高黎贡山花卉资源与赏花旅游初探

高黎贡山有完整的生物气候垂直带谱自然景观,多种植被类型和丰富的植物资源,目前已知有种子植物2门210科1086属4303种及变种,其中有较高观赏价值的花卉达62科320属1053种,是我国花卉资源最丰富的地区之一。高黎贡山花卉资源具有种类丰富,名花众多;珍稀,濒危植物多;植物区系成分复杂,起源古老,特有植物多;垂直分布明显,四季花卉不断;形态各异,色彩绚丽等特点,是开展赏花旅游的理想地方,笔者设计3条赏花旅游线中;（1）百花岭景区;（2）大蒿坪景区;（3）大塘大树杜鹃景区。为高黎贡山开展赏花旅游提供思路。     

西藏色季拉山蕨类植物资源特征

为了摸清色季拉山蕨类植物资源的种类和资源特征,为该区蕨类开发利用提供依据。该研究通过查阅《西藏植物志》和标本,结合色季拉山多年植物调查名录,对该区野生蕨类植物进行统计分析,并对其用途进行了描述。结果显示:(1)色季拉山共有蕨类植物资源29科、57属、196种(包括变种和变型),分别占西藏蕨类植物总科、属、种的65.91%、45.24%、41.70%;优势科为鳞毛蕨科(3属/50种)、水龙骨科(9属/31种)、蹄盖蕨科(7属/22种)、中国蕨科(6属/14种),优势属为鳞毛蕨属(27种)、耳蕨属(19种)。(2)色季拉山蕨类植物的地理成分以热带类型的科和属占优势(分别占非世界分布科、属的80.00%、68.18%),具有明显的热带性质;生态分布类型以陆生为主(118种,占60.20%),其次为附生(45种,占22.96%)。(3)色季拉山共有药用蕨类植物66种,且以清热药种类最多(30种);观赏蕨类植物共有71种(其中新增加23种);食用蕨类植物共有14种,且多以嫩叶或嫩茎或根状茎为食;少数蕨类还具有指示、工业原料、饲料和绿肥等方面的作用。研究表明,色季拉山蕨类植物资源种类丰富,在西藏蕨类植物区系中占很大比例,具有很高的开发利用价值。     

西藏色季拉山野生药用植物资源多样性及其保护与利用

该研究采取路线调查、样方套记录、野外标本采集鉴定以及查阅文献资料等方法,对色季拉山野生药用植物多样性进行了系统普查分析,为该区野生药用植物资源的保护、利用和系统研究提供科学依据。结果显示:(1)色季拉山共有野生药用植物104科350属647种,其中蕨类植物13科15属22种,裸子植物2科3属9种,被子植物89科332属616种。草本野生药用植物478种,占总种数的73.88%;木本植物169种,占总种数的26.12%;全草类、根与根茎类药用植物最多,分别占药用植物总种数的46.21%和30.14%。(2)含1~5种的单种科和寡种科为绝对多数,占色季拉山野生药用植物总科数的72.11%,但仅占药用植物总种数的22.57%;而含种数最多的7科,只占总科数的6.73%,却共含255种之多,占总种数的39.41%,对色季拉山药用植物资源的构建起主导作用。(3)含有1个种的属最多,占总属数的64.00%,色季拉山药用植物没有明显优势的大属,表明属的构成较为复杂多样。(4)清热是色季拉山药用植物的主要功效,共有260种清热药用植物,占药用植物总种数的40.19%。(5)民族药用植物83科249属360种,占色季拉山野生药用植物总种数的55.64%。其中,藏药植物在民族药用植物中所占比例最大,共有63科156属235种,占民族药用植物总种数65.28%。研究表明,色季拉山野生药用植物种类多样性较高,药用植物生活型、部位、药效、民族用药类型丰富,但部分珍稀濒危资源如云南红景天、天麻、西藏八角莲等个体数量极少,建议建立专门的保护区,加强对野生药用植物资源及其原生境的保护,并加强人工繁育研究,针对资源储量制定适度合理的采摘利用量,以期实现野生药用植物资源的可持续利用。     

色季拉山野外观花

<正>色季拉山位于西藏自治区林芝县,地处雅鲁藏布江中下游,藏东南林区腹心地带。色季拉山海拔4728米,站在山巅之上,可以尽情地观赏日出、云海、林海,还可以远眺峻美的南迦巴瓦峰。色季拉山地理位置特殊,地形地貌复杂多样,其植被变化明显,植物资源极其丰富多样。色季拉山记录的维管束植物有130科510     

西藏东南部色季拉山兰科植物的区系特征和物种多样性

对我国西藏东南部色季拉山兰科植物的区系地理特征和物种多样性进行了研究.结果表明:1.色季拉山有兰科植物35属67种,是西藏兰科植物分布最为丰富的地域之一;2.色季拉山兰科植物生活型齐全,陆生、附生、腐生3种类型皆有,陆生兰最多,共21属42种,分别占总属数和总种数的60.00％和62.69％,附生兰有11属21种,腐生兰有4属4种;3.就6个海拔带分析,色季拉山兰科植物的物种分布数量呈现随海拔升高逐渐减少的趋势,其中陆生兰从低到高分布于整个山体的各个海拔带,附生兰所有种均分布在中低海拔,4种腐生兰在该区内仅分布在2 800 ～3 730 m比较狭窄的区域内;4.兰科物种的分布区类型表明:色季拉山兰科植物区系成分比较复杂,热带成分和温带成分属相当,以热带成分稍多,而就种的类型看,热带分布类型相对较少,温带分布类型占较大优势,共有43种,占总种数的64.18％,反映了色季拉山兰科植物区系为热带与温带相交错,并向温带过渡的性质;其次,种的类型内东亚分布最多,共有30种,占总种数的44.78％,占温带分布的69.77％,其中中国-喜马拉雅分布变型20种,占东亚分布的66.67％,反映了色季拉山区兰科植物区系具有一定的高山植物区系的特色.中国特有分布12种,也证实了该区兰科植物区系具有特有现象发达的年轻性及其较强的衍化、特化性质.     

色季拉山珍稀濒危植物优先保护研究

以西藏色季拉山16科、49属、87种珍稀濒危植物为研究对象,通过对其评价指标的定量化和权重分配处理,求得物种的“濒危系数”和“优先保护值”,确定了物种濒危等级和优先保护等级.结果表明:(1)西藏色季拉山的87种植物中有1种处于极危状态,13种处于濒危状态,55种处于易危状态,18种处于近危状态.(2)西藏色季拉山有一级保护植物23种,二级保护植物53种,三级保护植物11种.(3)该研究结果与各种保护植物名录的濒危等级和优先保护级别存在较大差异,大部分植物在本区受威胁程度加强,应引起足够重视.     

西藏色季拉山药用种子植物区系研究

该研究根据国家中医药管理局全国第四次中药资源普查的标准,在色季拉山设置样方63套,每套样方中设1个10 m×10 m的乔木样方,1个5 m×5 m的灌木藤本样方和4个2 m×2 m的草本样方,调查记录海拔、经纬度、坡度、坡向等地理信息以及样地内每个物种的高度、盖度、株数等生物学信息,分析该区药用种子植物区系的基本组成、地理成分以及相对应的药用植物功效。结果表明:色季拉山有药用种子植物91科335属625种(含变种),分别占西藏种子植物科、属、种的55.49%,29.26%和11.80%。分布区类型多样,科的分布区分为7个分布区及5个亚型,热带科25个(占非世界分布科数的49.02%),温带科26个(占非世界分布科数的50.98%)。属的分布区分为13个分布区及13个亚型,热带属52个(占总属数的15.52%),温带属236个(占总属数的70.45%)。种的分布区类型,以温带成分为主,在625种药用种子植物中,温带种429个,占总种数的68.64%,在该区占优势。此外,该区药用植物的古老成分缺乏。特有成分很低,无中国特有科分布,中国特有属1个,中国特有种176个(其中西藏特有种21个)。色季拉山药用种子植物资源丰富,区系分布类型多样,起源于热带—亚热带成分,现以温带性质为主,说明该区处于热带向温带的过渡地带。从各药用植物的区系分布类型来看,所含药用植物具有较多样的药用功效。     

色季拉山区高寒山地植物的生态特征

通过野外调查和现有文献资料,分析了色季拉山高寒地带植物的构成特征,结果表明:该区有种子植物33科103属285种,其中双子叶植物有26科77属236种,裸子植物有1科1属4种,中国特有植物125种,占总种数的44.01%,西藏特有植物53种,占18.66%。在整个高山寒带中,草本有239种,占83.86%,其中多年生草本230种。植被区系组成、群落植物生活型和叶的性质等特征总体都反映了植被的温带性质。并阐述了该区高山植物对高山恶劣气候环境相适应的形态结构特征。     

色季拉山柳兰属观赏植物资源调查及网脉柳兰育苗技术研究

2007-2008年,在西藏色季拉山先后进行了3次柳兰属Chamaenerion观赏植物资源的调查,并于2008年进行了网脉柳兰C.conspersum的育苗试验,调查和试验结果发现:(1)色季拉山有两种观赏价值较高的柳兰属植物,分别是柳兰C.angustifolium、网脉柳兰,而宽叶柳兰C.latifolaum的分...     

广西元宝山自然保护区珍稀野生花卉资源

元宝山有完整的亚热带气候垂直带谱自然景观、多种植被类型和丰富的植物资源。对元宝山自然保护区珍稀野生花卉资源调查结果表明,本地区有珍稀野生花卉有71科131属170种,其中蕨类植物15科17属20种、裸子植物1科2属2种、被子植物55科112属148种。根据本区珍稀野生花卉的现状与特点,选出25种具有开发前景的珍稀野生花卉,提出园林配置方式,并对资源保护和开发利用提出建议。     

Role for dopamine in malonate-induced damage in vivo in striatum and in vitro in mesencephalic cultures

Defects in mitochondrial energy metabolism have been implicated in the pathology of several neurodegenerative disorders. In addition, the reactive metabolites generated from the metabolism and oxidation of the neurotransmitter dopamine (DA) are thought to contribute to the damage to neurons of the basal ganglia. We have previously demonstrated that infusions of the metabolic inhibitor malonate into the striata of mice or rats produce degeneration of DA nerve terminals. In the present studies, we demonstrate that an intrastriatal infusion of malonate induces a substantial increase in DA efflux in awake, behaving mice as measured by in vivo microdialysis. Furthermore, pretreatment of mice with tetrabenazine (TBZ) or the TBZ analogue Ro 4-1284 (Ro-4), compounds that reversibly inhibit the vesicular storage of DA, attenuates the malonate-induced DA efflux as well as the damage to DA nerve terminals. Consistent with these findings, the damage to both DA and GABA neurons in mesencephalic cultures by malonate exposure was attenuated by pretreatment with TBZ or Ro-4. Treatment with these compounds did not affect the formation of free radicals or the inhibition of oxidative phosphorylation resulting from malonate exposure alone. Our data suggest that DA plays an important role in the neurotoxicity produced by malonate. These findings provide direct evidence that inhibition of succinate dehydrogenase causes an increase in extracellular DA levels and indicate that bioenergetic defects may contribute to the pathogenesis of chronic neurodegenerative diseases through a mechanism involving DA.     

Scurvy in capybaras bred in captivity in Argentine

In order to determine if the absence of vitamin C in the diet of capybaras (Hydrochoerus hydrochaeris) causes scurvy, a group of seven young individuals were fed food pellets without ascorbic acid, while another group of eight individuals received the same food with 1 g of ascorbic acid per animal per day. Animals in the first group developed signs of scurvy-like gingivitis, breaking of the incisors and death of one animal. Clinical signs appeared between 25 and 104 days from the beginning of the trial in all individuals. Growth rates of individuals deprived of vitamin C was considerably less than those observed in the control group. Deficiency of ascorbic acid had a severe effect on reproduction of another population of captive capybaras. We found that the decrease in ascorbic acid content in the diet affected pregnancy, especially during the first stages. The results obtained suggest that it is necessary to supply a suitable quantity of vitamin C in the diet of this species in captivity.     

Changes in lactate dehydrogenase activity in chicken tissues in hyperthyreosis in ontogenesis

The lactate dehydrogenase activity in reactions of lactate oxidation and synthesis was studied in subfractions of the chicken brain, heart and liver at the embryonal, early postembryonal and adult stages of development after thyroxine administration. It has been shown that during embryogenesis thyroxine predominantly enhanced the rate of lactate oxidation in the mitochondrial tissues. A marked increase in the lactate synthesis was found in cytoplasm of the adult chicken tissues. Specificity of enzyme activity alterations was detected in the chicken brain during ontogenesis after thyroxine administration.     

SSTR5 ablation in islet results in alterations in glucose homeostasis in mice

Somatostatin (SST) peptide is a potent inhibitor of insulin secretion and its effect is mediated via somatostatin receptor 5 (SSTR5) in the endocrine pancreas. To investigate the consequences of gene ablation of SSTR5 in the mouse pancreas, we have generated a mouse model in which the SSTR5 gene was specifically knocked down in the pancreatic beta cells (betaSSTR5Kd) using the Cre-lox system. Immunohistochemistry analysis showed that SSTR5 gene expression was absent in beta cells at three months of age. At the time of gene ablation, betaSSTR5Kd mice demonstrated glucose intolerance with lack of insulin response and significantly reduced serum insulin levels. Insulin tolerance test demonstrated a significant increase of insulin clearance in vivo at the same age. In vitro studies demonstrated an absence of response to SST-28 stimulation in the betaSSTR5Kd mouse islet, which was associated with a significantly reduced SST expression level in betaSSTR5Kd mice pancreata. In addition, betaSSTR5Kd mice had significantly reduced serum glucose levels and increased serum insulin levels at 12 months of age. Glucose tolerance test at an older age also indicated a persistently higher insulin level in betaSSTR5Kd mice. Further studies of betaSSTR5Kd mice had revealed elevated serum C-peptide levels at both 3 and 12 months of age, suggesting that these mice are capable of producing and releasing insulin to the periphery. These results support the hypothesis that SSTR5 plays a pivotal role in the regulation of insulin secretion in the mouse pancreas.