in the cephalic region (the anterior, terminal and dorsal-ventral systems) cooperate with zygotically activated gap genes to shape the initial expression domain of toy. Whereas Bicoid, Dorsal and Torso signaling synergistically act as activators, Hunchback, Knirps and Decapentaplegic act as repressors.     

New species of Peruvian Orchidaceae III

Sixteen new species are proposed in the generaAckermania, Dressleria, Epidendrum, Maxillaria, Oncidium, Rodriguezia, Sigmatostalix, andTrigonidium. All new species are illustrated.Maxillaria vittariifolia L. O. Williams is newly recorded for Peru. A key is provided forTrigonidium of Peru.Trigonidium loretoense Schltr. andT. peruvianum Schltr. are lectotypified.     

Interaction of Synthetic Analogues of Natural Chalcones and Flavones with Guanidine

The reaction of chalcones and flavones with guanidine in ethanol results in 2-(2-aminopyrimidinyl-4)-phenols.