沙葱大小孢子发生及雌雄配子体发育研究

采用常规石蜡切片技术,对沙葱大、小孢子的发生及雌、雄配子体的发育进行了研究.结果表明:(1)沙葱为两性花,其雄蕊发育早于雌蕊,但在开花后雌雄蕊发育趋于同步,当胚囊发育成熟,柱头可以接受花粉时,雌雄蕊发育达到同步.(2)沙葱小孢子母细胞减数分裂过程中的胞质分裂为连续型,其四分体多为左右对称型,少数为四面体型.(3)成熟的花粉为2-细胞型,花药壁由外向内分化为表皮、药室内壁、中层和绒毡层.(4)沙葱雌蕊为子房上位,中轴胎座,3心皮,3室,胚珠倒生,薄珠心,珠心表皮下的雌性孢原直接发育为大孢子母细胞.减数分裂产生二分体,合点端大孢子发育为功能大孢子,其雌配子体发育为葱型.     

琼花生殖器官结构及传粉昆虫的观察

为了探讨影响琼花Viburnum macrocephalum f.keteleeri有性生殖的因素,对其生殖生物学和传粉生物学进行了研究。研究内容主要包括琼花花部特征、生殖器官解剖结构、花粉活力、花粉胚珠比(P/O)、繁育系统、传粉形式、传粉昆虫和花粉管生长路径等。结果表明:(1)琼花聚伞花序由大型不孕花和小型可孕花组成,可孕花雌雄蕊发育正常,雄蕊5枚,雌蕊1枚,干型柱头,单子房,倒生胚珠;不孕花的雌雄蕊在发育早期正常,而在花期时退化。雄蕊退化表现为雄蕊消失、花丝缩短或消失或花药大小不一;而雌蕊退化表现为雌蕊缩小或柱头开裂;有时雌雄蕊也存在瓣化现象。(2)自然条件下,单花花粉活性在散粉4–5d后明显下降,居群花粉活力在4月25日–28日开始显著下降。(3)花粉胚珠比P/O值为12800–18700,属专性异交型;繁育系统为异株异花授粉,属虫媒传粉植物。(4)可孕花大量散粉时间为9:00–16:00,昆虫访花高峰时段为11:00–15:00,访花昆虫中以蝶类和蜂类为主,蝶类访花频率最高。(5)落置柱头的花粉萌发率较高,花粉粒授粉后1h左右开始萌发,花粉管从柱头乳突细胞的间隙穿入花柱,沿花柱中央引导组织生长,18h左右进入子房,20h左右从珠孔进入胚囊。讨论了琼花的不孕花形成、花部结构适应、花型演化趋势、低结实率和花粉管生长特点。     

中国特有植物喜树的雌性不育形态解剖学研究

为阐明雌性不育与喜树（Camptotheca acuminata Decne.）开花期花序大量掉落的关系,本文采用数码体视显微镜及石蜡切片技术,对各个发育时期的喜树的花进行解剖学观察。喜树花均为两性花,雄蕊发育正常,雌蕊柱头有三种不同形态,即上位、中位和下位;柱头上位的小花,花柱伸长正常,柱头三裂,外翻,子房膨大,胚珠饱满,胚囊发育正常;柱头中位的小花,雌蕊选择性败育,柱头和花柱伸长缓慢,柱头外翻异常,局部子房细胞液泡化,胚珠退化,胚囊发育异常;柱头下位的小花,花柱退化,柱头不露,珠被细胞发育异常,大孢子母细胞未能减数分裂,胚珠萎缩,子房外形瘦长,室内中空。喜树雌性器官的发育与其柱头在子房上的表现形态有着严格的对应关系,雌性不育发生于大孢子母细胞减数分裂前后,而且雌性不育是喜树花序掉落的内部原因之一。     

Floral organogenesis and development of Litchi chinensis Sonn.cv.Guiwei

利用SV11立体显微镜和JSM-6360LV型扫描电镜观察‘桂味'荔枝花器官的发生和发育过程.结果表明:花序原基最先发生,然后形成数个大小不等的单花原基;4个萼片原基的发生不同步,其中一侧对位先发生;6～10枚雄蕊原基以轮状方式几乎同时发生;心皮原基最后发生,2～3枚(稀4枚)心皮原基同时出现,随后进行侧向生长,逐渐合拢形成子房.雌花中,花柱、柱头分化明显,雄蕊退化.雄花中,花丝细长,花药饱满,雌蕊退化或发育不完全.两性花中,雌雄蕊发育完全.花粉粒近球形,具3孔沟,表面为条纹状纹饰.     

臭椿花器官分化的初步研究

利用扫描电镜(SEM)和光镜(LM)对臭椿花序及花器官的分化和发育进行了初步研究,表明:1)臭椿花器官分化于当年的4月初,为圆锥花序;2)分化顺序为花萼原基、花冠原基、雄蕊原基和雌蕊原基。5个萼片原基的发生不同步,并且呈螺旋状发生;5个花瓣原基几乎同步发生且其生长要比雄蕊原基缓慢;雄蕊10枚,两轮排列,每轮5个原基的分化基本是同步的;雌蕊5,其分化速度较快;3)在两性花植株中,5个心皮顶端粘合形成柱头和花柱,而在雄株中,5个心皮退化,只有雄蕊原基分化出花药和花丝。本研究着重观察了臭椿中雄花及两性花发育的过程中两性花向单性花的转变。结果表明,臭椿两性花及单性花的形成在花器官的各原基上是一致的(尽管时间上有差异),雌雄蕊原基同时出现在每一个花器官分化过程中,但是,可育性结构部分的形成取决于其原基是否分化成所应有的结构:雄蕊原基分化形成花药与花丝,雌蕊原基分化形成花柱、柱头和子房。臭椿单性花的形成是由于两性花中雌蕊原基的退化所造成,其机理有待于进一步研究。     

刺山柑雄全同株性系统的适应意义

对分布于新疆北部干旱荒漠区的刺山柑Capparisspinosa性系统进行了研究.结果表明:(1)该物种具有典型的雄全同株性系统.雄花和两性花的雄蕊均正常发育,且有长短之分;两性花的雌蕊发育正常,而雄花的雌蕊败育,只行使雄性功能.(2)居群间每天开放的雄花和两性花比率、两性花的长短雄蕊数及雄花短雄蕊的花丝与花药长等存在极显著差异(P<0.01),但花器官生物量没有显著差异(P>0.05).(3)单花花期为15-16 h,每天18:00时左右开始开放,有强烈的气味和花蜜产生.植株每天产生的雄花和两性花数是随机的,可形成短时的雄花与两性花异株,但居群内雄花数比两性花数多.(4)三个居群两性花的P/O值分别为1.57×104、1.65×104和1.71×104.居群内雄花和两性花的花粉数及长、短雄蕊花药的花粉数均无显著差异(P>0.05),居群间雄花和两性花的花粉数、两性花的胚珠数及P/O值差异也不显著(P>0.05).(5)各居群雄花和两性花长短雄蕊的花粉活力动态变化曲线相似,花粉寿命为18-20 h,两性花雌蕊柱头的可授期为16-18h.(6)访花昆虫为膜翅目Hymenoptera和鳞翅目Lepidoptera昆虫,3个居群共有7种访花昆虫,其活动受天气影响很大.(7)两性花不存在无融合生殖现象,授自花花粉、同株异花花粉和异株异花花粉后均可结实,属于混合交配系统.刺山柑的雄全同株性系统可能是在长期与荒漠环境相适应的过程中由遗传和环境共同作用的结果.雄花的出现不仅增加了花粉数和P/O值,提高了植株的雄性适合度,同时增加了花的数量、对传粉昆虫的吸引力以及两性花柱头接受异花花粉的机会,提高了异交率和雌性适合度,保障其在荒漠极端环境中繁殖成功.     

桂味荔枝花器官的发生和发育过程研究

利用SV11立体显微镜和JSM-6360LV型扫描电镜观察‘桂味’荔枝花器官的发生和发育过程。结果表明:花序原基最先发生,然后形成数个大小不等的单花原基;4个萼片原基的发生不同步,其中一侧对位先发生;6～10枚雄蕊原基以轮状方式几乎同时发生;心皮原基最后发生,2～3枚(稀4枚)心皮原基同时出现,随后进行侧向生长,逐渐合拢形成子房。雌花中,花柱、柱头分化明显,雄蕊退化。雄花中,花丝细长,花药饱满,雌蕊退化或发育不完全。两性花中,雌雄蕊发育完全。花粉粒近球形,具3孔沟,表面为条纹状纹饰。     

桤木属花序和花的形态发生

在扫描电镜下首次观察了桦木科Betulaceae桤木属Alnus花序和花的形态发生过程,为桦木科属级鉴定提供了微形态学依据.实验材料为东北桤木A.mandshurica和辽东桤木A.sibirica,其雌花序均为柔荑状,由多个小聚伞花序螺旋状排列组成:每个小花序外具1枚初级苞片、2枚次级苞片、2枚三级苞片,内有2朵花.每个花具1个二心皮合生雌蕊,雌蕊具二叉分枝的长柱状花柱.每个小花序的2个二心皮合生雌蕊的定位方式为相互垂直.东北桤木的雌花序由芽鳞包被越冬,而辽东桤木的雌花序裸露越冬.东北桤木和辽东桤木的雄花序亦为柔荑状,由多个小聚伞花序螺旋状排列组成.每个小花序外被1枚初级苞片、2枚次级苞片、2枚三级苞片,内有3朵花.先形成的2枚次级苞片和后形成的2枚三级苞片均来源于小花序原基.3个花原基中.位于中间的比两侧的分化要早.每个花具4枚被片和4枚雄蕊,每个雄蕊具4个药囊.花的被片比雄蕊发育得早,均由花原基发育而成.东北桤木和辽东桤木的雄花序均裸露越冬.     

七叶树繁育系统的研究

对七叶树的开花物候期、花部特征、单花开放动态、花粉活力、柱头可授性、花粉-胚珠比(P/O)和杂交指数(OCI)等有关生殖生物学特性进行了研究。结果表明:(1)在西安地区七叶树4月22日进入初花期,5月5日至13日为盛花期,5月14日进入终花期,整个群花期持续30d左右,单花花期持续5～8d。(2)七叶树的花有雄花和两性花两种形态,其在形态大小和生理上有显著差异,雄花小于两性花,其子房退化,雄花的花粉活力远远大于两性花的花粉活力,雄花开花当天花粉活力最强,达到75.69%,是七叶树授粉的最佳时间;两性花雌雄蕊发育正常,其柱头可授期持续8～9d,开花后3d柱头可授性达到最强。(3)P/O和OCI检测结果均表明,七叶树繁育系统为异交,需要传粉者,属于雄全同株植物。     

铁木属(桦木科)花序及花的形态发生

在扫描电镜下观察了桦木科(Betulaceae)铁木属花序和花的形态发生过程。结果显示, 铁木雌花序由多个小聚伞花序螺旋状排列组成。每个小花序原基分化出1枚初级苞片和一团小花序原基分生组织, 由小花序原基分生组织分化形成1对次级苞片和2个花原基, 每个花原基分化出2个或3个心皮原基, 形成二心皮或三心皮雌蕊, 雌蕊基部有1层环状花被原基。雄花序为柔荑状, 由多个小聚伞花序螺旋状排列组成。每个小花序原基分化出1枚初级苞片和一团小花序原基分生组织, 由小花序原基分生组织分化出3个花原基分区, 位于中央的花原基分区, 分化形成5-6枚雄蕊原基, 两侧的花原基分区, 分别分化形成3-4枚雄蕊原基, 雄蕊原基分化形成四药囊雄蕊。雄蕊原基纵裂, 但花丝纵裂没有达到基部。     

Partial self‐incompatibility in the polyploid endemic species Scalesia affinis (Asteraceae) from the Galápagos: remnants of a self‐incompatibility system?

Different pollination treatments of capitula were used to examine the breeding system of individuals of the tetraploid endemic species Scalesia affinis from the Galápagos Islands. All types of crossings resulted in approximately 35 achenes per capitulum, but in actively and passively self-pollinated capitula these were mostly without embryos. Among self-pollinated individuals a large variation was found in the production of embryos. Some individuals failed completely to set filled achenes while others produced few or many. Additionally, we found a clear difference in female phenology of florets in self-pollinated capitula compared with florets in cross-pollinated capitula. Female florets in self-pollinated capitula remained receptive for longer time. These results suggest that Scalesia affinis is partly self-incompatible. Outcrossing is assured by the endemic carpenter bee, Xylocopa darwini , which proved to be an important pollinator of Scalesia affinis . Nevertheless, geitonogamy seemed to be considerable in the focal population, for which reason open pollinated capitula produced fewer achenes than controlled outcrossed capitula.  © 2003 The Linnean Society of London, Botanical Journal of the Linnean Society , 2003, 142 , 93–101.     

Floret specialization, seed production and gender in Artemisia vulgaris L. (Asteraceae, Anthemideae)

Flowering and fruiting behaviour of female and hermaphrodite florets is described and assessed in samples from three populations from Denmark, England and Sweden. Between 25 and 50% of the florets in capitula are female, and flowering gender varies little among plants in each population. Fruiting gender of individuals, G (femaleness), varies from 0 to 0.85, because of variation in fruit set and fruit abortion. Variation in fruiting gender was correlated with plant size parameters in two populations, but not in the third. The data suggest that post-anthesis regulation of maternal investment may be operating. Florets of A. vulgaris are either totally specialized for pollen receipt (female florets) or largely specialized for pollen donation (hermaphrodite florets), and show adaptations for avoiding interference with each other in these functions. Movement of capitula from a pendent position at flowering to an erect position at fruiting optimizes positions for dissemination of pollen and of seeds respectively.     

Efficient floret inspection by honeybees in capitula of Carduus acanthoides

Abstract. 1. The floret inspection by honeybees Apis mellifera ligustica on inflorescences of Carduus acanthoides was studied in a natural patch. First-day stage capitula were protected with a net hood against insect visits. The next day, the net hood was removed at the time of maximal nectar accumulation, allowing a bee to visit the inflorescence. Walking trajectories on the capitula, the number of florets inspected and the duration of the visit were recorded. After the bee's departure, the inflorescence was cut off and analysed in the laboratory to determine the presence or absence of nectar in each of its florets.
2. Bees made inspection trajectories without a defined systematic pattern.
3. The number of floret inspections performed represented a high percentage of the available florets (57.37 ± 2.81%; mean ± SE; n = 8).
4. The number of depleted florets coincided with the number of floret inspections.
5. The number of times a floret is visited in a bee's trajectory is non-random.
6. Strategies that might account for this high foraging efficiency are discussed.     

Selective advantage of ray florets in Scalesia affinis and S. pedunculata (Asteraceae), two endemic species from the Galápagos

The presence of neuter ray florets in species within Asteraceae is generally believed to increase pollinator attraction. In the endemic Galápagos genus Scalesia (Asteraceae) a natural variation in the presence/absence of neuter ray florets is found. To evaluate whether the presence of ray florets plays a selective role on female reproductive success we chose two species of Scalesia, Scalesia affinis that carries ray florets and S. pedunculata that is rayless. On Santa Cruz Island capitula of S. pedunculata were equipped with fake ray florets while others were untouched. On Isabela Island ray florets were removed on half of the capitula of S. affinis. In S. affinis rayed capitula received more pollinators and more pollen, which resulted in a significantly higher embryo production. In S. pedunculata no effect on embryo production was found. The disagreement between the two species may correspond to a difference in visitation frequency, S. pedunculata receiving many more visit than S. affinis. Thus, ray floret development proved beneficial in pollinator-restricted localities.     

Variation in floral morphology within a population of Aster hispidus var. tubulosus (Asteraceae,Astereae)

The family Asteraceae has a particular inflorescence, the capitulum, consisting of ray florets and disc florets. The ray florets function as petals that attract pollinators. Marked variation in the ray floret morphology is known in a natural population of Aster hispidus var. tubulosus (Asteraceae). We analyzed the variation and found two distinct types in the ray florets, the long tubular ray floret and the ligulate ray floret. In this species, therefore, the variation in floral morphology among capitula, each of which is the basic pollination unit, is caused by the variation in the composition of the two ray floret types among capitula. We evaluated the sources of the observed variation in the floral morphology among capitula within a population using a hierarchical analysis that separated within‐individual (i.e. among capitula within each individual) and between‐individual components of the variation. We found that the main source of the variation lay at the between‐individual level, not at the between‐capitulum level nested within individuals. This finding will provide the basic knowledge that enables future study exploring whether the between‐individual variation in floral morphology caused by the compositional variation of the ray floret types leads to differential pollination success of individual plants in species of Asteraceae.     

Foraging by honeybees on Carduus acanthoides: pattern and efficiency

Abstract.

• 1 The relationship between the fluctuation in total quantity of sugar available in the nectar of Carduus acanthoides inflorescences and the foraging behaviour of honeybees Apis mellifera ligustica was studied in a patch under natural conditions.
• 2 Every day, three inflorescence populations coexisted, one for each day of the inflorescence life-span. The maximum availability of sugar occurred in second-day capitula from 12.00 to 15.00 hours.
• 3 Bee arrivals at the patch were positively correlated with the total availability of sugar as determined by sampling.
• 4 Bees responded to variation in the availability of sugar by visiting the inflorescence stage that was most rewarding at that time of day. Early in the morning, when the frequency of visits was low, the bees worked the third-day capitula, which were the best available choice at that time. Similarly, beginning at 12.00 hours, bees switched to second-day capitula. At the end of the day, some bees switched to third-day capitula where a slightly superior quantity of sugar could be obtained from a small number of florets although other bees continued to work the second-day capitula.
• 5 Individual bees switched to another inflorescence stage after a high proportion of their visits to a small number of capitula of one kind had provided a low reward.
• 6 The number of florets visited per minute per bee varied throughout the day and was positively correlated with the availability of sugar.

     

白花除虫菊同源四倍体株系花期除虫菊酯含量及农艺性状分析

采用高效液相色谱法测定了16个白花除虫菊[Pyrethrum cinerariifolium（Trev．）Vis．]同源四倍体株系干花中的总除虫菊酯、总除虫菊酯Ⅰ（PyⅠ）和总除虫菊酯Ⅱ（PyⅡ）含量,并分析了16个同源四倍体株系花中总除虫菊酯含量的动态变化规律以及花期的农艺性状。结果表明,管状花开放初期,同源四倍体株系干花中的除虫菊酯含量最高,其中11个株系的总除虫菊酯含量高于二倍体株系且7个株系干花中的总除虫菊酯含量高于1．4％,达到一级花的质量标准。同源四倍体株系的花薹和花序的农艺性状表现出明显的多倍体性状,花薹低,花盘直径大,干花产量高,通过合理密植可以提高同源四倍体株系的干花产量。     

Conyza sumatrensis (Retz.) E. H. Walker: A new record from Pakistan

Conyza sumatrensis (Retz.) E. H. Walker (Astereae: Asteraceae) has been recorded in Pakistan for the first time. The species is closely associated with C. bonariensis and C. canadensis. It differs from C. bonariensis in its smaller capitula with a small series of marginal and disc florets that lack a purplish-pink apex, but resembles it in disciform capitula. C. sumatrensis differs from C. canadensis in having five-lobed disc florets and lacking well-developed ray florets. The species is widely distributed in the Potohar region, particularly in Rawalpindi and Islamabad.     

外来物种黄顶菊花器官分化的初步研究

利用扫描电镜(SEM)观察了黄顶菊(Flaveria bidentis(L.)Kuntz)花序发育过程中蝎尾状聚伞花序、头状花序和小花的形成.黄顶菊的花序由主轴及一至三级分枝组成,各级分枝交互对生,形成方式相同.植株主轴和侧枝顶端的每个花序由3～6个蝎尾状聚伞花序密集而成;每一蝎尾状聚伞花序由5～15个头状花序组成;每一头状花序中有4～11枚小花.小花分化顺序为5个花冠原基、5个雄蕊原基和2个心皮原基.2007年,天津地区黄顶菊的花期是7月下旬到9月下旬.7月中旬,花序和花器官原基不断形成并分化,至花器官成熟经历的时间约15 d.     

Cost and benefits of attractive floral traits in the annual species Madia sativa (Asteraceae)

The maintenance of flower size variation within populations might be explained by conflicting selection pressures on floral traits that may involve biological agents, such as mutualists and antagonists, and allocation costs associated with floral display. The annual species Madia sativa (Asteraceae) exhibits ample variation in the number of ray florets in natural populations. This field study aimed at evaluating the costs and benefits associated with floral traits in M. sativa. In particular, we addressed two main questions: (1) Is the number of ray florets positively associated with pollinator visitation rate? (2) Is there a fitness cost of ray floret maintenance when pollinators are absent? We detected one benefit of conspicuous ray capitula: a strong preference by insect pollinators. We also confirmed the occurrence of costs: when pollinators were excluded conspicuous ray capitula had a reduced reproductive assurance via autogamous selfing, and there were trade-offs between the number of ray florets and seed mass and seed germination. Results suggest that the maintenance of within-population variation in the number of ray florets in M. sativa is explained, at least in part, by the balance between costs and benefits associated with this floral trait.