New records of Stixis Lour. (Capparaceae) from China

1CHEN Wen-Hong,1SHUI Yu-Min,2YANG Zhi-Guo,1CHENG Xiao 1(Kunming Institute of Botany, the Chinese Academy of Sciences, Kunming 650204, China) 2 (Hekou Forestry Bureau, Forestry Department of Yunnan Province, Hekou 661300, China) 2003,41（1）.—89～90 Abstract：Two taxa of Stixis　Lour., S.ovata(Korth.) Hall.　f. ssp. fasciculata(King) Jacobs and S. scandens　Lour., are reported as new records from China .     

猕猴桃属植物狗枣子(Actinidia kolomikta ( Maxim. & Rupr. )Maxim.)的生态地理分布及其植物地理学意义

作者认为狗枣子(Actinidia kolomikta ( Maxim. & Rupr. ) Maxim.)是一个多型的、具有两个间断布区的适应于地带性针阔叶混交林生境的猕猴桃属植物.文中还根据狗枣子的生态地理分布特征,认为狗枣子的现代中国西南--东北亚间断分布的格局是东亚第三纪以来气候回旋变化的结果所造成的.狗枣子原始分布区(中国西南高山)受气候回旋变化的胁迫衍生出次生的东北亚分布区.由于气候的振荡变化,水平方向上原有的连续分布区逐渐断裂而形成现代的间断分布格局.据此文中还指出,狗枣子分布区的这种传播扩散模式在东亚湿润季风区植物的散布与现代分布格局的形成方面具有普遍意义.     

Hymenopyramis Wall. ex Griff.—A New Recorded Genus of Verbenaceae from China

The present paper reports the first record of the genus Hymenopyramis in China. H. cana is a new record on Hainan Island of Guangdong Province. It grows in deciduous monsoon forests or shrubby savanna (western Hainan) at 50 to 150 m alt.     

Cephalaria Schrad. ex Roem. et Schult. of Dipsacaceae—A New Record from China

A new recorded genus, Cephalaria Schrad. ex Roem. et Schult. (Dipsacaceae), is reported here and C. gigantea (Ldb.) Bobr. is found for the first time inXinjiang, China.     

Introduction to Cover lllustration：Tetraena mongolica Maxim.

Tetraena mongolica Maxim. is the only member of the genus Tetraena that belongs to the family Zy-gophyllaceae. It is characterized by the following features： small deciduous shrubs, 30-50 cm tall, much branched;leaves paripinnate, opposite on current year branches, and fascicled on old branches; leaflets 2,     

Introduction to Cover Illustration：Tetraena mongolica Maxim.

Tetraena mongolica Maxim. is the only member of the genus Tetraena that belongs to the family Zygophyllaceae. It is characterized by the following features： small deciduous shrubs, 30-50 cm tall, much branched;leaves paripinnate,opposite on current year branches,and fascicled on old branches; leaflets 2,     

Introduction to Cover Illustration：Tetraena mongolica Maxim.

Tetraena mongolica Maxim.is the only member of the genus Tetraena that belongs to the family Zygophyllaceae.It is characterized by the following features:small deciduous shrubs,30～50 cm     

A Novel Flavonoid Glucoside from Anoectochilus roxburghii （Wall,） Lindl.

Eight compounds were isolated from the ethyl acetate- and n-butanol-soluble fractions of the ethanollc extract of the whole plant of Anoectochllus roxburghll（Wali.） Lindi. （Orchidaceee）. On the basis of spectroscopic methods, the structures of these compounds were elucidated as quercetin-7-O-β-D-[6＂-O-（trans-feruloyi）]- giucopyranosids （compound 1）, 8-C-p-HydroxybenzyiquerceUn （compound 2）, isorhamnetin-7-O-β-D- giucopyranoside （compound 3）, isorhamnetin-3-O-β-D-giucopyranoside （compound 4）, kaempferoi-3-O-β-D- giucopyranoside （compound 5）, kaempferoi-7-O-β-D-giucopyranoside （compound 6）, 5-hydroxy-3＇,4＇,7- trimethoxyfiavonoi-3-O-β-D-rutinoside （compound 7）, and isorhamnetin-3-O-β-D-rutinoside （compound 8）. Of the compounds isoisted, compound 1 was a new flavonoid giucoside and exhibited strong scavenging activity against the 1,1-diphenyi-2-picryihydrazyi free radical, whereas the ethanolic extract showed weak activity. Compounds 2-8 were obtained from this family for the first time.     

Archakebia—A New Genus of Lardizabalaceae from China

The monotypic genus Archakebia from China is described as new．The genus shares many characters with members of the genus Akebia,except sepals 6,lanceolate or linear,which are common in members of the genus Stauntonia．     

Inheritance of resistance to the two-spotted spider mite from L. pimpinellifolium (Jusl.) Mill. accession ‘TO-937’

The two-spotted spider mite (Tetranychus urticae Koch) is an important pest of tomato (Lycopersicon esculentum Mill.) crops in temperate regions as this spider mite has a very large capacity for population increase and causes severe tomato yield losses. There is no described tomato cultivar fully resistant to this pest, although resistant accessions have been reported within the green-fruited tomato wild species L. pennellii (Corr.) D’Arcy and L. hirsutum Humb. & Bonpl. We observed a L. pimpinellifolium (Jusl.) Mill. accession, ‘TO-937’, which seemed to be completely resistant to mite attacks and we crossed it with the susceptible L. esculentum cultivar. ‘Moneymaker’ to obtain a family of generations consisting of the two parents, the F₁, the F₂, the BC₁ to L. esculentum, and the BC₁ to L. pimpinellifolium. This family was evaluated for mite resistance in a polyethylene greenhouse using an experimental design in 60 small complete blocks distributed along 12 double rows. Each block consisted of five F₂ plants in one row and one plant of each of the two parents, the F₁, the BC₁ to L. esculentum, and the BC₁ to L. pimpinellifolium in the adjacent row. Plants at the 10–15 leaf stage were artificially infested by putting on them two pieces of French bean leaf heavily infested with T. urticae. After two months, evaluations of infestation were made by visual observation of mite nets and leaf damage. Plants that were free of signs of mite reproduction on the top half were considered as resistant, plants with silky nets only on their basal leaves, intermediate, and plants with mite reproduction on both basal and top canopies were scored as susceptible. Dominance for resistance appeared because all the ‘To-937’, BC₁ to L. pimpinellifolium, and F₁ plants were resistant. Not all ‘Moneymaker’ plants behaved as susceptible because 35% of plants were intermediate. In the BC₁ to L. pimpinellifolium and the F₂, most plants were scored as resistant, only 7 % BC₁ and 3 % F₂ plants were intermediate, and a single F₂ plant (0.3 %) was susceptible. With these figures, resistance seemed to be controlled by either four or two genes according to whether segregation in the BC₁ or in the F₂, respectively, were considered. These results could in part be explained because of appearance of negative interplot interference due to the high frequency of resistant genotypes within most of the generations. Therefore, the family was evaluated again but using a different experimental design. In the new experiment, 16 ‘TO-937’, 17 ‘Moneymaker’, 17 F₁, 37 BC₁ to L. pimpinellifolium, 38 BC₁ to L. esculentum, and 125 F₂ plants were included. Each of these test plants was grown besides a susceptible ‘Moneymaker’ auxilliary plant that served to keep mite population high and homogeneous in the greenhouse. Negative interplot interference was avoided with this design and all the ‘TO-937’, F₁, and BC₁ to L. pimpinellifolium plants were resistant, all ‘Moneymaker’ test plants were susceptible, and 52 % BC₁ to L. esculentum and 25 % F₂ plants were susceptible, which fitted very well with the expected for resistance governed by a single dominant gene. The simple inheritance mode found will favour sucessful introgression of mite resistance into commercial tomatoes from the very close relative L. pimpinellifolium.     

A New Species of the Genus Cecidomyia from China(Diptera: Cecidomyiidae)

Twelve species of the genus Cecidomyia have been reported from North America andEurasia. They are known as pine resin midges inhabiting mainly the pines, also spruce andfir. The larvae fecd on pitch and cause extensive primary damage to the hosts. The new res-in midge species here dealt with is known so far only from Jiangbian Forestry Bureau dis-trict, Yunnan.     

New Cytotoxic Saponins from Lysimachia davurica Ledeb.

To investigate the saponins from whole plants of Lysimachia davurica Ledeb., two new saponins named davuricoside I （compound 1） and E （compound 2） were isolated. Their chemical structures were elucidated as 3β, 16α, 28, 29-tetrihydroxy-olean-12-en-3-O-β-D-glucopyranosyl-（1→2）-β-D-glucuronopyranoside （compound 1） and 3β, 16α, 29-trihydroxy-13, 28-epoxy-oleanane-3-O-β-D-glucopyranosyl-（1→2）-β-D-glucuronopyranoside （compound 2） on the basis of their one- and two-dimensional nuclear magnetic resonance and mass spectrometry data, and chemical methods. Compound 1 showed significant cytotoxic activity against human A2780 cells.     

Paphiopedilum× yingjiangense,a New Hybrid of Orchidaceae from China

Paphiopedilum× yingjiangense Z . J . Liu et S . C . Chen , a new hybrid from China, is described and illustrated. This entity may be a natural hybrid between Paphiopedilum villosum and P . wardii . It differs from the former by having obscurely deep and light green nets on upper surface of leaves, a pale yellow-green flower with fine dark purple spots on petals and lower part of dorsal sepal and broadly ovate-orbicular staminode without a central glossy knob; from the latter by longer leaves not obviously mottled pale and dark bluish green above nor densely spotted purple below, a much larger flower, and a broadly ovate-orbicular staminode .