蜈蚣草是观察减数分裂过程的好材料

以蜈蚣草（Pteris vittata Linn.）为材料,介绍了蜈蚣草孢子母细胞减数分裂的制作方法。该方法操作简单、成功率高;主要特点是在同一孢子囊群中,孢子母细胞的减数分裂不同步,可以同时观察到前期到末期Ⅱ之间各个时期的分裂相。蜈蚣草分布广、取材容易,是观察减数分裂过程的一种好材料。     

藏东南川滇高山栎种群不同生长阶段的空间格局与关联性

运用点格局分析方法中Ripley L函数,对藏东南川滇高山栎种群不同生长阶段的空间格局及其关联性进行分析.结果表明： 藏东南川滇高山栎种群径级结构呈单峰型,小树与中树的数量在整个种群中占绝对优势,整个种群自然更新状况良好,属增长型种群.川滇高山栎种群在从小树发育到大树的过程中,小树、中树在小尺度上均呈明显的聚集分布,而大树在整个尺度上基本上呈随机分布.小树与中树、大树间在小尺度上有显著的相关性,而中树与大树不相关.川滇高山栎种群在从小树、中树发育到大树的过程中,其空间格局由聚集分布到随机分布.川滇高山栎种群的自然更新受种间竞争的影响,也受种内竞争的影响.在自然环境条件相似下,影响川滇高山栎种群分布格局的最主要因素是其自身的生物、生态学特性.     

改良FIASCO方法筛选砷超富集植物蜈蚣草SSR分子标记

蜈蚣草（Pteris vittata L.）是目前用于砷污染土壤修复最好的超富集植物,但其分子水平上的研究数据较少。为了开发蜈蚣草特异性SSR遗传标记,本文采用改良的FIASCO方法从蜈蚣草AG和AC微卫星富集文库中随机挑选100个克隆,分离得到51个微卫星位点,其中60%为完美型（Perfect）SSR。根据这些位点设计、合成了25对引物,并对江西庐山及湖北恩施两地蜈蚣草种群各20个个体进行了遗传多样性检测,结果发现：其中8个完美型及1个间断型（intermittent）SSR位点的引物能够扩增出清晰、稳定且具有多态性的条带。9对引物共扩增出41个等位基因,各位点等位基因数在2~7之间,平均等位基因数为4.56个;期望杂合度在0.0494~0.8169之间;没有连锁不平衡现象发生。采用大叶井栏边草（Pteris multifida Poir.）进行跨种扩增,结果发现其中6对引物能够进行种间扩增。这些SSR分子标记的开发有助于蜈蚣草生态适应性进化分析、揭示蜈蚣草地理分布格局以及探讨蜈蚣草遗传多样性,还可用于品种鉴定及选育等。     

广聚萤叶甲地理种群间交配选择及子代的发育表现

为探究分布于我国不同地域的广聚萤叶甲(Ophraella communa)种群之间的分化现状,本文对来自南京、长沙和福州等3个地理种群的交配选择行为及杂交后代发育表现进行了研究.结果表明,在试验观察的6 h内南京种群与福州种群间个体发生交配的概率显著低于对照(种群内雌雄个体间的交配),但南京种群与长沙种群个体间发生交配的概率与对照无显著差异;南京和福州种群的雄性与同种群雌性交配选择次数显著多于与异种群雌性交配的次数,但南京与长沙种群间个体交配的次数与对照无显著差异.3个地理种群间个体杂交后代在卵孵化率、幼虫化蛹率和成虫羽化率等发育特性上与对照(种群内个体自交)无显著差异.根据研究结果推测,广聚萤叶甲南京种群与福州种群间在个体交配行为上存在着一定程度的交配前隔离.     

麦瓶草种群中的花药黑粉菌感染:花的形态学变异、菌孢子散布式样及病原菌-传媒调节性选择

花药黑粉菌(Microbotryum violaceum)可系统侵染其寄主植物麦瓶草(Silene dioica),使其不育而代之以在植物花中布满菌孢子.这些菌孢子主要由花传媒昆虫带到健康植株.花传媒昆虫对花部特征变异的行为反应不仅可能影响花粉的输入/输出率,而且影响菌孢子的着落率和植株的发病与否.为研究S.dioica雌株花部性状特征与花粉传布、菌孢子着落及由此而导致的植株染病之间的相关性,用采自4个不同S.dioica种群的植物进行了移栽实验.该4个种群均位于瑞典北部的Skeppsvik群岛,代表了从健康(岛1,种群1),低度发病(岛2,种群2)到高度发病(岛3、4,种群3、4)的发病梯度.从上述4个不同种群中各采50个植株移栽至岛4的中部.来自健康种群的植株较来自高发病种群的植株具有较大的花,较长的花柱.研究发现,着落在花上的花粉粒数和菌孢子数呈强正相关.来自健康种群的植株每朵花上着落的花粉粒和菌孢子数分别是高发病种群(种群4)植株的4倍和9倍,导致来自4个不同种群的植株的发病率存在着显著差异,种群1、2、3、4的发病率分别为37%、20%、18%、0.在涉及10个种群的田间调查研究中,发现种群中健康植株的平均花柱长度(与花冠大小,胚珠数目正相关)与植株的发病率显著负相关.讨论了病原体-传媒调节的植物花部性状特征选择潜势及由其导致的麦瓶草S. dioica种群间的基因漂移.     

改良FIASCO方法筛选砷超富集植物蜈蚣草SSR分子标记(英文)

蜈蚣草(Pteris vittata L.)是目前用于砷污染土壤修复最好的超富集植物,但其分子水平上的研究数据较少。为了开发蜈蚣草特异性SSR遗传标记,本文采用改良的FIASCO方法从蜈蚣草AG和AC微卫星富集文库中随机挑选100个克隆,分离得到51个微卫星位点,其中60%为完美型(Perfect)SSR。根据这些位点设计、合成了25对引物,并对江西庐山及湖北恩施两地蜈蚣草种群各20个个体进行了遗传多样性检测,结果发现:其中8个完美型及1个间断型(intermittent)SSR位点的引物能够扩增出清晰、稳定且具有多态性的条带。9对引物共扩增出41个等位基因,各位点等位基因数在2~7之间,平均等位基因数为4.56个;期望杂合度在0.0494~0.8169之间;没有连锁不平衡现象发生。采用大叶井栏边草(Pteris multifida Poir.)进行跨种扩增,结果发现其中6对引物能够进行种间扩增。这些SSR分子标记的开发有助于蜈蚣草生态适应性进化分析、揭示蜈蚣草地理分布格局以及探讨蜈蚣草遗传多样性,还可用于品种鉴定及选育等。     

天柱山黄山松种内与种间竞争的研究

研究无菌条件下不同浓度砷对蜈蚣草的孢子萌发、假根和原叶体生长发育的影响。结果表明,培养基质中As浓度大于30mg/L时,孢子萌发速度、假根和原叶体的生长发育受到抑制,假根的着生点位置发生改变;而与高浓度As影响不同的是,低浓度As(30mg/L)可促进孢子变绿的速率和初期原叶体(播后8d内)的生长。因此,高浓度As能抑制配子体生长发育并改变假根着生点位置,而低浓度As则可促进配子体早期的生长。     

择伐对思茅松自然种群结构和空间分布格局的影响

思茅松是云南省重要的材脂兼用树种,而择伐是思茅松天然林管理的有效手段,也是获取木材的重要途径。基于对云南省景谷县思茅松天然林的样地调查数据,采用种群径级结构代替年龄结构、Ripley的L函数点格局等方法,对思茅松天然林在不同强度择伐10a后的种群结构和空间分布格局及其不同发育阶段在不同尺度下的相互关系进行了系统研究和分析。结果表明:择伐10a后3种类型的思茅松自然种群的胸径、树高之间呈显著的正相关且可用幂指数模拟预测模型。未择伐的思茅松种群呈衰退型,轻度择伐(12.9%)后种群呈稳定型,中度择伐(29.3%)后的种群属增长型,适当的中度择伐有利于自然种群的更新;未择伐与中度择伐后的思茅松种群分布格局整体呈随机型,但后者较前者更趋向于均匀分布,轻度择伐后的思茅松种群分布格局随着尺度的增加由随机转向聚集分布。择伐对不同径级思茅松天然林种群空间分布格局有重要影响,未择伐的思茅松自然种群随着发育阶段的发展,多数尺度上由随机分布逐渐转变为聚集分布,至大树则又以随机分布为主;轻度择伐和中度择伐的思茅松自然种群则随着发育阶段的发展而由完全的随机分布逐渐转变为聚集分布,中度择伐的聚集分布则更为明显。思茅松不同发育阶段间在所有尺度上基本都呈显著正相关,表明思茅松种群种内竞争弱,有利于种群的维持。     

浙皖虎刺(茜草科)的形态变异及其生境特征

在江苏省宜兴市龙池山发现了1个浙皖虎刺自然种群,属江苏省分布的新记录。通过野外居群取样及统计分析方法,首次研究了浙皖虎刺的形态变异。浙皖虎刺针刺长度为1.0～4.6 mm。叶片形状与大小变异较大,长3.0～9.0 cm,宽0.9～3.2 cm。核果成熟时红色,扁球形至近球形,具1～4个分核,其中具2核或3核的果实数目相对较多(p<0.01)。浙皖虎刺种群生长于海拔95～140 m的山坡常绿阔叶林下,具果实的个体约120株。在20个1 m×1 m林下层样方中,浙皖虎刺共有14种伴生植物,其中出现频次最高的3种植物分别为狗脊、虎刺和米槠。在江苏省境内,浙皖虎刺、虎刺和米槠都局限分布于宜兴龙池山。在中国亚热带常绿阔叶林中,浙皖虎刺等虎刺属种类可能为米槠的伴生种。     

云南兰坪云南红豆杉种群年龄结构与空间分布格局分析

利用点格局分析法对滇西北兰坪县4个云南红豆杉(Taxus yunnanensis)种群的年龄结构、不同生长阶段空间分布格局及其关联性进行分析。结果表明:(1)林窗与人为干扰影响4个云南红豆杉种群的龄级结构,小林窗的种群呈稳定型;较大林窗的种群呈进展型;群落结构完整未出现林窗和有较大人为干扰的种群年龄结构均呈衰退型,幼苗、幼树与小树个体缺乏,种群存在一定程度的更新困难,林窗的大小是种群更新的重要因素。(2)人为干扰、自然生境与本身生物学特性影响4个种群空间分布格局,种群1整体及其不同生长阶段个体均呈聚集分布;种群2和种群4在小尺度呈聚集分布,而在大尺度上呈随机分布;种群3随着空间尺度增大分布格局表现为聚集→随机→聚集趋势。(3)种群2中幼苗、小树和中树在小尺度下表现为聚集分布,其他尺度下表现为随机分布;种群3的小树阶段聚集分布和随机分布皆有出现,中树与大树在不同尺度上表现为聚集分布;种群4聚集分布的强度随生长阶段的增加在减弱。(4)4个种群各发育阶段间皆呈或接近显著正相关,种内竞争弱,有利于种群维持。     

银鲳4野生群体肌肉营养成分的比较分析与评价

4个野生银鲳(Pampus argenteus)群体样本于2008年5月分别采集于河北黄骅、江苏连云港、浙江舟山、广东惠来4地沿海海域,分别对其肌肉的主要营养成分进行了分析和评价.结果表明,浙江舟山与河北黄骅银鲳群体肌肉的粗蛋白含量差异显著(P<0.05),其他各群体银鲳肌肉间粗蛋白含量差异不显著.肌肉粗脂肪含量在4群体银鲳间无显著性差异(P>0.05).氨基酸及必需氨基酸总量以江苏连云港群体肌肉中含量最高,分别占干重的65.14%和27.32%,浙江舟山群体(64.31%和26.42%)其次,河北黄骅群体(60.32%和25.47%)最低,4群体间差异显著(P<0.05).江苏连云港及浙江舟山群体银鲳肌肉的必需氨基酸指数(EAAI)、氨基酸评分(AAS)和化学评分(CS)均高于另外2群体.4群体银鲳肌肉间饱和脂肪酸及不饱和脂肪酸总量呈现显著性差异(P<0.05).江苏连云港及浙江舟山群体银鲳肌肉的多不饱和脂肪酸含量要高于另外2群体.综合比较,江苏连云港及浙江舟山群体银鲳肌肉的营养价值要优于河北黄骅和广东惠来群体.从银鲳4野生群体的聚类分析结果可以看出:就氨基酸含量来说,浙江舟山与江苏连云港群体差异最小,与广东惠来群体差异最大;就脂肪酸差异来讲,浙江舟山与河北黄骅群体相似性较高,与广东惠来之间的差异最大.     

对大鲵自然种群在河北省(含京津)分布的质疑

在多年对野生动物种群调查的基础上, 通过检索河北省（含京津） 境内９２ 个市县, 自明清时代至今的近２００ 卷册地方志和走访有关学者, 分析并确定在河北省境内并无大鲵自然种群的分布。在部分地区偶见大鲵成体, 乃为幼鲵自繁殖地被偶然携带至该地而异地育肥的结果。     

Calorimetric properties of water and triacylglycerols in fern spores relating to storage at cryogenic temperatures

Storing spores is a promising method to conserve genetic diversity of ferns ex situ. Inappropriate water contents or damaging effects of triacylglycerol (TAG) crystallization may cause initial damage and deterioration with time in spores placed at -15 degrees C or liquid nitrogen temperatures. We used differential scanning calorimetry (DSC) to monitor enthalpy and temperature of water and TAG phase transitions within spores of five fern species: Pteris vittata, Thelypteris palustris, Dryopteris filix-mas, Polystichum aculeatum, Polystichum setiferum. The analyses suggested that these fern spores contained between 26% and 39% TAG, and were comprised of mostly oleic (P. vittata) or linoleic acid (other species) depending on species. The water contents at which water melting events were first observable ranged from 0.06 (P. vittata) to 0.12 (P. setiferum)gH(2)Og(-1)dry weight, and were highly correlated with water affinity parameters. In spores containing more than 0.09 (P. vittata) to 0.25 (P. setiferum)gH(2)Og(-1)dry weight, some water partitioned into a near pure water fraction that melted at about 0 degrees C. These sharp peaks near 0 degrees C were associated with lethal freezing treatments. The enthalpy of water melting transitions was similar in fern spores, pollen and seeds; however, the unfrozen water content was much lower in fern spores compared to other forms of germplasm. Though there is a narrow range of water contents appropriate for low temperature storage of fern spores, water content can be precisely manipulated to avoid both desiccation and freezing damage.     

水杉栽培居群的遗传多样性研究

利用RAPD技术,对9个水杉(Metasequoiaglyptostroboides)栽培居群的遗传多样性进行了初步研究。用10bp的随机引物16条,共扩增出103个位点,其中37个为多态位点,占35.92%。各居群的多态位点百分率在16.50%~33.01%之间。POPGENEversion1.31软件处理结果如下:居群的Shannon’s信息指数为0.1930。遗传距离在0.0130~0.0650之间,遗传一致度在0.9370~0.9871之间。AMOVA分析结果显示遗传变异主要存在于居群内,占89.05%,居群之间有一定的分化。上述结果表明水杉栽培居群的遗传多样性略低于自然居群,涵盖了自然居群近80%的遗传多样性。由此可以确认栽培水杉的种源是经过混合的,它们在相当程度上代表了自然居群的遗传多样性水平。采自潜江的9株丛枝水杉(Metasequoiaglyptostroboidesvar.caespitosa)没有扩增出特有位点,将其视为一个居群根据遗传一致度作UPGMA聚类分析时,该居群和湖北的3个居群及南京(NJ)、成都(CD)居群聚在一起;单株聚类时丛枝水杉也没有聚成独立的一支,而是比较分散,因此不支持将丛枝水杉作为水杉的一个变种的分类处理。从亲缘关系上看,丛枝水杉应当归属于湖北潜江蚌湖种子园(BH)和湖北潜江广华(GH)居群,这与其分布现状也是吻合的。     

Arsenic hyperaccumulation in gametophytes of Pteris vittata. A new model system for analysis of arsenic hyperaccumulation

The sporophyte of the fern Pteris vittata is known to hyperaccumulate arsenic (As) in its fronds to >1% of its dry weight. Hyperaccumulation of As by plants has been identified as a valuable trait for the development of a practical phytoremediation processes for removal of this potentially toxic trace element from the environment. However, because the sporophyte of P. vittata is a slow growing perennial plant, with a large genome and no developed genetics tools, it is not ideal for investigations into the basic mechanisms underlying As hyperaccumulation in plants. However, like other homosporous ferns, P. vittata produces and releases abundant haploid spores from the parent sporophyte plant which upon germination develop as free-living, autotrophic haploid gametophyte consisting of a small (<1 mm) single-layered sheet of cells. Its small size, rapid growth rate, ease of culture, and haploid genome make the gametophyte a potentially ideal system for the application of both forward and reverse genetics for the study of As hyperaccumulation. Here we report that gametophytes of P. vittata hyperaccumulate As in a similar manner to that previously observed in the sporophyte. Gametophytes are able to grow normally in medium containing 20 mm arsenate and accumulate >2.5% of their dry weight as As. This contrasts with gametophytes of the related nonaccumulating fern Ceratopteris richardii, which die at even low (0.1 mm) As concentrations. Interestingly, gametophytes of the related As accumulator Pityrogramma calomelanos appear to tolerate and accumulate As to intermediate levels compared to P. vittata and C. richardii. Analysis of gametophyte populations from 40 different P. vittata sporophyte plants collected at different sites in Florida also revealed the existence of natural variability in As tolerance but not accumulation. Such observations should open the door to the application of new and powerful genetic tools for the dissection of the molecular mechanisms involved in As hyperaccumulation in P. vittata using gametophytes as an easily manipulated model system.     

野生扬子鳄种群动态变化及致危因素

1998—2003年,采用问卷调查、走访居民、夜间灯光照射计数等方法,对可能有野生扬子鳄(Alligator sinensis)分布的安徽省、浙江省和江苏省的45个地点进行了调查。结果发现：目前野生扬子鳄呈点状分布在至少23个地点,个体总数约120条,主要集中分布在安徽扬子鳄国家级自然保护区内。通过连续调查和对比分析表明：自20世纪50年代扬子鳄数量急剧下降(从5000—6000条下降为120条),但1998年至今其数量保持相对稳定(120条),种群的致危因素主要是栖息地破坏、人为捕杀、环境污染、自然灾害、繁殖力低等。在不同时期导致数量下降的因素不同：1950—1990年问,主要是由于栖息地丧失、人为捕杀等;目前的主要致危因素是缺乏适宜的自然栖息地,环境污染和遗传多样性丧失是潜在的致危因素。旱灾对野生扬子鳄生存的影响并不明显。     

湖北钉螺种群内螺壳形态形状变异分析

在中国大陆血吸虫病流行的7个省中,采集不同环境类型的21个湖北钉螺(Oncomelania hupensis)种群,每个种群各测量60只湖北钉螺的11个形态性状。采用形态性状的变异系数、种群内个体间的欧氏距离与多样性指数及主成分分析3种方法,分析不同湖北钉螺种群内形态性状的变异程度。结果表明,在种群内个体间的欧氏距离和形态性状多样性方面,都以江西都昌的变异最大,平均欧氏距离为2.88,方差为2.33,极差为9.05,多样性指数为1.56,个体间平均距离以四川西昌湖北钉螺种群的最小,仅为1.37,而多样性指数以四川丹棱湖北钉螺种群的最小,为0.91。在不同光壳湖北钉螺种群中,以云南大理湖北钉螺个体间的平均距离最大,为1.90,但方差和极差以江苏宜兴的最大,分别为0.55和4.46。不同湖北钉螺种群内形态性状变异程度存在较大的差异,肋壳湖北钉螺种群内的形态性状变异程度普遍高于光壳湖北钉螺种群内的变异程度。     

不同产地大蝉草的ITS鉴定及氨基酸和核苷成分比较

采用ITS方法对来自安徽省六安市霍山县、浙江省杭州市西湖区天竺山、浙江省台州市临海市、江苏省溧阳市平桥镇平桥山、江苏省句容市磨盘山和福建省三明市三元区中村乡6个地区的疑似蝉花样品进行分子鉴定,结果均为大蝉草Cordyceps cicadae,即蝉花。采用氨基酸自动分析仪测定其含量,由高到低依次是：浙江杭州市天竺山、浙江台州市临海、江苏溧阳市平桥山、江苏句容市磨盘山、安徽六安市霍山县和福建三明市三元。使用高效液相色谱对6个产地的蝉花的核苷进行测定,结果表明江苏平桥蝉花的N-6-(2-羟乙基)腺苷含量最高,杭州天竺山蝉花黄嘌呤和胞嘧啶含量最低。     

南京地区耐寒常绿阔叶树种资源调查

南京地区地处亚热带北缘,是一些常绿阔叶树种自然分布的北界.通过对南京地区常绿阔叶树种的实地考察,表明南京地区有12种自然分布的常绿阔叶树种;目前园林上引种并已应用的有25种.另外,引种了109种能够露地栽培的常绿阔叶树种,其中乔木28种,灌木77种,藤本4种.可以认为南京地区是耐寒常绿阔叶树种引种分布的关键地区.     

A Preliminary Study on Cytology of Chinese Pteris

Cytological and biosystematic studies on the genus Pteris have made a great contribution to the theory of speciation and evolution in ferns. Sino-Japanese area is one of the speciation centers of this genus. But only a few Chinese species have been known cytologically. As a preliminary study, ten species of the genus Pteris and two species of the related genera Pteridium and Histiopteris were observed. All the materials were collected from southwest and south China. Their young sori were fixed in ethanol and glacial acetic acid (3:1), in the field. The preparations were made with acetocarmine squash method. The vouchers are deposited in PE. The results of observation are summarized in Table 1. Of Pteris, four species are agamosporous, eight are polyploid, six are actually the members of species complexes. Only two species are purely sexual diploids. Pteris cretica L. var. nervosa (Thunb.) Ching et S. H. Wu has 58 autobivalents at meiosis of spore mother cell, and usually produces 32 diplospores per sporangium. It is obviously an agamosporous diploid. Apart from 32-spored sporangium, some 4-, 8-, 16-, 64-, 13-, 34-, 36-spored, completely abortive or partly abortive sporangia were also found in the fixed material of a single individual. For explaining these unusual types of sporangia at least nine sporogenesis routes can be inferred. It may not be impossible that besides mainly producing functional diplospores, P. cretica var. nervosa also gives a few functional giant spores with a doubled or multiplied somatic chromosome number, which means that polyploids may be simply derived from the spores produced by their diploid parent. The spores in a sporangium are usually tetrahedral, but a few bilateral ones are also found in some sporangia. Sometimes, the bilateral spores are even more than the tetrahedral ones in a sporangium. Pteris vittata L. from the type locality shows 58 bivalents at diakinesis of meiosis. Without doubt, it is a sexual tetraploid, which was also found in south Guangdong and south Yunnan. However, Its natural ancestral diploid has been widely found in the subtropical regions of China, such as Sichuan, Guizhou, Yunnan and Hubei provinces. A sterile triploid with the chromosome number of n=201Ⅰ+26Ⅱ+5Ⅲ and a sterile tetraploid hybrid with the chromosome number of n=9Ⅰ+45Ⅱ+3Ⅲ+21Ⅴ were found in south Yunnan and south Guangdong respec tively. It is evident that P. vittata L. sensu lato is a species complex which includes several cy totypes. Its hexaploid form was reported from south India by Abraham et al. The distribu tion pattern of different cytotypes in P. vittata complex may indicate that the tropics is more favourable to formation and surviving of polyploid than the subtropics. However, it is most possible that Chinese subtropics is the origin place of the ancestral member in the P. vittata complex. In gross morphology, the tetraploid and triploid forms are only bigger and stronger than the diploid form. But the diploid can also grow rather big in cultivation. They can har dly be distinguished from each other. Therefore, they are not given formal names here. The author fully agree with Prof. T. Reichstein when he said in 1983 that it was hoped that a new nomenclature could be adopted for the cytotypes of species complex in future. The special chromosome number of Pteris deltodon Bak .was counted in this work for the first time. It has 55 bivalents at meiosis of SMC. This number is the only exception in the genus Pteris, and shows that aneuploidy may have taken place in this genus. However, the pos sibility can not be ruled out that P. deltodon is an allotetraploid came from two diploid species respectively with the chromosome number 26 and 29. Pteris gallinopes described by Prof. Ching in i983 is an agamosporous tetraploid with 116 autobivalents at meiosis, different from the related triploid species P. dactylina Hook. and P. henryi Christ. P. ensiformis Burm^。 P. muftifida Poir. and P. semipinnata L. are sexual tetraploids with n=58. P. excelsa Gaud. and P. oshimensis Hieron. var. paraemeiensis Ching are agamosporous triploids with n = 87 autobivalents. P. wallichiana Agardh is a sexual diploid with n=29. The high frequency of polyploids and agamospory among these random sampled Chinese species futher confirms the conclusion that both polyploidy and apomixis have played an important role in speciation and evolution of the genus Pteris. Pteridium aquilimum (L.) Kunh var. latiusculum (Desv.) Underw. ex Heller and Histiopteris incisa (Thunb.) J. Sm. have n=52 and n=96 respectively. They are both sexual tetraploids. Their chromosome numbers show again that the genera Pteridium and Histiopteris are distinquished from the genus Pteris by different basic numbers. This project is supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China.