Molecular Systematics of Threatened Seed Plant Species Endemic in the Caribbean Islands

A review of available Caribbean Island red-lists species (CR and EN categories based on the IUCN guidelines from 2001, and E category established according to the IUCN guidelines from 1980) is presented. A database of over 1,300 endemic species that are either Critically Endangered or Endangered sensu IUCN was created. There are molecular systematic studies available for 112 of them. Six of these species (in six genera) are the only members of early divergent lineages that are sister to groups composed of a large number of clades. Seven of the species (in seven genera) belong to clades that have a small number of taxa but are sister to species/genus-rich clades. Ten of the species (in six genera) are sister to taxa restricted to South America or nested in clades endemic to this region. Fifty-seven of the species (in 35 genera) are sister to Caribbean Island endemic species. Erigeron belliastroides, an Endangered (EN) Cuban endemic, is sister to the Galapagos genus Darwiniothamnus. The phylogenetic placement of four of the threatened species resulted in changes in their taxonomic placement; they belong to polyphyletic or paraphyletic genera.     

中国海南奥利蛛属1新种（蜘蛛目：巨蟹蛛科）

本文报道了采自海南岛的巨蟹蛛科奥利蛛属Oliosl新种：指奥利蛛Oliosdigitatus sp．nov．。模式标本保存于河北大学博物馆。指奥利蛛,新种Oliosdigitatus sp．nov．（图1-4）正模♂,海南省昌江黎族自治县霸王岭镇,2009—5—25,张超采。副模2♂♂,海南省昌江黎族自治县霸王岭镇,2009—5—25,张超采。鉴别特征：在奥利蛛属Olios的种类中,本新种的生殖器官与Olios scalptor Jager＆Ono,2001非常相似,但具有以下特征可以区别：本新种雄蛛触肢器胫节突端半部指状;引导器半透明膜状,基部比端部厚,且基部具皱褶。词源学：以雄蛛触肢器胫节突的形状命名。地理分布：海南     

海南岛青冈属（壳斗科）一新种

描述海南岛青冈属一新种—燕千青冈。     

海南省尖峰岭保护区海南特有两栖类分布和种群密度调查

2005年8月、10月和2006年3月、7月,4次对海南省尖峰岭自然保护区的两栖类进行了专项调查,共发现海南特有两栖类8种,样带法计算种群数量最大的是细刺蛙（681只／km^2）,依次为脆皮蛙（376只／km^2）、小湍蛙（298只／km^2）、海南溪树蛙（207只/km^2）、海南湍蛙（90只／km^2）、海南疣螈（31只／km^2）、鳞皮厚蹼蟾（12只／km^2）、眼斑小树蛙（4只／km^2）。建议保护区对这些特有种开展长期的种群数量监测和分布范围调查。     

海南岛含笑属(木兰科)二新植物

海南岛发现(木兰科)含笑属二新植物。     

海南岛两栖动物调查及珍稀和特有种的测量数据

1995年至2005年对海南岛进行了多次两栖动物调查,海南师范大学生物系每年进行本科生动物学野外实习,也采集了大量的两栖动物标本。所有标本均保存在生物系标本室内,经整理编号,统计共有955号,分类鉴定得35种,分别隶属16属7科2目。本文报道整理结果,并将其中海南特有物种及国内分布区狭窄的个别物种的测量数据加以报道,以供参考。     

青海种子植物特有种及其生态地理分布

主要依据中国科学院西北高原生物研究所青藏高原生物标本馆内所存标本为基础,结合对相关资料的全面收集,整理出青海特有植物82种和37变种,隶属19科54属。文中除了分科、属列出每个种或种下类型在青海境内到县一级的产地、生境和海拔高度等以外,还列出了它们的原始文献和可供引证、查阅的标本号。是研究青海高原植物区系的组成、性质和特点以及发生和演变规律等方面问题的基础资料。     

海南岛芒果园蜘蛛种类新名录

继2006年报道海南儋州地区芒果园蜘蛛32种的基础上,笔者于2006年至2008年调查又发现海南芒果园蜘蛛70种,分属于11科,42属,其中包括1个中国新记录种和1个海南新记录种。     

海南岛菜萨蛛属2新种（蜘蛛目：球蛛科）

作者在进行中国海南岛及西沙群岛无脊椎动物资源调查研究时,发现了蜘蛛目球蛛科莱萨蛛属2新种,命名为半月莱萨蛛Lasaeola lunata sp．nov．和锥莱萨蛛Lasaeola fastigata sp．nov．。所有标本均保存在河北大学生命科学学院。文中测量单位为mm。     

Seed Germination Biology of the Narrowly Endemic Species Lesquerella stonensis (Brassicaceae)

Abstract Lesquerella stonensis (Brassicaceae) is an obligate winter annual endemic to a small portion of Rutherford County in the Central Basin of Tennessee, where it grows in disturbed habitats. This species forms a persistent seed bank, and seeds remain viable in the soil for at least 6 years. Seeds are dormant at maturity in May and are dispersed as soon as they ripen. Some of the seeds produced in the current year, as well as some of those in the persistent seed bank, afterripen during late spring and summer; others do not afterripen and thus remain dormant. Seeds require actual or simulated spring/summer temperatures to come out of dormancy. Germination occurs in September and October. Fully afterripened seeds germinate over a wide range of thermoperiods (15/6–35/20°C) and to a much higher percentage in light (14 h photoperiod) than in darkness. The optimum daily thermoperiod for germination was 30/15°C. Nondormant seeds that do not germinate in autumn are induced back into dormancy (secondary dormancy) by low temperatures (e.g., 5°C) during winter, and those that are dormant do not afterripen; thus seeds cannot germinate in spring. These seed dormancy/ germination characteristics of L. stonensis do not differ from those reported for some geographically widespread, weedy species of winter annuals and thus do not help account for the narrow endemism of this species.     

海南岛海红豆属新植物

海南岛发现海红豆属一新变种;以及海红豆由变种提为正种细籽海红豆。     

Patterns of Human Oral Yeast Species Distribution on Hainan Island in China

Infections by yeast strains of the genus Candida are among the most prevalent fungal infections of humans. These yeasts are common residents of the oral mucosa and other body surfaces. Since most yeast infections are due to endogenous strains and that species of Candida differ in virulence properties and in intrinsic susceptibilities to antifungal drugs, understanding the human commensal yeast flora can help designing effective treatment and prevention strategies against yeast infections. Here, we report the patterns of yeast species distributions in the oral cavities of 1,799 people from Hainan Island in southern China. Based on sequence information at the fungal barcode locus ITS regions, 368 of the 415 obtained oral yeast strains were identified as belonging to 26 yeast species, while the remaining 47 strains all showed significant sequence divergence to the currently described species. The four most common yeast species were C. albicans (42 %), C. tropicalis (20 %), C. glabrata (5.5 %), and C. parapsilosis (4.1 %) and 10 of the 26 yeast species were represented by only one strain each. Our analyses identified that the gender of hosts and ethnical background showed no contribution to oral yeast species distributions. However, the health status, place of birth, current residency, and the age of hosts all showed significant contributions to the distributions of the four dominant yeast species. We compared our results with those reported previously and discussed the potential mechanisms for the observed differences in oral yeast species distributions.     

A new species of Phylloscopus warbler from Hainan Island, China

Phylloscopus hainanus is a distinctive new species in the family Sylviidae. The species is endemic to Hainan Island, China, where it is restricted to tropical forest in mountains above 600 m. The most distinctive plumage features are the rather deep yellow underparts and the mainly white outer rectrices.     

海南岛苏铁属一新种

海南岛苏铁属（苏铁科）一新种,即三亚苏铁。     

海南岛黄檀属一新种和油杉属及榕属二新组合

海南岛发现黄檀属一新种以及海南油杉和保亭榕降为地理亚种。     

中国蜡伞科已知种类及其分布

文中对中国蜡伞科(Hygrophoraceae)真菌进行了整理、修订,简要介绍了其生境和分布,并对该科的分类学问题进行了讨论。重点整理了文献记载该科的102个种,广泛分布于28个省区。其中有效名称86个,包括蜡伞属(Hygrophorus)47个,湿伞属(Hygrocybe)36个,湿皮伞属(Humidicutis)1个,坛杯伞属(Ampulloditocybe)1个,金盖菇属(Chrysomphalina)1个,应转移到其他科的有5种,错拼名称有9种,另有存疑种2种。     

Managing Conservation Reliant Species: Hawai'i's Endangered Endemic Waterbirds

Hawai''I''s coastal plain wetlands are inhabited by five endangered endemic waterbird species. These include the Hawaiian Coot (''alae ke''oke''o), Hawaiian Duck (koloa maoli), Hawaiian Stilt (ae''o), Hawaiian Gallinule (Moorhen) (''alae ''ula), and Hawaiian Goose (nēnē). All five species are categorized as being “conservation reliant.” The current strategy to recover these endangered birds includes land protection and active management of wetlands. To assess the effectiveness of the current management paradigm, we compared species population trends across the state to those on six actively managed wetland national wildlife refuges (Refuges) thought to be critical for the survival of these endangered species. To perform the evaluation we relied on systematic semiannual population counts that have been conducted across most wetlands in the state and monthly population counts that have occurred on Refuges during the same time period. We found that statewide and Refuge populations of the Hawaiian Coot, Stilt and Gallinule have rebounded from historic lows and over the last 20 years have slowly increased or remained stable. We also documented that Refuges are important to each species year-round and that a disproportionately larger percentage of the population for each species is found on them. Understanding of why Refuges successfully house a disproportionate percentage of these “conservation reliant” species can inform current and future conservation efforts as well as ensure long-term population viability for these species.     

海南岛光滑假丝酵母菌多位点序列分型研究

目的:对海南省光滑假丝酵母菌临床分离株进行基因分型研究,了解菌株的遗传特征及遗传进化关系.方法:采用多位点序列分型(Multilocus sequence typing,MLST)技术,对临床分离的25株光滑假丝酵母菌6个管家基因序列进行测定;并将各个基因的序列与MLST数据库中储存的序列比对,确定其等位基因谱型及菌株序列型(STs).结果:25株临床分离的光滑假丝酵母菌通过MLST产生ST7、ST19、ST15、ST26、ST45共5个不同的序列型,其中ST7为主要序列型.结论:海南省光滑假丝酵母菌感染型别丰富,具有多样性;MLST分型具有较高的分辨力,可用于流行病学和菌群多态性的研究.