中国柴胡属植物叶表皮特征及系统学意义

利用光学显微镜和扫描电镜对我国柴胡属（Bupleurum L．）13种（含1变种）植物的叶表皮进行了观察,首次报道了它们的微形态特征。结果表明：除了大叶柴胡（B．longiradiatum Turczaninow）气孔器仅存在于下表皮,其余12种柴胡的上、下表皮都存在气孔器,气孔器类型包括不规则型和不等型两种。叶表皮细胞形状为多边形或不规则型,垂周壁式样可区分为平直一弓形、浅波状。保卫细胞壁加厚明显,极端联合形成极层结构。在扫描电镜下,气孔器内陷于表皮细胞间。角质膜条纹状,有的条纹隆起,有的条纹上附有蜡质胶状分泌物和鳞片。光镜和电镜下叶表皮柴胡属微形态表现出相当高的多态性;而在特定的分类群中,又表现为高度的一致性,为种间分类提供了新的证据。     

中国梅花草属植物的叶表皮特征及其系统学意义

利用光学显微镜和扫描电镜对梅花草属Parnassia 30种植物的叶表皮进行了观察。结果表明:气孔器普遍存在于叶的下表皮,少数种的上表皮也有分布,均为无规则型。叶表皮细胞形状为多边形或不规则形;垂周壁式样可区分为近平直、浅波状和波状。在扫描电镜下,叶表皮气孔器外拱盖内缘为近平滑、浅波状或波状;一些种的保卫细胞两端有加厚;角质膜条纹状,有的条纹隆起,有的条纹上附有颗粒或小孔穴。气孔器类型及下表皮细胞形状的一致性表明梅花草属是一个自然分类群;sect. Saxifragastrum叶表皮特征具有多样性显示该组可能是一个复合群;突隔梅花草P. delavayi属于subsect. Xiphosandra,其气孔下陷,与其细胞学特征相似,支持独立为一组;此外,气孔器的分布、保卫细胞两端加厚、气孔器外拱盖内缘形态以及角质膜等特征对该属部分种的区分有一定的参考价值。     

The Prevalence of Pores and Canals in Leaf Cuticular Membranes. 2. Supplemental Studies

Evidence is presented for the existence of discrete, naturalcuticular pores concomitant with anticlinally-oriented transcuticularcanals found in the mature leaf surfaces of 26 out of 37 taxaamong 19 families. This investigation is an extension of earlierobservations made on 32 other taxa among 14 families. Dewaxed,chemically isolated, adaxial and abaxial cuticular membranesin conjunction with transverse leaf sections were examined usingordinary staining techniques. The ubiquitous pores occur randomlywith no evidence of clustering. Pore and canal diameters averageapprox. 1 µm. Canal lengths are directly related to cuticlethickness. No correlations were found between cuticle thicknessesand either pore frequencies or pore and canal diameters. Evidenceis provided by light microscopy photomicrographs. Leaf cuticles, cuticular membranes, cuticular pores, transcuticular canals, cuticular flanges     

Guticular features of the Central Australian bloodwoods Eucalyptus, section Corymbosae (Myrtaceae)

The morphological features of the cuticles of the leaves, nectaries and stamen filaments of eleven newly published species of Eucalyptus from Central Australia are described and illustrated. The species form four groupS. Within each group, the gross morphology of the species is sufficiently uniform to present difficulty in identification of specimenS. However, the species differ from each other in both qualitative and quantitative cuticular features. The quantitative features include stomatal size and the frequency spectra of subsidiary cells. The abaxial and adaxial frequency spectra of a given species are usually different from each other, but the spectra of different specimens of the same species are closely similar and differ from those of other species of the same group. The general features of the nectary are described. The species differ in nectary pore size, whether the pores are complanate or sunk, etc. Other microscopic features of the nectary cuticles are also species-specific. Different species are shown to have different patterns of the cuticular ornamentation of the stamen filaments.
The importance of cuticular features in identification and definitions of the term 'subsidiary cell' are discussed. Cuticular ornamentation differs in leaves, nectaries and stamen filaments, yet the nature of the cuticle remains the same. Species with relatively large stomata may have small nectary pores, and vice versa. The genetic control of the cuticular features is different in and independent for each tissue, in the leaf even for the abaxial and adaxial surfaces. The adaptive value of cuticular features, especially of the leaves, and the radiative evolution of the Central Australian bloodwoods are discussed.     

Giant cuticular pores in Eidothea zoexylocarya (Proteaceae) leaves

Ubiquitous, large diameter pores have not previously been adequately demonstrated to occur in leaf cuticles. Here we show conclusively that such structures occur in Eidothea zoexylocarya, a rainforest tree species of Proteaceae restricted to the Australian Wet Tropics. The pores are abundant, large-diameter apertures (～1 μm), that extend perpendicularly most of the way through the cuticle from the inside. They occur on both sides of the leaf, but are absent from the cuticle associated with stomatal complexes on the abaxial side. No such pores were found in any other species, including the only other species of Eidothea, E. hardeniana from New South Wales, and other species that have previously been purported to possess cuticular pores. To determine whether these pores made the cuticles more leaky to water vapor, we measured astomatous cuticular conductances to water vapor for E. zoexylocarya and seven other Proteaceae species of the Wet Tropics. Cuticular conductance for E. zoexylocarya was relatively low, indicating that the prominent pores do not increase conductance. The function of the pores is currently obscure, but the presence of both pores and an adaxial hypodermis in E. zoexylocarya but not E. hardeniana suggests evolution in response to greater environmental stresses in the tropics.     

铃子香属的叶表皮微形态特征及其分类学意义

研究了铃子香属（Chelonopsis）及其近缘类群毛药花属（Bostrychanthera）共16种植物在光镜和扫描电镜下叶表皮微形态特征。结果表明：除等齿铃子组外,铃子香属其它种类的叶表皮细胞多为不规则形;叶表皮细胞垂周壁式样可分为平直至弓形,深波状两种类型。所有种类的气孔器都只分布于下表皮且均为不规则型;保卫细胞的形状在种间几无差别,气孔外拱盖内缘的纹饰也都近平滑,表现出了高度的一致性。角质膜有三种类型,即山脊状,长条状,具颗粒状或雪花状附属物。叶表皮细胞形态特征及角质膜类型为铃子香属内组、系或种的划分提供了重要证据。此外,两个亚属内气孔密度的不同可能与各自的生长环境有密切的关系。     

The Prevalence of Pores and Canals in Leaf Cuticular Membranes

Ubiquitous, visibly discrete, natural cuticular pores and transcuticularcanals were found in the dewaxed leaf (and one herbaceous stem)cuticular membranes of 27 out of 32 taxa among 14 families.Clear evidence for their existence is provided by light photomicrographs.Both adaxial and abaxial leaf surfaces were investigated usingthin transections and chemically isolated cuticular membranes,in conjunction with ordinary staining techniques and light microscopymethods. No correlations were found between cuticle thicknessesand either the frequency of pore or the pore and canal diameters. Leaf cuticles, cuticle morphology, cuticular pores, transcuticular canals, cuticular flanges     

Changes in cuticular lipids, water loss and desiccation resistance in a tropical drosophilid: analysis of variation between and within populations

We investigated within as well as between population variability in desiccation resistance, cuticular lipid mass per fly and cuticular water loss in nine geographical populations of a tropical drosophilid, Zaprionus indianus. Interestingly, the amount of cuticular lipids and desiccation resistance in this non-melanic species are significantly higher as compared with melanic Drosophila melanogaster. On the basis of isofemale line analysis, within population trait variability in cuticular lipid mass per fly is positively correlated with desiccation resistance and negatively correlated with cuticular water loss but show lack of correlation with body size. We observed geographical variation in the amount of cuticular lipid mass per fly in Zaprionus indianus but no such divergence was found in D.melanogaster. In both the species, geographical variations in desiccation resistance are negatively correlated with cuticular water loss but the underlying mechanisms for changes in cuticular permeability are quite different. Thus, we may suggest that body melanisation and cuticular lipids may represent alternative strategies for coping with dehydration stress in melanic versus non-melanic drosophilids. For both the species, desiccation resistance and cuticular water loss are correlated with regular increase in aridity in the northern subtropical localities as compared with southern peninsular humid tropical localities. The role of climatic selection is evident from multiple regression analysis with seasonal changes in temperature and humidity (Tcv and RHcv) of the sites of origin of populations of Zaprionus indianus along latitude.     

Comparative vegetative anatomy and systematics of Vanilla (Orchidaceae)

Vanilla is a pantropical genus of green-stemmed vines bearing clasping (aerial) and absorbing (terrestrial) roots. Most vanillas bear normal, thick foliage leaves; others produce fugacious bracts. Seventeen species, including both types were studied. Foliage leaves of Vanilla are glabrous, have abaxial, tetracytic stomatal apparatuses, and a homogeneous mesophyll. Species may or may not have a uniseriate hypodermis. Crystals occur in the foliar epidermises of some species, but all species have crystalliferous idioblasts with raphides in the mesophyll. Vascular bundles in leaves are collateral and occur in a single series alternating large and small. Sclerenchyma may or may not be associated with the vascular bundles. Scale leaves may be crescent or C-shaped and usually have abaxial stomatal apparatuses. A hypodermis may or may not be present; the mesophyll contains raphide bundles in idioblasts. Vascular bundles are collateral and occur in a single row sometimes aligned close to the adaxial surface. They may or may not be associated with sclerenchyma. Stems of leafy vanillas show a sclerenchyma band separating cortex from ground tissue; stems of leafless vanillas do not show a sclerenchyma band. Ground tissue of the stem may consist solely of assimilatory cells or mixed assimilatory and water-storage cells. In some species centrally located assimilatory cells are surrounded by layers of water-storage cells. A uniseriate hypodermis is present in all stems. Sclerenchyma may completely surround the scattered collateral vascular bundles, occur only on the phloem side, or be absent. Both aerial and terrestrial roots are notable for their uniseriate velamen the cell walls of which may be unmarked or ornamented with anticlinal strips. Exodermis is uniseriate; the cells vary from barely thickened to strongly thickened. Only the outer and radial walls are thickened. Cortical cells of aerial roots generally have chloroplasts that are lacking from the same tissue of terrestrial roots. Raphide bundles occur in thin-walled cortical idioblasts. Endodermis and pericycle are uniseriate; pericycle cells are all ?-thickened opposite the phloem. Cells of the endodermis are either ?- or ∪-thickened opposite the phloem. Vascular tissue may be embedded in thin- or thick-walled sclerenchyma or in parenchyma. Metaxylem cells are always wider in terrestrial than in aerial roots of the same species. Pith cells are generally parenchymatous but sclerotic in a few species.     

Evidence for no sexual isolation between Drosophila albomicans and D. nasuta

Sexual isolation, the reduced tendency to mate, is one of the reproductive barriers that prevent gene flow between different species. Various species‐specific signals during courtship contribute to sexual isolation between species. Drosophila albomicans and D. nasuta are closely related species of the nasuta subgroup within the Drosophila immigrans group and are distributed in allopatry. We analyzed mating behavior and courtship as well as cuticular hydrocarbon profiles within and between species. Here, we report that these two species randomly mated with each other. We did not observe any sexual isolation between species or between strains within species by multiple‐choice tests. Significant difference in the courtship index was detected between these two species, but males and females of both species showed no discrimination against heterospecific partners. Significant quantitative variations in cuticular hydrocarbons between these two species were also found, but the cuticular hydrocarbons appear to play a negligible role in both courtship and sexual isolation between these two species. In contrast to the evident postzygotic isolation, the lack of sexual isolation between these two species suggests that the evolution of premating isolation may lag behind that of the intergenomic incompatibility, which might be driven by intragenomic conflicts.     

Differences between water permeability of astomatous and stomatous cuticular membranes: effects of air humidity in two species of contrasting drought-resistance strategy

Cuticular water permeabilities of adaxial and abaxial leaf surfaces and their dependence on relative air humidity (RH) applied in long-term and short-term regimes have been analysed for Hedera helix, native in a temperate climate, and Zamioculcas zamiifolia, native in subtropical regions. The water permeability of cuticular membranes (CM) isolated from the adaxial (astomatous) and abaxial (stomatous) leaf sides was measured using a method which allowed the separation of water diffusion through the remnants of the original stomatal pores from water diffusion through the solid cuticle. The long-term effects of low (20-40%) or high (60-80%) RH applied during plant growth and leaf ontogeny ('growth RH') and the short-term effects of applying 2% or 100% RH while measuring permeability ('measurement RH') were investigated. With both species, water permeability of the solid stomatous CM was significantly higher than the permeability of the astomatous CM. Adaxial cuticles of plants grown in humid air were more permeable to water than those from dry air. The adaxial CM of the drought-tolerant H. helix was more permeable and more sensitive to growth RH than the adaxial CM of Z. zamiifolia, a species avoiding water stress. However, permeability of the solid abaxial CM was similar in both species and independent of growth RH. The lack of a humidity response in the abaxial CM is attributed to a higher degree of cuticular hydration resulting from stomatal transpiration. The ecophysiological significance of higher permeability of the solid stomatous CM compared to the astomatous CM is discussed.     

Examination of the interior of sand fly (Diptera: Psychodidae) abdomen reveals novel cuticular structures involved in pheromone release: Discovering the manifold

The males of many species of New World Phlebotomines produce volatile terpenoid chemicals, shown in Lutzomyia longipalpis s.l. to be sex/aggregation pheromones. Pheromone is produced by secretory cells which surround a cuticular reservoir which collects the pheromone and passes it through a cuticular duct to the surface of the insect. The pheromone then passes through specialised cuticular structures on the abdominal surface prior to evaporation. The shape and distribution of the specialised structures are highly diverse and differ according to species. In this study we used SEM to examine the interior cuticular pheromone collection and transport structures of 3 members of the Lu. longipalpis s.l. species complex and Migonemyia migonei. We found a new structure which we have called the manifold which appears to be a substantial extension of the interior tergal cuticle connected in-line with the cuticular duct and reservoir. The manifold of the Campo Grande member of the complex is longer and wider than the Jacobina member whereas the manifold of the Sobral member was shorter than both other members of the complex. Overall, the secretory apparatus of the Sobral member was smaller than the other two. The manifold of M. migonei was very different to those found in Lu. longipalpis s.l. and was positioned in a pit-like structure within the tergal cuticle. The secretory reservoir was connected by a short duct to the manifold. Differences in the size and shape of the manifold may be related to the chemical structure of the pheromone and may have taxonomic value. Examination of the interior cuticle by SEM may help to locate the secretory apparatus of vector species where pheromonal activity has been inferred from behavioural studies but the external secretory structures or pheromones have not yet been found.     

Variation of cuticle micromorphology of Metasequoia glyptostroboides (Taxodiaceae)

Leaf cuticle micromorphology of Metasequoia glyptostroboides Hu & W. C. Cheng was studied with SEM using samples collected from its natural population in south-central China and cultivated trees in Nanjing City. The cuticle characters from both natural and cultivated trees living in different environments allowed us to re-evaluate taxonomic values of certain cuticular characters and to assess their relationships with environmental factors and the degree of tree maturity. External and internal cuticular features of both adaxial (upper) and abaxial (lower) leaf surfaces revealed the following: (1) Cuticle micromorphology of M. glyptostroboides is distinct among Taxodiaceae, but that variation does not exceed the range of this family. (2) Except for an isolated tree outside the Metasequoia valley, the cuticular features displayed by individual trees from the main Metasequoia groves demonstrate a high degree of uniformity, which is in congruence with previous observations on the low population variability at the gross morphology level. (3) Cuticular characters of grafted Metasequoia trees living in different environments are identical to those of their original trees, indicating that no cuticular character of this species could be regarded as an environmental indicator. (4) Recognition of some unique cuticular features in a Metasequoia tree in an isolated location may lead to a rare source for increasing the variation of this endangered species.     

Cuticular morphology and aspects of the ecology and fossil history of North Queensland rainforest Proteaceae

Cuticles of North Queensland rainforest Proteaceae were examined using light and scanning electron microscopy. The genera of North Queensland rainforest Proteaceae are mostly endemic and composed of one or few species, with greatest diversity in the granitic uplands of the region. Knowledge of cuticular morphology may be an important tool in determining the true affinities of several undescribed taxa in the region and can be used to explore hypotheses relating to the history of the Proteaceae. Some species exhibit purported xeromorphic features of thick cuticles, sunken stomates and dense trichome cover on the abaxial surface. Grevillea , Banksieae and Stenocarpus are believed to have radiated into open, much less mesic environments. In the former two taxa this can be interpreted in terms of xeromorphic features expressed in their cuticular morphologies, whereas in Stenocarpus amphistomaty in species of open habitats suggests an alternative mode of evolution more related to physiological factors. Several Cainozoic proteaceous macrofossils temporally and spatially far removed from North Queensland possess cuticular morphologies very similar or identical to extant rainforest taxa in the region.     

The Morphology and Permeability of Isolated Cuticular Membranes of Hoya carnosa R. Br. (Asclepiadaceae)

This investigation is in part an extension of previous leafcuticle observations made on 52 other taxa among 34 families.Dewaxed, chemically isolated, adaxial and abaxial cuticularmembranes and transverse leaf sections of the wax-flower plant(Hoya carnosa R. Br.) were examined using ordinary stainingtechniques and light-microscopy methods. Evidence is presentedfor the existence of ubiquitous, discrete, naturally occurringcuticular pores, concomitant with anticlinally oriented trans-cuticularcanals, distributed randomly throughout the cuticular matrix.The surface of the adaxial cuticular membrane contains approx.6540 unclustered pores per mm², the abaxial approx. 4680 poresper mm². Pore and canal diameters range between 0.5 and 0.75µm. The canals are often arcuate and their lengths aredirectly related to cuticle thickness. No correlations werefound between cuticle thickness and either pore numbers or poreand canal diameters. Based upon experiments with various pHindicators, solutions, and stains, the dewaxed, dry cuticularmembrane of H. carnosa appears to be both distinctly hydrophilicand selectively permeable through a myriad of microscopicallyvisible pores and canals permeating its matrix. A de novo interpretationof gross cuticle morphology based solely upon light microscopyobservations is presented by semi-diagrammatic illustrations. Hoya carnosa R. Br., wax-flower (wax-plant), cuticular membranes, cuticular pores, transcuticular canals, permeability     

蜘蛛抱蛋属植物叶表皮微形态的扫描电镜观察

在扫描电子显微镜下,观察9种蜘蛛抱蛋属植物的叶表皮微形态。结果表明,9种植物叶下表皮的细胞都为长方形,垂直壁为直的,垂周界限为凸的,外层周壁凹陷。气孔椭圆形至卵圆形,气孔外拱盖表面多平滑,其内缘近平滑、浅波状或锯齿波状;角质膜多为脊状条纹、有的外层周壁有横纹或颗粒。气孔大小与染色体的倍性有一定的正相关关系。不同种间叶表皮特征表现出一定差异,对种的划分有一定的分类鉴定意义。     

Signal trait sexual dimorphism and mutual sexual selection in Drosophila serrata

Abstract The evolution of sexual dimorphism may occur when natural and sexual selection result in different optimum trait values for males and females. Perhaps the most prominent examples of sexual dimorphism occur in sexually selected traits, for which males usually display exaggerated trait levels, while females may show reduced expression of the trait. In some species, females also exhibit secondary sexual traits that may either be a consequence of a correlated response to sexual selection on males or direct sexual selection for female secondary sexual traits. In this experiment, we simultaneously measure the intersex genetic correlations and the relative strength of sexual selection on males and females for a set of cuticular hydrocarbons in Drosophila serrata . There was significant directional sexual selection on both male and female cuticular hydrocarbons: the strength of sexual selection did not differ among the sexes but males and females preferred different cuticular hydrocarbons. In contrast with many previous studies of sexual dimorphism, intersex genetic correlations were low. The evolution of sexual dimorphism in D. serrata appears to have been achieved by sex-limited expression of traits controlled by genes on the X chromosome and is likely to be in its final stages.     

29种中国野豌豆属植物叶表皮微形态特征及其系统学意义

应用光学显微镜和扫描电子显微镜对29种野豌豆属植物叶表皮微形态特征进行了观察。结果显示:叶表皮细胞形状有无规则形和多边形2种,垂周壁式样有深波状、浅波状和平直-弓形;表皮角质层纹饰微形态多样,大多数植物叶片表面不具有腺毛或仅中脉有,少数植物叶片表面具腺毛;部分叶表皮上有柔毛,少数植物无毛。气孔器存在于上表皮、下表皮、或上下表皮均有,形状为椭圆形、卵圆形,均为无规则型。野豌豆属植物叶表皮的这些微形态特征,在属内组间没有明确的规律性,但可为探讨该属种间的分类学及亲缘关系提供依据。     

27种木犀属植物叶表皮微形态特征的研究

利用光学显微镜和扫描电子显微镜观察了27种木犀属植物的叶表皮,测量并统计了气孔器类型、气孔大小、气孔密度、气孔指数及腺点密度等指标,以明确各种的叶表皮细胞形状及垂周壁式样、表皮角质膜、蜡质纹饰及气孔外拱盖的具体特征。结果显示:木犀属植物叶下表皮有气孔器,形状为圆形、椭圆形;气孔器类型多为不规则型,只有总状桂花和狭叶木犀为环列型;气孔器外围角质层有放射状、条状、环状、颗粒状等多种类型;叶表皮细胞形状有无规则形和多边形2种;下表皮腺点的数目远远大于上表皮。研究表明,木犀属植物气孔器和叶表皮细胞特征在种之间差异比较明显,可以作为种间鉴定的重要依据,具有重要的分类学意义。