国家重点保护野生植物介绍——杓兰

<正>杓兰主要分布在温带和亚热带地区,有十分独特的花朵和绚丽的色彩,其唇瓣深囊状,形如勺子而得名,具有较高的观赏价值,是珍贵的观赏花卉资源。全世界50余种,中国有38种野生杓兰属植物,大多数种类生长在林缘、灌丛中或草坡上。近几十年来,由于原生境的破坏和人为的影响,其野生居群急剧减少。2021年发布的新版《国家重点保护野生植物名录》,     

甘肃省杓兰属植物资源调查及2新记录种

通过对甘肃省杓兰属植物进行系统的调查和资料整理,共发现甘肃省杓兰属植物15种,占中国杓兰属植物种类的39.47％,其中9种为中国特有种.调查发现2种甘肃省杓兰属植物分布新记录种——巴郎山杓兰(Cypripedium palangshanense T.Tang et F.T.Wang)和离萼杓兰(Cypripedium ...     

杓兰属植物的开花和结实动态

作为被子植物中最进化的类群,兰科植物的开花和结实动态对制定其保护策略具有重要意义。利用20032007年的数据,对分布于四川黄龙寺自然保护区的5种杓兰的种群开花和结实动态进行了分析。结果表明所研究的所有杓兰种类均是自交亲和物种,但在自然条件下都必须依赖传粉媒介才能成功结实。尽管不同种类的杓兰植物具有不同的开花时间,但统计分析表明杓兰属植物的开花早晚与其结实率之间相关性并不显著,这可能因为不同的杓兰具有不同的传粉系统而导致的。而杓兰属植物的花期长短与结实率之间却呈显著的负相关,这可能是与杓兰属植物具有典型的欺骗性传粉系统相关的。另外,除绿花杓兰外,其他4种杓兰2003年的结实率明显高于20042007年间的结实率。而2003年一个突出的事件即是发生了SARS导致游客人数显著减少,暗示了人为活动对杓兰属植物成功结实具有比较大的影响。     

云南杓兰菌根真菌组成及共生关系研究

杓兰属(Cypripedium)植物因具有较高的观赏和药用价值而长期被过度采集,已成为濒危植物。利用菌根技术进行杓兰属植物的保护和人工栽培,需要获得其可培养的菌根真菌。该研究采用分离培养法和共生回接方法,研究了云南杓兰菌根真菌菌群组成及其共生关系。结果表明:(1)从10株云南杓兰300块毛根组织中分离获得126株内生真菌,归属为3个菌属,分别是胶膜菌属(Tulasnella)73株、伏革菌属(Corticium)36株、角担菌属(Ceratobasidium)17株。其中,胶膜菌属为优势菌群,占总菌株数量的57.94%。(2)6株供试菌株中,4株菌株可显著缩短种子的萌发过程,6株菌株对幼苗的生长有显著的促进作用。(3)从中筛选获得一株CY-18高效促生真菌,对云南杓兰种子共生萌发和幼苗共生生长有极显著的促进作用。该研究结果为更好地利用菌根技术进行杓兰属植物资源的保护与可持续利用奠定了基础。     

花舞者——扇脉杓兰

<正>杓兰属植物是兰科(Orchidaceae)杓兰亚科(Cypripedioideae)的一个保育研究的热点类群,全属植物约50种(含变种),中国是该属植物的分布中心,我国产32种、1变种,其中24种为特有种[1]。扇脉杓兰(Cypripedium japonicum)是一种珍稀的多年生地生兰,隶属于兰科(Orchidaceae)杓兰亚科(Cypripedioideae)杓兰属(Cypripedium),具极高观赏价值。扇脉杓兰中药名为扇子七,全株可入药,《陕西中草药志》记有:扇     

花舞者——扇脉杓兰

正杓兰属植物是兰科(Orchidaceae)杓兰亚科(Cypripedioideae)的一个保育研究的热点类群,全属植物约50种(含变种),中国是该属植物的分布中心,我国产32种、1变种,其中24种为特有种[1]。扇脉杓兰(Cypripedium japonicum)是一种珍稀的多年生地生兰,隶属于兰科(Orchidaceae)杓兰亚科(Cypripedioideae)杓兰属(Cypripedium),具极高观赏价值。扇脉杓兰中药名为扇子七,全株可入药,《陕西中草药志》记有:扇     

兰科杓兰属（Cypripedium）植物种子非共生萌发研究进展

兰科杓兰属(Cypripedium)植物主要分布于东亚、北美等温带地区和亚热带山地。杓兰不仅具有极高的观赏价值,而且其经济价值和科研价值也越来越受到人们的重视。近年来对杓兰属植物人工繁殖的相关研究不断深入,主要集中于种子的非共生萌发等方面。本文对濒危兰科杓兰属植物进行了简要介绍,并就其种子非共生萌发研究从种子成熟度、预处理和有机添加物的作用、培养基的配置等方面进行综述,为目标杓兰种类的非共生萌发试验方案的制定奠定基础,将有助于温带/高山兰科植物保育研究的发展。     

长白山区天桥岭野生杓兰属植物的多样性研究

兰科植物对生境的要求较高,温带地区分布的兰科植物非常有限。利用实地定点观察,样方设置等方法对长白山区进行杓兰属植物的物种、生境及物候进行调查分析。结果表明长白山区天桥岭长2 km,宽1 km,海拔300～500 m的山沟内集中分布着4种杓兰属植物,其中杓兰组物种均具有较高的花色多样性,杓兰属植物的开花期集中在6月4～13日。     

中国特有兰科植物褐花杓兰的繁殖生物学特征及其与西藏杓兰的生殖隔离研究

作为被子植物中最进化的类群, 兰科植物通常依靠种内特化的传粉者而形成种间物种隔离。褐花杓兰(Cypripedium smithii)与西藏杓兰(C. tibeticum)是杓兰属大花亚组中的两个近缘种类, 二者形态特征相似, 分布区也存在明显重叠。在西藏杓兰繁殖生物学特征已知的基础上, 本文对褐花杓兰的繁殖生物学特征进行了研究, 并对褐花杓兰与西藏杓兰进行了外部形态比较。结果表明, 4个居群中普遍存在西藏杓兰和褐花杓兰间的一系列形态过渡类型, 两个物种并没有明确的形态差异。褐花杓兰与西藏杓兰杂交亲和, 传粉观察也表明褐花杓兰由熊蜂(Bombus)蜂王传粉, 具有与西藏杓兰相同的传粉系统。因此, 在自然条件下, 西藏杓兰与褐花杓兰之间可能会存在较频繁的基因流, 从而产生一系列中间过渡类型。将它们分为两个独立的物种并不是最好的选择, 建议将其合并为一个种。     

不同海拔的三种杓兰属植物与菌根真菌群落组成相关性

本研究采集了四川黄龙沟沿海拔梯度3 170-3 400m上4个不同杓兰居群中3种杓兰植物根,利用克隆文库方法获得菌根真菌ITS序列,研究同一栖息地（黄龙沟）不同海拔梯度和不同杓兰对菌根真菌多样性和群落结构的影响。共得到18个可操作分类单元（OTU）,其中14个OTU隶属胶膜菌科Tulasnellaceae,为优势类群（99.6%）;2个OTU隶属腊壳菌科Sebacinaceae,2个OTU隶属亡革菌科Thelephoraceae。随着海拔升高,西藏杓兰菌根真菌多样性减少,而黄花杓兰和无苞杓兰没有明显变化;海拔对3种杓兰菌根真菌群落结构均无显著影响。3种杓兰之间菌根真菌群落结构差异显著且指示物种互不相同,说明在同一栖息地,杓兰对菌根真菌的偏好性显著影响其菌根真菌群落结构。这些研究结果利于了解环境变化对杓兰属植物菌根真菌区系组成的影响,为进一步探索菌根真菌与杓兰属植物的互作机制奠定基础。     

三江源地区季节冻土时空格局及影响因子

根据三江源地区21个气象台站的最大冻土深度、气温、降水观测数据和欧洲中心再分析资料,利用旋转经验正交分解等方法对1981—1010年三江源地区季节最大冻土深度(MFSD)的时空分布特征进行了分析,并探讨了季节冻土与气候因子之间的关系,结果表明：(1)40年来三江源地区平均MFSD为136.66cm,空间分布呈现出以玛多站最大中心值(218.85cm),向四周递减的分布特征。(2) 40年平均变率空间分布和旋转正交经验分解第一模态时间系数均表现出三江源地区MFSD呈现明显下降趋势,季节冻土层明显减薄,平均MFSD递减率为0.51cm/a。(3)表征热力状况的气候因子中,湿润指数、气温和降水是影响三江源地区季节冻土较为重要的气候因子。(4)三江源地区季节冻土的关键区在东北部,MFSD典型高值年有1983年等4个年份;典型低值年有1988年等7个年份。通过对500hPa位势高度场典型高值年、低值年合成分析,季节冻土典型高(低)值年,北半球500hPa位势高度场负(正)异常;同时,南亚高压负(正)异常,其范围偏小(大),强度偏弱(强),温度场中心温度更低(高),对应三江源地区应季节冻土更厚(薄...     

三江并流区域野生青刺果植物资源及合理开发浅析

对青刺果的植物学特性及分布范围、理化指标和营养价值进行详细的分析,从多个角度探讨了它的的开发、利用价值,并结合三江并流区域内野生青刺果植物资源的分布、利用情况,提出了开发与保护的可持续发展问题。     

Spatial patterns of landscape change in the Three Rivers Headwaters Region of China, 1987–2015

The Three Rivers Headwaters Region is one of the most import ecological protection regions and Tibetan inhabited regions in China. Located in the Qinghai province of China, the Region is the source of the Yangtze, the Yellow and the Lantsang-Mekong Rivers. This study region was based on remote sensing imagery. An ecological landscape classification of the area is presented, as well as a suite of landscape indices for landscape pattern changes from 1987 to 2015. The influence of human activities on the landscape change of study area is discussed. The results showed landscape structure complexity, fragmentation gradually increased, while the indices of contagion and evenness were decreased. Structure characteristic of landscape change in this region are more obvious, especially, the difference in space distributions of part and the whole. There were trend of uniform distribution of different types and diversity gradually increased in the source of Yangtze River. And an opposite tendency is showing in the Yellow River and Lantsang-Mekong River. Physical-geographical conditions, climate change and government policy at study period were the main reasons of significant landscape pattern change. This study proposes management measures for sustainable development in the Three Rivers Headwaters Region.     

虫媒传粉植物荞麦的生物学特性与研究进展

荞麦是禾本科之外的谷物类作物, 具有较高的营养和药用价值。栽培荞麦有甜荞(Fagopyrum esculentum)和苦荞(F. tartaricum), 这两种一年生草本分别为自交不亲和的二型花柱、自交亲和的同型花柱植物; 前者结实依赖昆虫传粉。根据国内外调查研究, 前人对蓼科荞麦属(Fagopyrum)记录了30个物种名, 已有形态学和遗传多样性的调查表明该属的物种多样性中心位于我国西南地区, 特别是长江上游的三江并流区域; 甜荞和苦荞的起源地和祖先物种也认为在该区域。本文在论述前人研究的基础上, 指出对荞麦属的分类修订、野生种质资源的分布、种间关系的调查、优良品种的选育亟待研究。孢粉学和考古学的证据显示在我国长江流域, 人们在4,500年前就开始种植荞麦。荞麦可能曾经是山区人民的主粮, 为孕育长江流域文明提供了食物资源。加强对荞麦基础生物学特性的研究, 运用现代基因组学的方法有望澄清栽培荞麦的起源并探究产量不高的原因, 挖掘和利用其经济和药用价值的性状, 为荞麦成为一类优良的粮食作物提供参考依据。     

On Paphiopedilum malipoense sp. nov.—An Intermediate Form Between Paphiopedilum and Cypripedium,with a Discussion on the Origin of the genus

Paphiopedilum malipoense S. C. Chen et Tsi is a very interesting new species with its flower similar to that of Cypripedium, especially section Cypripedium. It belongs to subgenus Brachypetalum, the most primitive group of Paphiopedilum, but differs from its allied species in hgniva elliptic-lanceolate sepal with cuspidately acuminate apex, rather narrow petals and horizontal lip, which are of common occurrence in many cypripediums, but very rare in paphiopedilums. Apparently, this is an intermediate form, or a link, between Paphiopedilum and Cypripedium, but it does not seem to arise from hybridization between them, because no Cypripedium has been found wherever Paphiopedilum occurs. The new species is distributed in southeastern Yunnan of China. In this area, as well as in river valleys of western Yunnan or the Hengduan Mountains, there have been four species of the same genus reported before. As we know, the Hengduan Mountains and their adjacent areas are rich in Cypripedium. The differentiation of the genus there is remarkable. All five sections it contains occur there and three of them are quite distinctive. For example, the general appearance of the section Bracleosa is dissimilar to that of any other cypripediums, but closely resembles that of Listera. It appears that the difference between sect. Bracteosa of Cypripedium and sect. Brachypetalum of Paphiopedilum is not necessarily wider than that between sect. Bracteosa and sect. Cypripedium of the same genus. Apparently, it is reasonable to consider Paphiopedilum to be an evolutional branch of Cypripedium extending into tropical area, with its primitive group (subgenus Brachypetalum) still remaining in its northern fringe area. This primitive subgenus has eight species, distributed from western Yunnan to the Malay Peninsula. Five of them, including the intermediate and primitive form published here, are found in the hilly land of southeastern Yunnan and the river valleys of western Yunnan. All these facts suggest its area of origin: the river valleys of the Hengduan Mountains and the lower hilly land contiguous to the southof them.     

A preliminary assessment of the conservation status of Cypripedium species in the wild

The conservation of few plants produces such an emotive response as that of hardy slipper orchids of the genus Cypripedium. The genus, comprising 45 species and two varieties, is holarctic in distribution with the centre of diversity in China. Much is known about the status of some species and their populations in Europe and North America, but little information is available on the Asiatic and Mexican species. Most cypripediums are showy orchids and are well represented in herbaria, allowing an estimate of the present distribution, frequency and conservation status of the known species to be made. The authors conclude that having considered the number of herbarium specimens, nearly half of the genus may be considered threatened and in need of some legal protection if the plants are to survive in the wild. They identify a need to examine the conservation status of the taxa in in this genus more closely, and outline two important conservation tools that may help efforts to this end: the IUCN Red List Categories and Criteria for the Amendment of the Appendices of CITES (Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora).     

The evolutionary history of mycorrhizal specificity among lady's slipper orchids

Although coevolution is acknowledged to occur in nature, coevolutionary patterns in symbioses not involving species-to-species relationships are poorly understood. Mycorrhizal plants are thought to be too generalist to coevolve with their symbiotic fungi; yet some plants, including some orchids, exhibit strikingly narrow mycorrhizal specificity. Here, we assess the evolutionary history of mycorrhizal specificity in the lady's slipper orchid genus, Cypripedium. We sampled 90 populations of 15 taxa across three continents, using DNA methods to identify fungal symbionts and quantify mycorrhizal specificity. We assessed phylogenetic relationships among sampled Cypripedium taxa, onto which we mapped mycorrhizal specificity. Cypripedium taxa associated almost exclusively with fungi within family Tulasnellaceae. Ancestral specificity appears to have been narrow, followed by a broadening after the divergence of C. debile. Specificity then narrowed, resulting in strikingly narrow specificity in most of the taxa in this study, with no taxon rewidening to the same extant as basal members of the genus. Sympatric taxa generally associated with different sets of fungi, and most clades of Cypripedium-mycorrhizal fungi were found throughout much of the northern hemisphere, suggesting that these evolutionary patterns in specificity are not the result of biogeographic lack of opportunity to associate with potential partners. Mycorrhizal specificity in genus Cypripedium appears to be an evolvable trait, and associations with particular fungi are phylogenetically conserved.     

High specificity generally characterizes mycorrhizal association in rare lady's slipper orchids, genus Cypripedium

Lady's slipper orchids (Cypripedium spp.) are rare terrestrial plants that grow throughout the temperate Northern Hemisphere. Like all orchids, they require mycorrhizal fungi for germination and seedling nutrition. The nutritional relationships of adult Cypripedium mycorrhizae are unclear; however, Cypripedium distribution may be limited by mycorrhizal specificity, whether this specificity occurs only during the seedling stage or carries on into adulthood. We attempted to identify the primary mycorrhizal symbionts for 100 Cypripedium plants, and successfully did so with two Cypripedium calceolus, 10 Cypripedium californicum, six Cypripedium candidum, 16 Cypripedium fasciculatum, two Cypripedium guttatum, 12 Cypripedium montanum, and 11 Cypripedium parviflorum plants from a total of 44 populations in Europe and North America, yielding fungal nuclear large subunit and mitochondrial large subunit sequence and RFLP (restriction fragment length polymorphism) data for 59 plants. Because orchid mycorrhizal fungi are typically observed without fruiting structures, we assessed fungal identity through direct PCR (polymerase chain reaction) amplification of fungal genes from mycorrhizally colonized root tissue. Phylogenetic analysis revealed that the great majority of Cypripedium mycorrhizal fungi are members of narrow clades within the fungal family Tulasnellaceae. Rarely occurring root endophytes include members of the Sebacinaceae, Ceratobasidiaceae, and the ascomycetous genus, Phialophora. C. californicum was the only orchid species with apparently low specificity, as it associated with tulasnelloid, ceratobasidioid, and sebacinoid fungi in roughly equal proportion. Our results add support to the growing literature showing that high specificity is not limited to nonphotosynthetic plants, but also occurs in photosynthetic ones.     

Patterns and Structures of Land Use Change in the Three Rivers Headwaters Region of China

Located in Qinghai Province of China, the Three Rivers Headwaters Region is the source region of the Yangtze, Yellow and Lantsang Rivers, and plays an important role in biodiversity conservation and regulating water supply. Despite many efforts on land use change in Qinghai, knowledge of the spatial variation of land use change is still lacking. This study examines the patterns of land use change across various watersheds, prefectures and the temple surroundings. Remote sensing images of 1987, 1997 and 2007 were analyzed to derive land use distributions; patterns and structures of the landscape were then quantified with landscape metrics. The results illustrated that the Yangtze River headwater region had more diverse and more evenly distributed landscape, while the Lantsang and the Yellow headwater regions showed a decline in landscape diversity. Comparison of the land use patterns of four prefectures revealed that Yushu Prefecture experienced an increase in landscape diversity from 1987 to 2007 while the land use patches in Guoluo Prefecture exhibited more aggregated patterns than other prefectures. Analysis of the spatial variations of land use change in the temple surroundings illustrated that 19.7% and 35.9% of the temples in Guoluo and Yushu Prefectures, respectively, encountered land use change for their immediate areas within 2 km. Comparison of the surroundings of temples and human settlements found that land use change was not evenly distributed, and that greater land use change had occurred for the surroundings of human settlements. Such findings provided insights into the spatial variation of land use change in the Three Rivers Headwaters Region.     

Genetic diversity and population structure of Buddleja crispa Bentham in the Himalaya-Hengduan Mountains region revealed by AFLP

Buddleja crispa Benth. is one of the most morphologically variable species in genus Buddleja, and it is widely distributed in the Himalaya-Hengduan Mountains (HHM) region. This study used AFLPs as a tool to examine the genetic variation among and within 25 populations of B. crispa. Analysis of population genetics of the species aimed to clarify morphological variation, current distribution patterns, strong adaptability to habitats, and the effects of geological factors in the HHM region. The genetic structure results, based on PCoA and NJ cluster analyses, revealed that the populations of B. crispa were divided into two genetic groups. Furthermore, the peripheral populations had lower genetic diversity than the populations in the center of the distribution areas (Three Parallel Rivers). We conclude that the gene flow (predominantly seed and pollen flow) and the population differentiation of B. crispa might be more affected by the barriers formed by rivers and mountains than by geographic distance.