山茱萸科花粉形态研究

本文应用光学显微镜与扫描电子显微镜观察了山茱萸科Cornaceae4属(按照Wangerin1910年的概念)27种花粉形态,结果如下: 1.根据花粉特征,支持把青荚叶属Helwingia,桃叶珊瑚属Aucuba,鞘柄木属Torricellia三属分别独立成科的观点。 2.梾木属Cornus可明显区分为两种类型,即梾木型和四照花型;梾木型还可再分为三个亚类型.即灯台树亚型,长圆叶梾木亚型和梾木亚型。 5.支持四照花属应从梾木属中分出而独立成属;而在四照花属Dendronbenhamia下设立北美四照花亚属Subg. Apocarpea和四照花亚属Subg. Syncarpea;在梾木属下设立梾木亚属Subg. kraniopsis, 灯台树亚属Subg.Masomora等亚属的观点。 4.建立了—新亚属——长圆叶梾木亚属。     

A Neglected Character of Cornus L. s. 1. with Special Reference to a New Subgenus—Sinocornus Q. Y. Xiang

Cornus L. s. 1. is a large polytypic genus. The classificantion of which has been so different that some authors recognize several separate genera, while others treat them as either subgenera or sections. New evidence from many disciplines such as palynology, cytology, wood anatomy and embryology supports the view that the genus should remain in the broad sense. I basically agree with the treatment by Ferguson (1966_b) before my finishing a comprehensive study on Cornus L. s. 1. except for supporting the separation of subgenus Afrocrania as an independent genus. A new subgenus Sinocornus Q. Y. Xiang, containing one species, C. chinensis Wangerin, is established here on account of its inflorescence axillary and different from the other members of the genus which all have terminal inflorescences only. The inflorescence developed from a terminal bud implicates the sympodial nature of axis of stem and the one from an axillary bud the monopodial one. It is reasonable to regard the character as of subgeneric value. Also a new combination, Cornus subgen. Syncarpea (Nakai) Q. Y. Xiang, is proposed here as a substitute for Cornus subgen. Benthamia (C. B. Clarke) Schneider used for a long time. Because the valid publication of the former name subgen. Syncarpea Nakai is earlier than the latter one. The types of inflorescences of 8 subgenera represented by type or selected species are illustrated.     

A Revision of Subtribe Pleioblastinae Keng & Keng f.

This paper deals with the taxa of tribe Arundinarieae Steud. subtribe Pleiobalastinae Keng and Keng f. which comprised three genera (Pseudosasa Makino, Pleioblastus Nakai and Brachystachyum Keng) when it was established in 1957. With the analysis of morphological characters and geographical distribution, a number of revisions connected with the taxon are made as follows: (1) Genus Brachystachyum Keng is transferred to the tribe Shibataeeae Nakai according to its false inflorescence. (2) Genus Pseudosasa Makino is transferred to subtribe Sasinae Keng f. according to our study on the numerical taxonomic method. (3) Some species of Pleioblastus Nakai established by Keng and Keng f. should be revised. Pleioblastus actinotrichus (Merr. and Chun) Keng f. should be Ampelocalamus actinotrichus (Merr. and Chun) S. L. Chen, T. H. Wen and G. Y. Sheng in subtribe Thamnocalaminae Keng f.; Pleioblastus dolichanthus (Keng) Keng f. is the synonym of Sinobambusa tootsik (Sieb.) Makino, belonging to tribe Shibataeeae Nakai. The rest species remain in this genus. Since the genus Pleioblastus is related to genus Arundinaria Michaux., subtribe Pleioblastus Keng and Keng f. does not seem to have a reason to be retained as a subtribe in tribe Arundinarieae Steud., according to the newest Code (1978). A part of it should be a synonym of subtribe Arundinariinae and we may cite it as follows: Subtribe Arundinariinae——Subtribe Pleioblastinae Keng and Keng f. pro parte, syn. nov. The other parts of it should be transferred to other subtribes or tribes. In addition, one new variety in Branchystachyum, two new species, one new variety in Pseudosasa and six new species, three new varieties in Pleioblastus, are described in this paper.     

不同产地山芹萸种实性状变异分析

山茱萸〔Ｍａｃｒｏｃａｒｐｉｕｍｏｆｆｉｃｉｎａｌｉｓ (Ｓｉｅｂ .ｅｔＺｕｃｃ .)Ｎａｋａｉ〕为重要的木本药用植物 ,果皮名曰萸肉 ,枣皮 ,果肉中含有 16种氨基酸、2 3种微量元素以及丰富的维生素、有机酸、鞣质、多种甙、黄酮等 ,具有多种药用功效 ,是名贵的中药[1] 。同时 ,山茱萸又是一种非常好的观赏树种 ,具有较高的经济价值和良好的开发应用前景[2 ] 。山茱萸的栽培已有 10 0 0多年的历史 ,但对其研究主要集中在营养和药用成分分析、种子休眠以及栽培技术等[3～ 5] 。作者分析了不同产地、不同母树山茱萸种实性状的变异状况 ,…     

On the Numerical Classification and Determination of Taxa of Chinese Bamboos with Leptomorph Rhizomes

In this paper, 21 species representing 13 genera were studied by means of humerical taxonomic methodes. One geographical and 52 morphological characters were used. The correlation coefficients were computed by standardized data, and the various clustering methods were performed on the correlation matr x. The UPGMA clustering method was selected as the optimal one and its results were shown in the form of dendrograms. We present a simple method to construct the joint and broken lines by which the boundary of the genera, subtribes and tribes in the dendrogram is determined. By means of numerical taxonomic methods, we can easily work out a systematic dendrogram and the following taxonomic treatments are easily proposed: (1) Sasamorpha sinica (Keng) Koidz. should be reffered to the genus Sasa Makino & Shibata. (2) Pseudosasa amabilis (McClure) Keng f. should belong to the genus Pseudosasa Makino and should not be referred to the genus Arundinaria Michaux. (3) The genus Brachystachyum Keng should be considered as a separate one. (4) The genus Pleioblastus Nakai should not be combined with the genus Arun-dinaria Michaux, but kept as an independent one.     

Molecular evidence for the inclusion of the Korean endemic genus “<Emphasis Type="Italic">Echinosophora</Emphasis>” in<Emphasis Type="Italic"> Sophora</Emphasis> (Fabaceae), and embryological features of the genus

Although Echinosophora Nakai has been known as a monotypic and endemic genus of Papillionoideae of Fabaceae in Korea, it has been controversial whether it is distinct from or merged with Sophora. To resolve this matter, we conducted molecular phylogenetic analyses using nucleotide sequence data from the plastid rbcL gene and trnL (UAA) intron. Parsimony analysis, using a total of 53 taxa of the Papillionoideae (including E. koreensis [Nakai] Nakai and several species of Sophora and related genera) and using 20 taxa of Caesalpinioideae and Mimosoideae as outgroups, showed that, although the examined species of Sophora are split into two clades, E. koreensis formed a common clade with S. tomentosa (the type species of the genus) and S. flavescens. E. koreensis therefore should be treated as S. koreensis Nakai, and the generic name Echinosophora be eliminated. We also investigated the embryology of S. koreensis (=E. koreensis) and S. flavescens and found that no differences existed between them. Our molecular study, like other studies, strongly suggested that Sophora is polyphyletic. In this study we presented a summary of embryological features of the core Sophora for future critical comparison with related and unrelated taxa.     

On the Classification of Ixeris Group (Compositae) from China

Ixeris Cass., strinctly speaking, is confined to plants which have achenes with sharply winged ribs. Ixeridium (A. Gray ) Tzvel. contains plants which have persistent radical leaves at anthesis and achenes with obtuse ribs and a fine rostrum at its apex. Paraixeris Nakai is restricted to plants which are of the same achenes as in the genus Ixeridium (A. Gray) Tzvel., but rostra of achenes are robust and radical leaves deciduous in flowering in the former. The Chorisis DC., a monotypic genus, is characterized by ternate palatisect leaves. In the light of the above mentioned understanding of these genera, the author thinks that the division of Chinese Ixeris group, a comparatively complex one, into four genera would be more reasonable than merging them into one genus, namely, Ixeris Cass. Based on the examination of specimens in the Herbarium of the Institute of Botany, Academia Sinica (PE), the author found that there are four species in the genus Ixeris Cass., including one new combination in China. They are I. polycephala Cass., I. dissecta (Makino) Shih, I. japonica (Burm. f. ) Nakai and I. stolonifera A. Gray. The genus Ixeridium (A. Gray ) Tzvel. has 13 species, including five new combinations and three new species in China, namely, I. sagittaroides (C. B. Clarke) Shih, I. gramineum (Ledb.) Tzvel., I. yunnarense Shih,I. graminifolium(Ledb.)Tzvel.,I, biparum Shih,I.aculeolatum Shih,I. chinense( Thunb. ) Tzvel., I. strigosum( Fisch. ) Tzvel., I. elegans( Franeh. ) Shih, I. sonchifolium (Maxim.)Shih,I. laevigatum (BI.)Shih,I. dentatum(Thunb. )Nakai and I. gracile(DC.)Shih, in China. There are six species in the genus Paraixeris Nakai, including One new combination, namely, P. denticulata(Houtt.) Nakai, P. humifusa(Dunn) Shih, P. cheldonifolia( Makino) Nakai, P. saxatilis( Baran. ) Tzvel., P.pinnatipartita (Makino)Tzvel. and P.serotina(Maxim.)Tzvel.in China.     

Molecular evolution of PISTILLATA-like genes in the dogwood genus Cornus (Cornaceae)

The MADS-box gene family encodes critical regulators determining floral organ development. Understanding evolutionary patterns and processes of MADS-box genes is an important step toward unraveling the molecular basis of floral morphological evolution. In this study, we investigated the evolution of PI-like genes of the MADS-box family in the dogwood genus Cornus (Cornaceae). Cornus is a eudicot lineage in the asterids clade, and is intriguing in evolving petaloid bract morphology in two major lineages within the genus. The gene genealogy reconstructed using genomic DNA and cDNA sequences suggests multiple PI-like gene duplication events in Cornus. An ancient duplication event resulted in two ancient paralogs, CorPI-A and CorPI-B, which have highly diverged intron regions. Duplication of CorPI-A further resulted in two paralogs in one subgroup of Cornus, the BW group that does not produce modified bracts. Most species analyzed were found to contain more than one copy of the PI-like gene with most copies derived recently within species. Estimation and comparison of dN/dS ratios revealed relaxed selection in the PI-like gene in Cornus in comparison with the gene in the closely related outgroups Alangium and Davidia, and in other flowering plants. Selection also differed among major gene copies, CorPI-A and CorPI-B, and among different morphological subgroups of Cornus. Variation in selection pressures may indicate functional changes in PI-like genes after gene duplication and among different lineages. Strong positive selection at three amino acid sites of CorPI was also detected from a region critical for dimerization activity. Total substitution rates of the CorPI gene also differ among lineages of Cornus, showing a trend similar to that found in dN/dS ratios. We also found that the CorPI-A copy contains informative phylogenetic information when compared across species of Cornus.     

川鄂山茱萸染色体研究

本文对川鄂山茱萸染色体的数目和核型进行了研究,结果为染色体数目2n=18,与山茱萸相同;核型为K(2n)=18=12 m+6 sm。与山茱萸的核型进行比较,认为川鄂山茱萸核型比山茱萸的进化,同时山茱萸属染色体数目与其他相近的几个属进行比较,认为川鄂山茱萸与山茱萸应为同一独立的属,即山茱萸属。     

The Taxonomy of the Genus Corchoropsis Sieb. et Zucc.

Since its establishment, the genus Corchoropsis Sieb. et Zucc. Has not been well understood. In the present paper, the genus is revised based on examination of herbarium specimens. One species consisting of two varieties is recognized. C. psilocarpa Harms et Loes. is reduced to a variety under C. tomentosa and C. intermedia Nakai, C. tomentosa var. glabrescens Nakai, C. tomentosa f. glabrescens (Nakai) Hara, C. tomentosa var. micropetala Y. T. chang, and C. tomentosa var. tomentosicarpa P. L. Chiu et G. R. Zhong are reduced as synonyms of C. tomentosa var. tomentosa.     

田麻属的分类学研究

本文对田麻属植物的分类进行了研究,确认1种2变种,归并了1种3变种1变型,降级1种。     

A NEW SPECIES OF THE GENUS CYANAGAPANTHIA BREUNING (COLEOPTERA: CERAMBYCIDAE) FROM CHINA

Abstract This paper deals with two species of the Cerambycid genus Cyamgapanthia Breuning from China, including a new species: C. aurecens sp. nov. A key to the genus is provided. The type specimen is deposited in the Insect Collection, Nakai University, China.     

金蓝天牛属(鞘翅目:天牛科)一新种记述(英文)

系统研究了中国金蓝天牛属CyanagapanthiaBreuning ,共记述 2种 ,其中包括 1新种 :黄毛金蓝天牛Cyana gapanthiaaurecenssp .nov .。新种模式标本保存于南开大学生物系昆虫标本馆。黄毛金蓝天牛Cyanagapanthiaaurecenssp .nov .:正模 :♂ ,云南思茅菜阳河 ,12 0 0m ,2 0 0 0 Ⅴ 2 3,卜文俊采。本种与二色金蓝天牛C .bicolor的区别为 :鞘翅金属蓝色 ,密被金黄色绒毛而非鞘翅光裸金属绿色 ;复眼下叶长宽略等而非长显胜于宽 ;小盾片半圆形而非三角形及鞘翅密布粗皱纹而非细皱纹等。     

菊科裸苑属的分类研究

裸菀属Miyamayomena Kitam.是北村四郎¹⁾(1937)从马兰属Kali-meris Cass.(Asteromaea B1.)分出的一个小属,隶属于菊科紫菀族Trib.Astereae Cass.紫菀亚族Asterinae O.Hoffm,本属发表时,曾取名为Gymnatser Kitam。主要以瘦果顶端具狭环状边缘而无冠毛,与具糙毛状或膜片状短冠毛的马兰属相区别。     

Latitudinal trends in wood anatomy within species and genera: case study in Cornus s.l. (Cornaceae)

Latitudinal trends in wood anatomical characters in three Asiatic species of Cornus sensu lato (s.l.) were studied and compared with those for the whole genus based on an extensive sampling covering the specific distribution ranges and the generic data from a previous study. We studied 124 specimens of C. controversa growing between 31.5° and 45.3° N, 54 of C. kousa between 24.4° and 40.5° N, and 64 of C. macrophylla between 27.8° and 41.0° N. Characters studied were vessel element length, fiber length, vessel frequency, tangential vessel diameter, and vessel grouping index. At the species level no latitudinal trends were detected throughout the distribution ranges of the species. Neither tree size, altitude, nor climatic factors had a significant correlation with wood anatomical characters. In contrast, at the genus level, latitudinal trends were significant not just for the whole genus, but for both New and Old World species groups. At the genus level, latitude and three climatic factors all had a significant correlation with wood anatomical characters, but correlation coefficients with latitude were markedly high. The difference in latitudinal trends between the genus and species levels may be due to the radiation of Cornus along paleoclimatic gradients in the early Tertiary.     

On the systematic position of Athyrium crenulato-serrulatum Makino from North-eastern Asia

The fern Athyrium crenulato-serrulatum Makino is found in the whole of Northeastern Asia embracing Northeastern China, Korea, Japan, Ussuri and the Far East USSR. It is similar to the European Athyrium distentifolium, formerly known as A. alpestre, in having exindusiate round or ovate sori, but differs in several essential characters, such as the well-spaced fronds are biseriately arranged along a thick and long-creeping rhizome, the base of stipe is thickened and not attenuated towards the point of attachment, the deltoid-ovate lamina with the basal pinnae as long as those next above, which all are distinctly petiolate and the rachis, costis and especially the costules of pinnules clad in fine pale-colored generally septate hairs underneath. All these clearly show that the fern in question is not an Athyrium sen. str. neither Pseudoathyrium Newman to which latter the fern was referred by Nakai. However, we have been long suspicious of its proper systematic position. In his recent monograph on the genus Cornopteris (Acta Phytotax. Geobot. 30: 104. 1979.) Kato has pointed out that C.crenulato-serrulata (Makino) Nakai “has the northernmost destribution in the genus and exhibits a few characteristics similar to Athyrium, the swollen base of stipes with projections and cartilaginous lamina margin. By these characteristics the species is clearly discriminated from other species”. According to Kurita (1964), Mitui (1970) and Karo (1978) the species in question has chromosome numbers n=40, the base number of the subfamily Athyrioides instead of x=41, the base number of the subfamily Diplazioides including Cornopteris Nakai. Since thefern in question fits no other athyrid genera, hence a new genus is proposed.     

Evolution of bract development and B-class MADS box gene expression in petaloid bracts of Cornus s. l. (Cornaceae)

? Despite increasing interest in the molecular mechanisms of floral diversity, few studies have investigated the developmental and genetic bases of petaloid bracts. This study examined morphological patterns of bract initiation and expression patterns of B-class MADS-box genes in bracts of several Cornus species. We suggest that petaloid bracts in this genus may not share a single evolutionary origin. ? Developmental pathways of bracts and spatiotemporal expression of B-class genes in bracts and flowers were examined for four closely related dogwood species. ? Divergent morphological progressions and gene expression patterns were found in the two sister lineages with petaloid bracts, represented by Cornus florida and Cornus canadensis. Phylogeny-based analysis identified developmental and gene expression changes that are correlated with the evolution of petaloid bracts in C.?florida and C.?canadensis. ? Our data support the existence of independent evolutionary origins of petaloid bracts in C.?canadensis and C.?florida. Additionally, we suggest that functional transference within B-class gene families may have contributed to the origin of bract petaloidy in C.?florida. However, the underlying mechanisms of petaloid bract development likely differ between C.?florida and C.?canadensis. In the future this hypothesis can be tested by functional analyses of Cornus B-class genes.     

Contagious seed dispersal beneath heterospecific fruiting trees and its consequences

An hypothesized advantage of seed dispersal is avoidance of high per capita mortality (i.e. density-dependent mortality) associated with dense populations of seeds and seedlings beneath parent trees. This hypothesis, inherent in nearly all seed dispersal studies, assumes that density effects are species-specific. Yet because many tree species exhibit overlapping fruiting phenologies and share dispersers, seeds may be deposited preferentially under synchronously fruiting heterospecific trees, another location where they may be particularly vulnerable to mortality, in this case by generalist seed predators. We demonstrate that frugivores disperse higher densities of Cornus florida seeds under fruiting (female) Ilex opaca trees than under non-fruiting (male) Ilex trees in temperate hardwood forest settings in South Carolina, USA. To determine if density of Cornus and/or Ilex seeds influences survivorship of dispersed Cornus seeds, we followed the fates of experimentally dispersed Cornus seeds in neighborhoods of differing, manipulated background densities of Cornus and Ilex seeds. We found that the probability of predation on dispersed Cornus seeds was a function of both Cornus and Ilex background seed densities. Higher densities of Ilex seeds negatively affected Cornus seed survivorship, and this was particularly evident as background densities of dispersed Cornus seeds increased. These results illustrate the importance of viewing seed dispersal and predation in a community context, as the pattern and intensity of density-dependent mortality may not be solely a function of conspecific densities.