新疆北部中泥盆世呼吉尔斯特组的一种细小植物

描述新疆北部中泥盆世晚期呼吉尔斯特组中上部中的一种细小植物：Tsaia conica sp. nov.。该植物具有不等二歧分叉茎,表面具有圆锥形突出物。生殖枝由一次等二歧分叉枝系和数枚孢子囊组成。枝系末端着生四对成对长椭圆形孢子囊。通过对已知资料的分析,结合新材料的初步研究,新疆北部中泥盆世晚期植物群被暂定为 Lepidodendropsis kazachstanica- Com psocradus sp. - Sawdonia cursti pa (LCS)组合。通过与世界上同期植物群的对比,确认新疆北部中泥盆世晚期植物群属于一个独特的植物区。     

抱囊蕨属—四川早泥盆世一新属

本文描述了四川早泥盆世陆地植物的一个新属种——江油抱囊蕨(Amplectosporangiumjiangyouense)。植物体茎轴裸露,等或不等二歧式分枝多次,在其远端区密集的二歧式分枝构成了一个椭圆状或梨状轮廓的能育顶枝系。孢子囊椭圆形,具短柄,呈单列侧生于能育枝的内侧。根据新植物显示的形态特征,除与一些早期陆地维管植物作了比较外,还初步探讨了它与种子植物珠被演化间的关系。     

新疆准噶尔盆地西缘晚泥盆世一种新的石松类植物

描述新疆和布克赛尔晚泥盆世洪古勒楞组中的一种石松类孢子囊穗,该孢子囊穗二歧分叉一次,长纺锤形叶座紧密螺旋排列于穗轴上,每轮6枚;孢子叶披针形,具叶柄,单脉,叶缘具细齿;孢子囊近轴处着生,长椭球形,囊内有4枚大孢子;大孢子圆球形,表面光滑,直径为900－1200μg。通过对比研究,将当前孢子囊穗定为新属、新种,即Hefengistrobus bifurcus gen.et sp.nov.,同时讨论该孢子囊穗在石松类演化上的意义。     

四川广元晚志留世植物碎片

本文初步研究了产自四川广元晚志留世地层中植物碎片,共分为三个类型。TypeI 具有叶状体,表面具有孔,叶状体上着生有具有中间加厚带的枝。Type Ⅱ的枝表面具有刺。Type Ⅲ的枝二歧分叉三次。通过研究认为,Type I与苔藓类植物可以对比,具有一定的相似性,可能生活在比较干燥的环境中。Type Ⅱ的母体植物可能生活在具有食草动物的环境中。     

早泥盆世始叶蕨（新属）及叶子起源的讨论

本文报道了滇东南文山地区下泥盆统坡松冲组（西根阶）地层中一陆生植物新属,种－纤细始叶蕨（Eophyllophyton bellum gen.et sp.nov),植物体矮小,多次二叉分枝,远端枝二列互生长出次一级二叉分枝为主的末级枝,枝系起源叶顶生成侧生,多次分叉,缩合,扁化,蹼化并部分并合,生殖单位可下垂,由二枚顶端内卷的孢子叶组成,孢子囊圆至肾形,沿远,端加厚带开裂,成列侧生在孢子叶相对面的叶轴上,上述特征表明新植物远比同期的莱尼类,三枝蕨类和工蕨类复杂和进化,并显示出和工蕨类的某些亲缘关系,文内还探讨了枝系起源叶（大型叶）的发生和演化。     

早泥盆世始叶蕨（新属）及叶子起源的讨论

本文报道了滇东南文山地区下泥盆统坡松冲组（西根阶）地层中一陆生植物新属,种－纤细始叶蕨（Eophyllophyton bellum gen.et sp.nov),植物体矮小,多次二叉分枝,远端枝二列互生长出次一级二叉分枝为主的末级枝,枝系起源叶顶生成侧生,多次分叉,缩合,扁化,蹼化并部分并合,生殖单位可下垂,由二枚顶端内卷的孢子叶组成,孢子囊圆至肾形,沿远,端加厚带开裂,成列侧生在孢子叶相对面的叶轴上,上述特征表明新植物远比同期的莱尼类,三枝蕨类和工蕨类复杂和进化,并显示出和工蕨类的某些亲缘关系,文内还探讨了枝系起源叶（大型叶）的发生和演化。     

川陕地区晚三叠世轮叶状植物一新属

本文研究了川、陕地区晚三叠世地层中发现的轮叶状植物,讨论了它和古生代芦木科植物的异同,建立了一新属Neoannularia。与营养枝一起还发现了相当数量的生殖枝,根据其孢子囊穗的特点,单独命名为Neostachya。     

云南武定中泥盆世晚期植物与腹足动物共生标本的发现及其古生态意义

中泥盆世晚期陆生植物的演化已经达到相当高的水平,我国以云南中泥盆世晚期植物群为代表,称为Lepidodendropsis arborecense-Minarodendron cathaysiense-Eocladoxylou minutum (LME)组合。当前在云南武定中泥盆世晚期地层(西冲组上部)中发现的植物主要有Lepidodendropsis arborescense,Eocladoxylon minutu,Rhipidophyton acanthum等,其中,在R.acanthum的茎干基部密集共生有腹足动物Valvata sp.。根据植物表面无动物咬食痕迹,以及腹足动物生态特性和演化分析,当前陆生植物与水生动物共生的原因是植物茎干飘落水体后,为水生的腹足动物提供了新的栖息场所,并随水流、风浪载运至异地埋藏。这种水生腹足动物寄栖于水中物体的生活方式很普遍,是腹足动物迁徙、扩散的一种重要途径。     

中国志留纪陆生植物研究综述

简要论述中国志留纪陆生植物研究现状,主要特征、在早期陆生植物起源和演化上的意义及今后研究展望.贵州凤冈志留纪Llandovery世晚期Pinnatiramosus qianensis Geng(黔羽枝)具有陆生维管植物的某些重要特征;新疆志留纪Pridoli世晚期植物群中出现了早期陆生维管植物主要类群,显示了陆生维管植物多样性的早期特征;云南志留纪Pridoli世晚期植物的发现有助于对全球植物古地理分区的研究;我国西南地区志留纪具有丰富的微体植物(隐孢子、三缝孢、管状体和表皮等).为早期陆生植物的演化提供了重要化石证据.我国是探寻陆生植物起源、分异和演化的关键地区之一.在志留纪地层中开展早期陆生植物化石的野外和室内工作,能够揭示各时段的陆生植物特征,提出新的观点和演化模式,将推进早期陆生植物起源和系统演化的研究.随着我国志留纪陆生植物化石研究程度的提高,基于有力地层时代证据基础上建立的早期陆生植物组合(主要是微体植物化石组合),将为我国志留系划分和对比提供证据,特别是碎屑岩地区和化石十分稀少的层段.     

内蒙古乌达早二叠世火山凝灰岩植物群中长星叶Asterophylliteslongifolius(Sternberg)Brongniart的形态复原与生态习性探讨*

基于内蒙古乌达煤田下二叠统太原组内火山凝灰岩层中保存的大量标本,对长星叶Asterophyllites longifolius(Sternberg)Brongniart的形态特征和生态习性进行探讨。这是该种作为成煤植物首次发现于华夏植物地理区。该种的主要特征是:至少三级分枝系统,末三级枝顶部不等二歧分叉形成末二级分枝,末二级枝节部生长末级枝。末级枝节部轮生叶;叶线形或披针形,宽与长度的比值最小可达1∶100,边缘直,两侧平行轮生于末级枝节部,每轮叶约30枚,具中脉;相邻的叶轮之间相互叠覆;与之连生的繁殖器官为Palaeostachya型。基于野外现场埋藏学样方统计确认该植物在成煤沼泽内局部具有较高的丰度,与一些草本蕨类和种子蕨类组成了成煤沼泽植物群落的下层植被。长星叶是石炭纪—二叠纪华夏植物群与欧美植物群的共同分子之一,在华夏植物区分布时间更长(从早石炭世末期至晚二叠世);它们于宾夕法尼亚亚纪晚期在泛大陆西部以及中部逐渐消失,可能与当时低纬度地区激烈动荡的气候条件有关。     

THE SPORANGIUM OF HORNEOPHYTON LIGNIERI (RHYNIOPHYTINA)

Numerous sporangia of Horneophyton lignieri from the Rhynie Chert locality in Scotland have been studied. The sporangia are branched, with two to four columellate lobes of varying length, and a continuous sporogenous zone or cavity occurs among the lobes. Unbranched sporangia, generally thought to be the typical form for the plant have not been found, and their presence is not established. Although not definitely proven, evidence suggests that the sporangia opened by means of a small apical pore or stoma. An area of thick-walled cells at the apex of each sporangial lobe probably played some role in this opening. Radial, trilete, azonate spores ranging from 39–49 μm in diam, with curvaturae perfectae are produced most commonly in tetrahedral tetrads and occasionally in isobilateral tetrads. Matters of spore preservation and possible ornamentation are discussed. The branched sporangia of this genus are unique among bryophytes and vascular plants and provide some evidence that certain synangia may have arisen from a single sporangium rather than from multiple sporangia borne singly at the tips of ultimate branches.     

BASAL CAMBRIAN MICROFOSSILS FROM THE YURTUS AND XISHANBLAQ FORMATIONS (TARIM, NORTH-WEST CHINA): SYSTEMATIC REVISION AND BIOSTRATIGRAPHIC CORRELATION OF MICRHYSTRIDIUM-LIKE ACRITARCHS

Abstract:  Micrhystridium -like acritarchs are widely distributed in basal Cambrian cherts and phosphorites in South China. This paper describes similar acritarchs from the basal Cambrian Yurtus and Xishanblaq formations in Tarim, north-west China. The taxonomy of these acritarchs is revised. The basal Cambrian acritarch assemblage in Tarim and South China is characterized by three genera: Asteridium Moczydłowska, Heliosphaeridium Moczydłowska and Comasphaeridium Staplin, Jansonius and Pocock. This assemblage is named the Asteridium - Heliosphaeridium - Comasphaeridium (AHC) acritarch assemblage. In both South China and Tarim, the AHC acritarch assemblage is associated with the tubular microfossil Megathrix longus Yin L. and the small shelly fossil Kaiyangites novilis Qian and Yin G. This assemblage also occurs in the Lower Tal Formation in the Lesser Himalaya. Correlation with small shelly fossil (SSF) assemblages indicates that the AHC assemblage is restricted to the Meishucunian Stage, and possibly to the lower Meishucunian ( Anabarites trisulcatus - Protohertzina anabarica and Siphogonuchites triangularis - Paragloborilus subglobosus SSF assemblages). The AHC assemblage is broadly similar to the Asteridium tornatum - Comasphaeridium velvetum (acritarch) Zone in the East European Platform, which is considered to be Nemakit-Daldynian (and possibly Tommotian) in age.     

TWO NEW MEMBERS OF THE BLASTOCLADIACEAE. I. TAXONOMY,WITH AN EVALUATION OF GENERA AND INTERRELATIONSHIPS IN THE FAMILY

Two new fungi in a small family of zoosporic phycomycetes, the Blastocladiaceae, are described. Both are included in the Brachyallomyces category, as sexuality has not been found in either one thus far. Microallomyces dendroideus from Costa Rica represents a new genus distinguished by its occurrence on animal or plant substrata rich in protein, its branched thallus in which pseudosepta are entirely lacking but growth is renewed by sympodially formed hyphal tips, and its small size. Allomyces reticulatus from California is the first species in this well-known genus to exhibit reticulately sculptured resistant sporangia. Its robust thallus is also unusual in that, despite the presence of the characteristic pseudosepta and branching with sympodially renewed hyphal tips, growth is ordinarily not unlimited as it is in all other species of the genus. The addition of these two new water molds to the Blastocladiaceae poses some basic questions regarding generic distinctions in the family. These problems are discussed and a working key to the genera is provided.     

Lower Devonian coalified sporangia from Shropshire: Salopella Edwards & Richardson and Tortilicaulis Edwards

A diverse assemblage of coalified sporangia from Lochkovian/Gedinnian, fluvial rocks imicrornatus-newportensis Spore Biozone) contains fusiform forms assignable to Salopella Edwards & Richardson and Tortilicaulis Edwards. Both show bifurcation within some sporangia. In specimens assigned to Salopella cf. marcensis , longitudinal dehiscence produces two equal valves revealing spores resembling Aneurospora , although trilete marks may be difficult to distinguish. The spores are in two forms with distal ornament of either coarse or fine coni, each occurring in separate sporangia. A further sporangium of Salopella shape contains distally apiculate, hilate cryptospores. Elongate sporangia exhibiting spiralling of superficial cells and sometimes gross twisting, are placed in a new species of Tortilicaulii, T. offaeus. Anatomical data include details of irregularly thickened epidermal cells, sporangial wall and in situ spores. The latter are trilete, equatorially thickened and highly distinctive, because the entire exospore surface is covered with grana, a feature not common in dispersed spores of this age. The nomenclatural and curatorial problems associated with these small, coalified fossils, whose anatomical examination by scanning electron microscope necessitates elimination of gross morphology, are discussed.     

入侵植物凤眼蓝繁育系统在中国境内的地理变异

 对中国境内的凤眼蓝（Eichhornia crassipes）进行了大规模地理范围的调查,分析了24个地点40个种群的克隆繁殖与有性繁殖的相对水平、三型花柱的花型变化以及花部综合特征的变异。40个种群都以克隆繁殖为主要更新方式。其中36个种群只有三型花柱中的M花型;南宁、重庆的种群中出现了频率极低的L花型;南宁、重庆、福州和海口种群内,出现了具有促进花内自交潜能的半同长花柱花型（柱头与花药相靠拢的M花型变异体或L花型变异体）。与其它地方种群相比,西南和海南岛的种群表现出较多样化的繁育系统。M和L花型个体的结实个体率都约为4％,没有显著差异,种子产量在两花型个体之间也没有差异。由于种群内花型的残缺,作为促进花型之间异交传粉适应机制的三型花柱繁育系统已经解体,部分种群中出现了可以促进花内自交的半同长花柱变异体。克隆繁殖是凤眼蓝适应入侵生境的一种形式,花内自交是凤眼蓝繁育系统在入侵过程中可能的进化方向,这些繁育系统上的变化对该植物的入侵机制和途径产生了深远影响。     

THE DEVELOPMENT AND CYTOLOGY OF THE EPIBIOTIC PHASE OF PHYSODERMA PULPOSUM

Lingappa , Yamuna . (U. Michigan, Ann Arbor.) The development and cytology of the epibiotic phase of Physoderma pulposum. Amer. Jour. Bot. 46(3) : 145-150. Illus. 1959.—Physoderma pulposum, a chytrid parasite on Chenopodium album L. and Atriplex patula L., has a zoosporangial epibiotic phase. The latter consists of extramatrical sporangia and intramatrical bushy rhizoids, both enclosed in large protruding galls. The sporangia are subspherical, up to 350μ in diameter, and may produce hundreds of planospores. If planospores settle on the host surface, they develop narrow germ tubes which penetrate the epidermal cells and develop into rhizoids. The planospore body, however, remains on the host surface and develops into a mature epibiotic sporangium in about 20-25 days at 16°C., 12-15 days at 20-25°C., or 6-8 days at 30°C. During development, its nucleus and daughter nuclei divide mitotically with intranuclear spindles until the sporangium contains several hundred nuclei. This is followed by progressive cleavage which delimits the planospore rudiments. When mature sporangia are placed in fresh water, the planospores are quickly formed within 1 hr. at 25°C. and begin to swarm within the sporangia. They escape in large numbers through an opening formed by the deliquescence of a papillum in the sporangial wall. The planospores are subspherical or elongate, 3-5 × 4-6 μ, and each has an eccentric orange-yellow refractive globule and a flagellum 18-22 μ in length. The electron micrographs of the flagella indicate that the flagella are absorbed from tip backward during encystment of the planospores. By periodic inoculation of the host plants with planospores from epibiotic sporangia, as well as from germinating resting sporangia, generation after generation of epibiotic sporangia have been obtained for 4 years. This proves the existence of a eucarpic, epibiotic, ephemeral zoosporangial phase in P. pulposum. Field observations on the duration and sequence of development of the fungus indicate that the endobiotic resting sporangial phase always follows the epibiotic phase. The results of infection experiments also indicate that the epi- and endobiotic phases belong to one and the same fungus, P. pulposum.     

A REEXAMINATION OF THE POLLEN-DONATION HYPOTHESIS IN AN EXPERIMENTAL POPULATION OF ASCLEPIAS EXALTATA

The evolution of large floral displays in hermaphroditic flowering plants has been attributed to natural selection acting to enhance male, rather than female, reproductive success. Proponents of the “pollen-donation hypothesis” have assumed that maternal resources, rather than levels of effective pollination, limit fruit set. We investigated the pollen-donation hypothesis in an experimental population of poke milkweed, Asclepias exaltata, where effective pollination did not limit fruit set. Specifically, we examined the effects of flower number per plant, and flower number per umbel on male reproductive success (number of fruits sired) and female reproductive success (number of fruits matured). In 1990, a paternity analysis was performed on fruits collected from 53 plants whose inflorescences were not manipulated. Flower number per plant was significantly correlated with male success, but not with plant gender. Flower number per plant was also significantly correlated with female success, but umbel number and stem number per plant together explained more than half (58%) the variation in female success. The percentage of fruit set was not significantly correlated with flower number per plant. Plants with large floral displays did not disproportionately increase in male reproductive success, relative to female success, as predicted by the pollen-donation hypothesis. In 1991, the effect of flower number per umbel on male and female reproductive success was investigated. Flower number per umbel was manipulated on four umbels per plant by removing flowers to leave 6, 12, or 18 flowers in each umbel. Plants with the largest umbels effectively pollinated twice as many flowers on other plants, but produced only 1.35 times as many fruits as plants with 6 and 12 flowers per umbel. Relative maleness of plants with large umbels was nearly twice that of small and medium umbels. Although these observations are consistent with the pollen-donation hypothesis at the level of umbels, they are problematic, because much of the variation in flower number per umbel exists within, rather than among, plants in natural populations. Thus, plants consist of both reproductively male (large) and female (small) inflorescences, which act to increase total reproductive success. It is therefore inappropriate to explain the evolution of large floral displays in milkweeds solely in terms of potential male reproductive success.     

A reconsideration of Dimeripteris cornuta SCHWEITZER and CAI, a diminutive fossil plant from the Middle Devonian of Yunnan, China

Small plant fragments previously attributed to Dimeripteris cornuta SCHWEITZER and CAI and new specimens are described from the Middle Devonian (Givetian) Xichong Formation of Wuding, Yunnan Province, southwest China. A predominantly trifurcate branching pattern is recognized in lower orders of branching. Erect fusiform sporangia are borne in pairs terminally on a short pedicel on up to three times dichotomously-branching fertile unit. The beaked tips of the paired sporangia point outwards. This plant is distinguished from known plants by the trifurcate branching pattern and sporangia morphology, but is of problematic affinity. The plant is named Tauritheca cornuta (SCHWEITZER and CAI) WANG and BERRY nov. gen. and nov. comb.     

Early Caddoan Subsistence Strategies,Sabine River Basin,East Texas

Abstract

Well preserved faunal and floral materials recovered from the Taddlock and Spoonbill sites in the Sabine River Basin of East Texas provide one of the first opportunities to document the subsistence strategies of sedentary hamlet occupations during the Early Caddoan period. The Taddlock site, dated ca. A.D. 940-1000, has a large faunal assemblage indicating a generalized and balanced exploitation of small and large mammals, reptiles, and fish. The two components at Spoonbill, dated ca. A.D. 970 ±65 and A.D. 1260±65, are characterized by an extensive floral sample of wild plant foods, seeds, and maize. At both sites, maize constitutes less than 10% by weight of the total plant food remains. The Early Caddoan inhabitants exploited a wide variety of animal and plant food, but at this time maize was likely one of several main sources of food energy rather than the focus of a specialized economy.     

贵州早泥盆世刺镰蕨的新观察

刺镰蕨在早泥盆世是一种广布于世界的植物,尽管报道自许多地点,但远未完全地了解它,其主要原因是能育材料罕见。我们观察的标本采自贵州早泥盆世的丹林组。它显示具柄的孢子囊侧生于靠近叶腋的轴上,我们的标本近似球形的孢子囊和它的形态略小于雷诺的肾形孢子囊外,其它方面如：带状的营养轴上具有疏螺旋排列的镰刀状叶,具短柄的孢子囊侧生于轴上以及管胞具穿孔壁等性状与雷诺修订后的刺镰蕨完全一致。我们同意雷诺的观点,将镰蕨目升为纲,与工蕨纲和石松纲并列。它的系统位置是介于工蕨纲和石松纲之间。其下包含一目、一科三个属——镰蕨属、巴拉格瓦纳彻属和星木属。这种植物的生殖部分在中国尚属首次报道。