金花茶茶花的营养成分分析

该研究采用氨基酸自动分析仪、分光光度法等对金花茶花蕾、开放花和初谢花的营养成分进行了比较分析。结果表明:金花茶茶花中主要营养成分是碳水化合物,含有丰富的水溶性糖和粗纤维。茶花中的脂肪、粗纤维和水溶性糖含量随花蕾至开放的形成过程呈增加趋势,谢花后其含量呈下降趋势。开放花中总黄酮、皂甙、儿茶素、VE含量比花蕾和谢花中含量高。金花茶花蕾、开放花和初谢花三个阶段中氨基酸总量分别是7.44、5.14、5.00 g·100 g~(-1)。金花茶茶花含有丰富的氨基酸,花蕾内氨基酸含量尤为丰富。综合表明,金花茶茶花具较高的开发利用价值。该研究结果为了解金花茶花朵不同采收期的营养组成以及金花茶花朵的开发及采收利用提供了科学依据。     

Mecardonia tenella (Plantaginaceae) Attracts Oil-, Perfume-, and Pollen-Gathering Bees in Southern Brazil

Floral characteristics often indicate the pollinators' functional group visiting the plant and the pollination syndromes associated with them. This idea has been challenged in the past decades due to increasing evidence that most plants, including those exhibiting floral syndromes, are visited by large arrays of species that differ in their effectiveness as pollinators. Our study focuses on Mecardonia tenella (Plantaginaceae) from the Araucaria forest of southern Brazil, which exhibits characteristics of the oil flower pollination syndrome. However, it is visited by three types of functional groups of bees: male orchid bees, oil-collecting bees, and pollen-seeking bees. The relative contribution of each functional group to the plant's reproductive success was estimated based on their pollen load, visitation frequency, and morphology. We assessed resources, phenology, and breeding system of M. tenella . Our results indicate that flowers lack nectar, but volatiles, lipids, and pollen are resources that can be gathered by visitors. This combination of floral traits and visitors' assemblage makes M. tenella a challenge to the concept of pollination syndromes. Our findings indicate that the current interactions may not reflect the circumstances under which some floral traits of this plant were selected.     

野葛花醇提物中异黄酮含量及其抗氧化活性测定

以葛花苷为标准品,对野葛花醇提物的氯仿、乙酸乙酯、正丁醇萃取物及水溶物4部分中的异黄酮含量进行测定,并采用DPPH·法对各萃取物进行自由基清除实验.结果显示,(1)氯仿、乙酸乙酯、正丁醇萃取物及水溶物4部分的异黄酮含量分别为35.27%、53.42%、52.13%和2.34%.(2)抗氧化实验显示, 4 部分清除DPPH·的IC50值分别为252、49、197和344 μg/mL.(3)相关性分析表明,野葛花醇提物各萃取部分的抗氧化活性主要来自于其中含有的异黄酮类化合物.研究表明野葛花醇提物的乙酸乙酯和正丁醇萃取部分异黄酮含量较高;氯仿、乙酸乙酯、正丁醇萃取物及水溶物4部分对DPPH自由基均有一定的清除作用,其中以乙酸乙酯萃取物的效果最佳;表明异黄酮是一种天然的抗氧化剂,具有较强的抗氧化作用.     

The potential of South African indigenous plants for the international cut flower trade

A broad review is presented of recent developments in the commercialization of southern Africa indigenous flora for the cut flower trade, including potted flowers and foliages (“greens”). The botany, horticultural traits and potential for commercialization of several indigenous plants have been reported in several publications. The contribution of species indigenous and/or endemic to southern Africa in the development of cut flower crop plants is widely acknowledged. These include what is known in the trade as gladiolus, freesia, gerbera, ornithogalum, clivia, agapanthus, strelitzia, plumbago and protea. Despite the wealth of South African flower bulb species, relatively few have become commercially important in the international bulb industry. Trade figures on the international markets also reflect the importance of a few species of southern African origin. The development of new research tools are contributing to the commercialization of South African plants, although propagation, cultivation and post-harvest handling need to be improved. A list of commercially relevant southern African cut flowers (including those used for fresh flowers, dried flowers, foliage and potted flowers) is presented, together with a subjective evaluation of several genera and species with perceived potential for the development of new crops for the florist trade. It is concluded that research should be focused on potential markets rather than on preconceived product concepts. A special national effort is required to maximize the opportunities presented by the rich diversity of the flora and to develop an internationally competitive cut flower industry.     

四川攀西地区南亚热带观赏花卉引试种初报

本文报道四川攀西地区引进的53科143个观赏花卉品种的引种试种情况。结果表明,所引进的品种在攀西地区均表现为适应性较强,可望成为今后该地区发展观赏花卉的主导品种。     

Effect of exogenous hormones on leaf yellowing in cut flowering branches of Alstroemeria pelegrina L.

Inclusion of IAA in the vase water had little effect on leaf yellowing in cut flowering branches of Alstroemeria pelegrina L. while kinetin delayed leaf yellowing at 10^-4M (continuous treatment). Chlorophyll was effectively retained by 10^-7M gibberellic acid (GA) in the vase water or by a 20h pulse at 5°C with 10^-5/10^-4M GA. After 16h of ¹⁴C-GA, uptake at 20°C relatively high levels of ¹⁴C were found in leaves and low levels in stems and flowers. After this treatment about half of the ¹⁴C-GA, in leaves was metabolized into unknown compounds. Corrigendum. Owing to an error in the proofreading process, the article was published incorrectly. The article as it should have been published is presented here.     

The systematic value of flower structure in Crotalaria and related genera of the tribe Crotalarieae (Fabaceae)

Flowers in the tribe Crotalarieae of the family Fabaceae are generally adapted to bee pollination mechanisms. Molecular systematics have recently provided a major step towards a profound insight into generic relationships, thereby creating the opportunity to re-evaluate the taxonomic and functional significance of flower structure in the tribe, with emphasis on the large genus Crotalaria. A representative sample of flowers from 211 species was dissected to record morphological character states. These data were supplemented from the literature to allow for generalizations for the tribe as a whole. Six structural–functional flower types were identified: (1) pump; (2) gullet; (3) hugging; (4) saddle; (5) tunnel and (6) brush (saddle and tunnel types described here for the first time). Crotalaria uniquely has the brush type, characterized by a rostrate keel, highly dimorphic anthers, stylar trichomes and elaborate callosities on the standard petal. Remarkably, Crotalaria and Bolusia are the only genera of the tribe Crotalarieae with callosities present in all of the species. In other genera, callosities are generally absent or infrequent. Trends towards specialization of pollination syndromes are apparent as assemblages of apomorphic states that co-occur in what we refer to here as “specialized flowers”; individual characters are labile or non-homologous (e.g. callosities) and diagnostically less valuable. Unique combinations of flower characters are often useful to support current generic concepts in Crotalarieae.     

8-Oxoerythrinine: An alkaloid from Erythrina brucei

The flowers of Erythrina brucei afforded, in addition to known compounds, a new erythrina alkaloid, 8-oxoerythrinine. Its structure was elucidated by spectroscopic investigations as well as by chemical transformations.     

广西野生花卉资源的研究

记述了广西野生花卉资源的概况 ,5个基本特点和 6个主要类群。同时也对产地的自然环境作了简介 ,并对广西野生花卉的保护和开发提出了建议。广西野生花卉的 5个主要特点是 :花卉种类的丰富性、种质资源的珍贵性、生长基质的特殊性、草本性状的显著性和资源分布的不均性。其 6个主要类群是 :山茶科、杜鹃科、兰科、木兰科、百合科和苦苣苔科。