广西锥属植物一新种

<正> 龙州锥 (新种) 图版1 本种与淋漓锥近缘,但本种的叶片两面无毛且同色,叶缘有锯齿状裂齿,有时为钝裂齿,网状叶脉纤细而明显,果序较短,有果较少数,壳斗及坚果较大,壳斗的鳞片被毛,覆瓦状松弛排列,可作区别特征。 乔木,高5—8米,树干胸径8—15厘米,树皮灰棕色,当年生枝浑圆,粗壮,无毛,干后近暗棕色,密生淡黄色、细圆点状皮孔;新生芽阔卵形,顶端钝,长及宽均约3毫米,芽鳞无毛或边缘有稀疏短毛。叶硬报质,卵形,椭圆形或披针形,稀倒卵形,连叶柄长8—     

DNA barcoding for the discrimination of Eurasian yews (Taxus L., Taxaceae) and the discovery of cryptic species

There is currently international interest in the application of DNA barcoding as a tool for plant species discrimination and identification. In this study, we evaluated the utility of five candidate plant DNA barcoding regions [rbcL, matK, trnH-psbA, trnL-F and internal transcribed spacer (ITS)] in Eurasian yews. This group of species is taxonomically difficult because of a lack of clear-cut morphologically differences between species and hence represents a good test case for DNA barcoding. Forty-seven accessions were analysed, representing all taxa treated in current floristic works and covering most of the distribution range of Taxus in Eurasia. As single loci, trnL-F and ITS showed the highest species discriminatory power, each resolving 11 of 11 lineages (= barcode taxa). Species discrimination using matK, trnH-psbA and rbcL individually was lower, with matK resolving 8 of 10, trnH-psbA 7 of 11 and rbcL 5 of 11 successfully sequenced lineages. The proposed CBOL core barcode (rbcL + matK) resolved 8 of 11 lineages. Combining loci generally increased the robustness (measured by clade support) of the barcoding discrimination. Based on overall performance, trnL-F and ITS, separately or combined, are proposed as barcode for Eurasian Taxus. DNA barcoding discriminated recognized taxa of Eurasian Taxus, namely T. baccata, T. cuspidata, T. fuana and T. sumatrana, and identified seven lineages among the T. wallichiana group, some with distinct geographical distributions and morphologies, and potentially representing new species. Using the proposed DNA barcode, a technical system can be established to rapidly and reliably identify Taxus species in Eurasia for conservation protection and for monitoring illegal trade.     

Reinstatement of the name Lithocarpus longinux (Fagaceae)

The name Lithocarpus longinux (Hu) Chun ex Y. C. Hsu & H. W. Jen is reinstated. It used to be treated as a synonym of L. areca (Hickel & A. Camus) A. Camus, but morphological characters of cupules and leaves support the reinstatement. These two species, together with L. longzhouicus (C. C. Huang & Y. T. Chang) J. Q. Li & L. Chen, make up a small group that is distributed in limestone areas and have similar morphological characters. A key is provided to distinguish between them, and their is discussed.     

New discoveries of cycads and advancement of conservation of cycads in China

From 1997 to 1999Cycas debaoensis Y. C. Zhong & C. J. Chen andC. changjiangensis N. Liu were described from South China. The wild populations ofCycas szechuanensis were discovered in Fujian.Cycas guizhouensis K. M. Lan & R. F. Zou at the higher elevations andC. segmentifida D. Y. Wang & C. Y. Deng at the lower elevations along the Nanpanjiang River should be good species, which were treated by Chen and Wang (1995) and Chen and Stevenson (1999) as synonyms forC. szechuanensis. However, 11 other new species have been reduced by Chen and Stevenson (1999) and the present authors. They areC. longlinensis Huang T. Chang & Y. C. Zhong,C. xilinensis Huang T. Chang & Y. C. Zhong, C.multifida Huang T. Chang & Y. C. Zhong, C.longiconifera Huang T. Chang & Y. C. Zhong, andC. acuminatissima Huang T. Chang & Y. C. Zhong, all treated as synonyms ofC. segmentifida. Cycas spiniformis J. Y. Liang,C. longisporophylla F. N. Wei,C. septermsperma Huang T. Chang & H. X. Zhang,C. brevipinnata Huang T. Chang et al. should be synonyms forC. exseminifera F. N. Wei.Cycas miquelii Warb, andEpicycas miquelii (Warb.) de Laub, should be the synonyms forC revoluta because their “stype” specimens are somewhat likeC. revoluta. The Honghe Nature Cycad Reserve forCycas multipinnata andC. hongheensis was recently established in Yunnan. The Debao Cycad Reserve will be established soon. However, most existing cycad reserves in China have not been so successful because of shortages of funding and poor management. In ex situ conservation the Qingxiushan Cycad Garden in Nanning, Guangxi, was established. Cycad nurseries have begun to appear in some villages in South China.     

雷公青冈和滇南青冈学名订正

分布于华南的雷公青冈Quercus hui Chun和分布于云南及广西的滇南青冈Q.austroglauca(Y.T.Chang)Y.T.Chang长期被认为是我国特有植物,实则分别为越南北部分布的Q.auricoma A.Camus和云南东南部分布的龙迈青冈Q.lungmaiensis(Hu)C.C.Huang & ...     

中国香港17种植物新记录

报道了香港17种植物新记录:无配膜叶铁角蕨[Hymenasplenium apogamum(N.Murak.&Hatan.)Nakaike]、似薄唇蕨(Leptochilus decurrens Blume)、穿心藤[Amydrium hainanense(H.Li,Y.Shiao&S.L.Tseng)H.Li]、毛背...     

中国壳斗科柯属一新记录及二新异名

通过对中国主要标本馆壳斗科柯属标本的整理,发现一中国分布新记录种防城柯。基于标本形态学特征将光果柯和川柯分别作为硬壳柯和圆锥柯的异名进行归并。     

Molecular systematics of Trilliaceae II. Phylogenetic analyses of Trillium and its allies using sequences of rbcL and matK genes of cpDNA and internal transcribed spacers of 18S–26S nrDNA

Coding regions of the rbcL and matK genes of cp DNA and internal transcribed spacers (ITS) of nuclear ribosomal DNA were sequenced to study phylogenetic relationships within and among all four genera of Trilliaceae: Trillium, Paris, Daiswa and Kinugasa . The rbcL gene has evolved much slower than matK and in particular ITS; hence the phylogenetic trees based on the rbcL gene show a much lower resolution than trees based on either matK or ITS. The general topology of phylogenetic trees resulting from separate parsimony analyses of the matK and ITS sequences are relatively congruent, with the exception of the placement of T. pusillum . Both matK and ITS phylogenies reveal that T. rivale diverges at the base of the trees. In both trees, Paris, Daiswa and Kinugasa form a relatively weakly supported group. Within this group, the allo-octaploid Kinugasa japonica is the sister group of Daiswa species. The Paris–Daiswa – Kinugasa group, the major Trillium group, and T. undulatum and T. govanianum showed a loosely related topology, but their affinities are not evident according to these two molecular markers. However, phylogenetic analysis of amino acid sequences derived from matK shows that T. rivale together with clades T. undulatum–T. govanianum, Daiswa–Kinugasa and Paris is basally diverged as a sister group to the remainder of Trillium .     

New synonymies of some species of Pittosporum (Pittosporaceae)

As part of a revision of Chinese Pittosporum Banks ex Gaertn. for the forthcoming account of Pittosporaceae in “Flora of China”, Volume 9, eight names, all described from China, are reduced to synonymy as follows: P. illicioides Makino var. angustifolium T. C. Huang ex S. Y. Lu, syn. nov. and P. illicioides var. stenophyllum P. L. Chiu ex H. T. Chang & S. Z. Yan, syn. nov., both under P. illicioides; P. densinervatum H. T. Chang & S. Z. Yan, syn. nov. and P. longicarpum S. K. Wu ex C. Y. Wu, syn. nov., both under P. kweichowense Gowda var. kweichowense; P. polycarpum H. T. Chang & S. Z. Yan, syn. nov. under P. paniculiferum H. T. Chang & S. Z. Yan; P. membranifolium S. C. Huang ex C. Y. Wu, syn. nov. under P. perryanum Gowda var. perryanum; P. motanthum C. Y. Wu, syn. nov. under P. podocarpum Gagnep. var. podocarpum; and P. tobira (Thunb.) W. T Aiton var. chinense S. Kobayashi, syn. nov. under P. tobira.     

海桐花属一些种类的新异名

作为对英文版“Flora of China”海桐花科的分类学修订结果,提出了海桐花属6个种的8个新异名,并分别进行了讨论。     

华南大戟科植物增补(续)

本文续报中国南部3种大戟科植物,其中分布于广东的鼎湖巴豆Crotondinghuensis为新种;分布于贵州和广西的贵州巴豆Crotonguizhouensis为新名称;绿叶巴豆Crotonxiaopadou为改级新组合。     

A Molecular Phylogeny of Costaceae (Zingiberales)

The phylogenetic relationships of Costaceae, a tropical monocotyledonous family sister to the gingers (Zingiberaceae), were investigated with a combination of two chloroplast loci (the trnL-F locus, including the trnL intron, the 3'trnL exon, and the trnL-F intergenic spacer, and the trnK locus, including the trnK intron and the matK coding region) and one nuclear locus (ITS1-5.8s-ITS2). The resulting parsimony analysis of selected taxa that demonstrate the range of floral morphological variation in the family shows that the Cadalvena-type [corrected] floral morphology is ancestral to the group and that both Tapeinochilos species and a Monocostus + Dimerocostus clade represent recent divergences. The genus Costus is broadly paraphyletic but Costus subgenus Eucostus K. Schum. represents a large monophyletic radiation that is poorly resolved. Within this clade, secondary analyses suggest that pollination syndrome, traditionally used for taxonomic and classification purposes within the genus Costus, is a relatively plastic trait of limited phylogenetic utility. This represents the first detailed investigation into intrageneric and interspecific evolutionary relationships within the family Costaceae and presents some novel evolutionary trends with respect to floral morphology and biogeography.     

Revisiting the phylogeny of Ranunculeae: Implications for divergence time estimation and historical biogeography

Previous studies based on different molecular datasets have generated conflicting topologies for Ranunculeae. Here, we revisit the phylogeny of Ranunculeae by analyzing the individual matK/trnK, psbJ-petA, and internal transcribed spacer (ITS) data, the combined matK/trnK, psbJ-petA, and ITS dataset, and the combinedrbcL, trnL-F, matK/trnK, psbJ-petA, and ITS dataset. Based on the tree-based comparisons, blast searches against NCBI of the sequences, and close examination of the alignment, we found that 10 psbJ-petA sequences previously used were questionable (erroneous or problematic) and responsible for previous conflicting topologies. After omitting these questionable sequences, we provide a new phylogeny for Ranunculeae, in which Beckwithia–Cyrtorhyncha, Kumlienia, andPeltocalathos were replaced. These new replacements are supported by corresponding morphological characters. Moreover, three previously proposed intercontinental disjunct distributions within Ranunculus were also refuted. In our framework, our divergence time and biogeographic analyses indicate that divergence time estimates and the ancestral areas reconstructed for 10 of the 15 nodes in the genus-level phylogeny were influenced by elimination of the questionable sequences. The most recent common ancestor of Ranunculeae was inferred to be present in Europe and North America during the late Eocene. Clades I and II began to diversify in Europe and North America, respectively, and subsequently migrated to other continents. This study shows that it is necessary to analyze individual chloroplast DNA region datasets separately to detect questionable sequences early in the study. The combined dataset including the questionable sequences resulted in an erroneous phylogenetic tree, and the use of this tree subsequently affected age estimates and biogeographic analyses.     

Prospects for discriminating Zingiberaceae species in India using DNA barcodes

We evaluated nine plastid(matK, rbcL, rpoC1, rpoB,rpl36-rps8, ndhJ, trnL-F, trnH-psbA, accD) and two nuclear(ITS and ITS2) barcode loci in family Zingiberaceae by analyzing 60 accessions of 20 species belonging to seven genera from India.Bidirectional sequences were recovered for every plastid locus by direct sequencing of polymerase chain reaction(PCR)amplicons in all the accessions tested. However, only 35(58%)and 40 accessions(66%) yielded ITS and ITS2 sequences,respectively, by direct sequencing. In different bioinformatics analyses, matK and rbcL consistently resolved 15 species(75%)into monophyletic groups and five species into two paraphyletic groups. The 173 ITS sequences, including 138 cloned sequences from 23 accessions, discriminated only 12 species(60%), and the remaining species were entered into three paraphyletic groups. Phylogenetic and genealogic analyses of plastid and ITS sequences imply the possible occurrence of natural hybridizations in the evolutionary past in giving rise to species paraphyly and intragenomic ITS heterogeneity in the species tested. The results support using matK and rbcL loci for barcoding Zingiberaceae members and highlight the poor utility of ITS and the highly regarded ITS2 in barcoding this family, and also caution against proposing ITS loci for barcoding taxa based on limited sampling.     

天童几种常绿阔叶林优势种在砍伐后萌枝更新的初步研究

对以萌生方式形成的木荷、石栎、苦槠、栲树、米槠植株的根桩和萌枝状况进行了调查及测量。结果显示各种类萌枝数的大小顺序是:木荷>苦槠>石栎>米槠>栲树;结合萌枝状况可以推断萌枝能力的大小顺序应该是:木荷>苦槠>石栎>栲树>米槠。砍伐对木荷、石栎、苦槠、栲树、米槠萌芽更新都会造成影响,对栲树、米槠影响更大,而对木荷、石栎、苦槠影响较小。从植物萌生角度来说,这是形成研究地区大面积的以木荷、石栎、苦槠为优势种组成的次生灌丛的主要原因。     

Molecular phylogeny of selected Old World Astragalus (Fabaceae): incongruence among chloroplast trnL-F, ndhF and nuclear ribosomal DNA ITS sequences

This study reports maximum parsimony and Bayesian phylogenetic analyses of selected Old World Astragalus using two chloroplast fragments including trnL-F and ndhF and the nuclear ribosomal internal transcribed spacer (nrDNA ITS). A total of 52 taxa including 34 euploid Old World and New World Astragalus , one aneuploid species from the Neo-Astragalus clade as a representative and 14 other Astragalean taxa, plus Cheseneya astragalina and two species of Caragana as outgroups were analyzed for both trnL-F and nrDNA ITS regions. ndhF was analyzed in 30 taxa and the same number for the combination of these three datasets were examined. In general, the trnL-F dataset and the ndhF and nrDNA ITS datasets generated more or less the same clades within Astragalus . However, in the trnL-F and ndhF phylogenies, Astragalus species are not gathered in a single clade, the so-called Astragalus s.s., as indicated by the nrDNA ITS tree. Visual inspection of these three phylogenies revealed that they were inconsistent regarding the position and relationships of Astragalus hemsleyi , A. ophiocarpus , A. annularis–A. epiglottis / Astragalus pelecinus, A. echinatus and A. arizonicus . Incongruence length difference test suggested that the trnL-F , ndhF and nrDNA ITS datasets were incongruent. In spite of this, phylogenetic analyses of the combined datasets as one unit or as three partitions generated trees that were topologically similar as a mix of the cpDNA and the nrDNA ITS trees. However, the combined dataset provided more resolved and statistically supported clades. The recently described A. memoriosus appeared closely related to A. stocksii (both from sect. Caraganella ) based on both trnL-F and nrDNA ITS sequences.     

蒟蒻薯属 (薯蓣科) 植物DNA条形码研究

蒟蒻薯属（Tacca）植物种间在形态上差别不大,导致分类上存在一定的困难。DNA条形码是一种利用短的DNA标准片段来鉴别和发现物种的方法。本研究利用核基因ITS片段和叶绿体基因trnH psbA, rbcL, matK片段对蒟蒻薯属6个种的DNA条形码进行研究,对4个DNA片段可用性,种内种间变异,barcode gap进行了分析,采用Tree based和BBA两种方法比较不同序列的鉴定能力。结果显示：单片段ITS正确鉴定率最高,片段组合rbcL+matK正确鉴定率最高。支持CBOL植物工作组推荐的条码组合rbcL+matK可作为蒟蒻薯属物种鉴定的标准条码,建议ITS片段作为候选条码。丝须蒟蒻薯Tacca integrifolia采自西藏的居群与马来西亚居群形成了2个不同的遗传分支,且两者在形态上也存在一定的差异,很可能是一个新种。     

Phylogenetic relationships among Strobilanthes s.l. (Acanthaceae): evidence from ITS nrDNA, trnL-F cpDNA, and morphology

Chloroplast trnL-F sequence data, nuclear ribosomal internal transcribed spacer (ITS) sequence data, and morphology were used to analyze phylogenetic relationships among members of the subtribe Strobilanthinae. Parsimony and maximum likelihood analyses of trnL-F indicate that the Strobilanthinae are a monophyletic group. While parsimony analysis of ITS recovers a nonmonophyletic subtribe, maximum likelihood analysis of ITS corroborates results from trnL-F and suggests that systematic error is impacting on ITS parsimony analysis. A combined ITS and trnL-F analysis strengthens the signal and also recovers a monophyletic subtribe. All analyses indicate that Hemigraphis, Sericocalyx, and Strobilanthes are nonmonophyletic. With one exception, all morphological characters included in a combined ITS and morphological analysis are homoplastic. The prospect for a new informative generic classification of the Strobilanthinae aiming to recognize and diagnose only monophyletic groups is considered. While some groups can be diagnosed, adequate diagnosis of the majority of groups remains problematic. Consequently, a single expanded genus Strobilanthes sensu lato is proposed at the level of the well-supported and monophyletic Strobilanthinae.     

中国11个维管束植物分类群名称原白中错误信息之更正

根据《国际藻类、菌物和植物命名法规》（深圳法规）条款9.2的要求,对中国11个维管束植物分类群名称原白中主模式指定的错误信息做了更正,这些名称是绒毛叶轮木（Holotype of Ostodes kuangii Y. T. Chang）、披针叶鹅耳枥（Holotype of Carpinus lancilimba Hu）、滇马蹄果（Holotype of Santiria yunnanensis Hu）、长尾观音座莲（Holotype of Angiopteris caudipinna Ching）、长萼黄芪（Holotype of Astragalus longicalyx C. C. Ni & P. C. Li）、越南油茶（Holotype of Camellia vietnamensis T. C. Huang ex Hu）、宽叶丛茎滇紫草（Holotype of Onosma waddellii f. latifolium W. T. Wang）、细齿堇菜（Holotype of Viola microdonta C. C. Chang）、糙叶毛蕨（Holotype of Cyclosorus scaberulus Ching）、两型叶乳源槭（Holotype of Acer chunii subsp. dimorphophyllum Fang）和南荻（Holotype of Miscanthus lutarioriparius L. Liu ex S. L.Chen & Renvoize）。这些名称的主模式标本均收藏在中国科学院植物研究所国家植物标本馆（PE）。     

Relationships and evolution of matK in a group of leafless orchids (Corallorhiza and Corallorhizinae; Orchidaceae: Epidendroideae)

Corallorhizinae are a small group of Old and New World temperate orchids of which a core monophyletic group comprises Govenia, Cremastra, Aplectrum, Oreorchis and the leafless Corallorhiza, and which according to phylogenetic analysis of nuclear ITS and plastid matK sequences, are related in this way: (Govenia (Cremastra (Aplectrum (Oreorchis (Corallorhiza))))). This hypothesis is consistent with the progressive deletion of the trnK intron and matK ORF. Frameshift-resulting indels yield a predicted loss of translation for the critical "domain X" region of matK and are evidence that matK is a probable pseudogene in Aplectrum, Oreorchis, and Corallorhiza. Within Corallorhiza, a previous hypothesis based on plastid DNA restriction site analysis is confirmed, with the thickened-labellum C. striata group being sister to the thin-labellum remainder of the genus, within which the circumboreal C. trifida is sister to the remainder, which then comprise two further sister groups: C. maculata + C. bulbosa + C. mertensiana and C. odontorhiza + C. wisteriana. A close relationship between C. striata and the recently described Appalachian C. bentleyi is shown; in particular, C. bentleyi is more closely allied to a southern Mexican population of C. striata than it is to northern North American C. striata populations, suggesting that two lineages, each with Mexican and northern North American populations, exist within the C. striata group.