中国产3种水韭叶舌形态结构的比较研究

以中国产3种水韭的成熟叶片基部为实验材料,采用石蜡切片法,详细观察3种水韭的叶舌结构,建立各自叶舌的立体模型,探讨3种水韭间的亲缘关系,并比较了中国特产水韭与中亚及北美水韭的演化关系。结果显示:(1)3种水韭叶舌结构主要分为舌片、舌足和横带三部分。(2)中华水韭与东方水韭舌片均为三叉型,有主侧舌片之分,足角均为卵圆形,舌足与叶轴平行,而云贵水韭长鼻形,无主侧舌片之分,足角为三角形,舌足与叶轴有一定的角度。(3)中华水韭与云贵水韭的舌足侧面观为长椭圆形,东方水韭舌足侧面观为肾形。研究认为,中华水韭与东方水韭的亲缘关系较近,二者与云贵水韭亲缘关系较远;叶舌是水韭类的溯祖形态,其结构复杂,特征稳定,种间差异明显,应该作为水韭分类的重要依据。     

极危孑遗蕨类中华水韭有性生殖的形态学研究

通过人工培养,采用半薄切片和超薄切片法,对中华水韭(Isoetes sinensis Palmer)有性生殖全过程进行了连续观察。结果显示:(1)雌雄配子体均为壁内发育,雌配子着生有假根,发育出多个颈卵器;雄配子体无假根,每个雄配子可产生4个具有8~12条鞭毛的精细胞。(2)颈卵器只有2个颈沟细胞和1个卵细胞,腹壁细胞由配子体营养细胞转化而来。(3)合子初次分裂面与颈卵器长轴之间的夹角约为20°,2~4细胞胚胎易于停止分裂而老化,自数十个细胞后胚胎即出现明显的组织分化。(4)在球形胚时期第一叶还没分化的时候,在胚胎中出现第一叶的叶舌原始细胞,但直到第一叶顶端变绿具有光合能力时,第一叶的叶舌才开始发育。研究结果支持根叶优先发育的观点,认为雄配子体发生率极低、雌配子体存在较多的败育性结构等,是中华水韭生殖濒危的主要原因。     

中华水韭孢子囊发育研究

采用半薄切片法,连续观察了极度濒危级(CR)植物中华水韭大小孢子囊的发育过程,以期从无性生殖的角度,为探讨其濒危原因提供直观可靠的理论根据。结果显示:(1)中华水韭的大小孢子叶相间排列,无混生孢子囊。(2)隔丝为孢子供给营养,其体积直接影响孢子的大小、产量和育性。(3)大小孢子囊都近半数败育,小孢子囊为整齐发育,大孢子囊为不整齐发育。(4)大小孢子囊均无柄,且都不存在开裂结构,只有孢子囊壁腐烂后才能散播孢子。研究认为,中华水韭的濒危与孢子囊的发育特征密切相关,孢子囊的高频率败育、没有开裂结构以及对环境的依赖,是造成中华水韭濒危的重要因素之一;通过与近缘类群孢子囊的比较,发现仅水韭孢子的散播借助外力,对生境要求较高,即验证了水韭古老的系统学地位,同时说明水韭更具有监测生境地区环境指标的能力。     

云贵水韭雌配子体发育及其濒危机制的研究

为了解云贵水韭(Isoetes yunguiensis)的生殖过程和濒危原因,采用人工培养获得其雌配子体,用半薄切片法观察雌配子体发育过程。结果表明,云贵水韭的大孢子萌发率约为26%;雌配子体异养,终生都在大孢子细胞壁内发育;颈卵器发育只有2枚颈沟细胞而无腹沟细胞。雌配子体发育停止在游离核时期、颈壁细胞数量偏少或排列紊乱、颈沟细胞异常、卵细胞凋亡等可能是导致生殖濒危的原因。同时,游离核是水韭生殖生物学研究和系统学研究的重要环节之一;缺失腹沟细胞可能是水韭类简化性进化的特征之一。     

蕨类植物桂皮紫萁颈卵器和精子器形态和发育的研究

利用扫描电镜技术和树脂切片技术对蕨类植物桂皮紫萁（Osmunda cinnamomeaL.var.asiatica Fernald)的颈卵器和精子器的形态和发育进行了细致的研究。颈卵器发生于雌配子体的腹面,颈部由4列壁细胞构成,6-7个细胞高,内部含有颈沟细胞,腹沟细胞和卵细胞,卵细胞在整个发育过程中,造粉体和囊泡最为显著,颈卵器内的卵细胞成熟时产生卵膜和分离腔。精子器发生于雄配子体的边缘及腹面,由7-8个壁细胞螺旋状围绕而成,壁细胞内为产精组织,精子成熟时精子器盖细胞开裂释放出游动精子。     

中国4种水韭植物叶片分类学特征的比较观察

我国共有5种水韭,全部被列为国家一级保护,均属极度濒危级（CR）野生植物。就营养器官而言,因水韭根、茎的简化,叶片特征成为最重要的分类学依据。本文针对形态特征相近的中华水韭、云贵水韭、台湾水韭和东方水韭,用显微镜观察了叶片发育的形态特征。结果表明：不同种水韭叶片在旋转角度、气孔分布等方面存在差异,而气孔器的种间一致性较高;同种水韭叶片在不同发育时期,其近远轴面的气孔指数、气孔分布及叶凸指数均有稳定的分类价值。本文检索讨论了我国4种水韭的分类学关系,并发现了叶表皮都存在异形条状细胞。     

珍稀濒危蕨类植物中华水韭染色体数目的研究

蕨类植物中华水韭 Isoetes sinensis Palmer,隶属于拟蕨类水韭亚门水韭目水韭科水韭属。该亚门现仅存单目单科 2属 [1] ,形态特征独特 ,系统位置也原始而孤立 [2 ] ,其染色体资料对探讨单目单科水韭属植物的系统演化进而对蕨类植物系统演化均极具意义。水韭属植物全世界现存约 1 30种[1] ,主要分布于北半球 ,我国仅有 4种 ,且数量十分稀少 ,全部被列为国家一级重点保护对象 ,其中 ,中华水韭是中国境内发现的第一种水韭 ,现仅零星存在于江苏、安徽、浙江、江西的少数湿地 [3 ,4] ,已处于极度濒危状态 [4] 。目前有关水韭属植物染色体资料均…     

中国3种水韭属植物自然居群水体化学性质特征及差异性研究

 通过测定20个化学因子,利用平均值、变异系数和差异显著性检验,分析研究了中国3种水生水韭属植物中华水韭(Isoetes sinensis)、云贵水韭(I. yunguiensis)和高寒水韭(I. hypsophila)自然居群水体化学性质的特征和差异性。结果显示：这３种水韭属植物生活水体的20个化学因子整体上表现出Ni含量占绝对优势、电导率较低、受干扰较小的共同特征;虽然平均值和变异系数变化较大,但除了pH、P、NO3-N、NO3-和Al具有显著性差异以外,其余各因子在3个种的生活水体间相对稳定不具显著性差异。结合其它的研究结果分析表明：这3种水韭属植物自然居群水体化学性质的差异可能源于这3种水韭属植物生理特征的差异性,对3种水韭属植物的分布不具选择差异性。     

珍稀濒危蕨类植物东方水韭的遗传多样性

采用ISSR分子标记对珍稀濒危蕨类植物东方水韭和中华水韭4个自然居群共72个样品进行了DNA多态性分析。从65个随机引物中筛选出11个有效引物,共产生98条DNA片段,其中68条为多态性条带,多态位点百分率(PPL)为66.33%。东方水韭两个居群的多态位点百分比率(PPL)较低(8.16%和7.14%)。中华水韭两个居群的PPL也较低(9.18%和23.47%)。中华水韭物种水平上的PPL(51.02%)高于东方水韭(9.18%)。AMO-VA分析结果表明,东方水韭遗传变异中主要存在于居群内(94.74%),而中华水韭绝大部分的遗传变异却存在于居群间(86.71%)。东方水韭和中华水韭个体间UPGMA聚类结果表明:同一物种的个体完全能聚在一起,中华水韭的两个居群也能明显分开,而东方水韭两居群的个体并不能完全聚在一起。探讨了可能造成上述居群遗传结构模式的主要因素,同时提出今后工作中需重点解决的问题。     

中国水韭属植物的孢子形态特征

利用扫描电镜观察了中国现存5种水韭属Isētes植物孢子的表面纹饰,并统计分析了孢子的大小(n=30).结果显示:高寒水韭上hypsophila大孢子表面光滑无突起纹饰,平均极面直径358 μm,小孢子具脑回状纹饰,平均长度22μm;云贵水韭Lyunguiensis大孢子表面具脊条-网络状纹饰,纹饰突起较低,近极面较稀疏且不连成完全的网络,平均极面直径390 μm,小孢子具疣状小颗粒至近于光滑的表面纹饰,平均长度22μm;台湾水韭L taiwanensis大孢子表面具瘤状突起,平均极面直径312μm,小孢子表面具刺棘状突起,平均长度24μm;中华水韭I sinensis大孢子表面具脊条状突起,平均极面直径409 μm,小孢子表面具刺棘状突起,平均长度28 μm;东方水韭I orientalis大孢子表面具脊条-网络状纹饰,纹饰突起较高,近极面的网络较完整,平均极面直径420 μm,小孢子表面具矮刺状-瘤状突起,平均长度34 μm.比较类群间的孢子形态特征与染色体数目表明:5个类群的孢子表面纹饰区别明显,同时,孢子的大小可反映类群的倍性,孢子较小的高寒水韭、云贵水韭和台湾水韭是二倍体(2n=22),孢子较大的中华水韭(2n=44)和东方水韭(2n=66)为多倍体.孢子的形态特征在中国水韭属植物物种的鉴定与分类中具有重要意义.     

Systematic significance of mature embryo of bamboos

The mature embryo of seven species belonging to five genera of Indian bamboos is described. In all these the basic pattern of embryo organisation is same: the scutellar and coleoptilar bundles are not separated by an internode, the epiblast is absent, the lower portion of the scutellum and the coleorhiza are separated by a cleft and the margins of embryonic leaves overlap. The features unique to fleshy fruited bamboos are: presence of a massive scutellum, the juxtaposition of plumule and radicle and the occurrence of a bud in the axil of the coleoptile. The fleshy fruit bearing bamboos should be classified into one group, the tribeMelocanneae. Evidence is provided to recognise additional groups in the subfamilyBambusoideae.     

Taxonomic status of the species of the green algal genusNeochloris

Komárek has recently reviewed the various species assigned to the green algal genusNeochloris Starr (Chlorococcales, Chlorococcaceae) and removed those with uninucleate vegetative cells to a new genus,Ettlia. Watanabe & Floyd, unaware ofKomárek's work, also reviewed the species ofNeochloris and distributed them among three genera—Neochloris, Chlorococcopsis gen. nov., andParietochloris gen. nov.—on the basis of details of the covering of the zoospore and the arrangement of the basal bodies of the flagellar apparatus. This paper reconciles these two treatments and makes additional recommendations at the ranks of genus, family, order, and class.     

Phylogeny of cardinalfishes (Teleostei: Gobiiformes: Apogonidae) and the evolution of visceral bioluminescence

The cardinalfishes (Apogonidae) are a diverse clade of small, mostly reef-dwelling fishes, for which a variety of morphological data have not yielded a consistent phylogeny. We use DNA sequence to hypothesize phylogenetic relationships within Apogonidae and among apogonids and other acanthomorph families, to examine patterns of evolution including the distribution of a visceral bioluminescence system. In conformance with previous studies, Apogonidae is placed in a clade with Pempheridae, Kurtidae, Leiognathidae, and Gobioidei. The apogonid genus Pseudamia is recovered outside the remainder of the family, not as sister to the superficially similar genus Gymnapogon. Species sampled from the Caribbean and Western Atlantic (Phaeoptyx, Astrapogon, and some Apogon species) form a clade, as do the larger-bodied Glossamia and Cheilodipterus. Incidence of visceral bioluminescence is found scattered throughout the phylogeny, independently for each group in which it is present. Examination of the fine structure of the visceral bioluminescence system through histology shows that light organs exhibit a range of morphologies, with some composed of complex masses of tubules (Siphamia, Pempheris, Parapriacanthus) and others lacking tubules but containing chambers formed by folds of the visceral epithelium (Acropoma, Archamia, Jaydia, and Rhabdamia). Light organs in Siphamia, Acropoma, Pempheris and Parapriacanthus are distinct from but connected to the gut; those in Archamia, Jaydia, and Rhabdamia are simply portions of the intestinal tract, and are little differentiated from the surrounding tissues. The presence or absence of symbiotic luminescent bacteria does not correlate with light organ structure; the tubular light organs of Siphamia and chambered tubes of Acropoma house bacteria, those in Pempheridae and the other Apogonidae do not.     

Apoptotic Regulation of Caspase Activity

Intracellular cysteine aspartate-specific proteases (caspases) play both signaling and effector roles in realizing the program of cell death. Caspases function as proteolytic cascades unique for each cell type and signal triggering apoptosis. All parts of the proteolytic cascades are duplicated and controlled by feedback signals. Amplification cycles between pairs of caspases (the third and the sixth, the ninth and the third, the twelfth and the sixth, and others) help multiply the initial apoptotic signal. The presence of physiological inhibitors of apoptosis that directly interact with caspases creates a multilevel regulatory network of apoptosis in cell. The caspase proteolytic cascades are also regulated by sphingolipid secondary messengers, among them ceramide, sphingosine, and their phosphates. Moreover, an association of the caspase signaling with ubiquitin-dependent proteolysis is shown in cells. In particular, the use of extracellular activators and inhibitors of caspases allows irreversible activation of apoptosis in tumor cells or the prevention of apoptosis in cortical neurons under neurodegenerative diseases.     

Analysis of twin of eyeless regulation during early embryogenesis in Drosophila melanogaster

The Drosophila Pax6 homolog twin of eyeless (toy) is so far the first zygotically expressed gene involved in eye morphogenesis in Drosophila. The study of its expression during embryogenesis is therefore informative of the initial events of eye development in Drosophila. We have analyzed how the initial expression domain of toy at cellular blastoderm is regulated. We show that the three maternal patterning systems active in the cephalic region (the anterior, terminal and dorsal-ventral systems) cooperate with zygotically activated gap genes to shape the initial expression domain of toy. Whereas Bicoid, Dorsal and Torso signaling synergistically act as activators, Hunchback, Knirps and Decapentaplegic act as repressors.     

New species of Peruvian Orchidaceae III

Sixteen new species are proposed in the generaAckermania, Dressleria, Epidendrum, Maxillaria, Oncidium, Rodriguezia, Sigmatostalix, andTrigonidium. All new species are illustrated.Maxillaria vittariifolia L. O. Williams is newly recorded for Peru. A key is provided forTrigonidium of Peru.Trigonidium loretoense Schltr. andT. peruvianum Schltr. are lectotypified.     

Host plants of someRhinanthoideae (Scrophulariaceae) of eastern North America

Twenty three species in 11 genera were examined in the field to determine hosts. OnlyStriga asiatica andSeymeria cassioides have a narrow host range being restricted to grasses and pines, respectively. These are the only species which cause pronounced and sometimes serious host damage. The other species attach to a great diversity of hosts.     

广西青藓科分类学修订

通过对采自广西24个县(市)的1 147份青藓科植物标本的逐一鉴定及相关文献的查阅,确认有广西青藓科植物11属、44种,其中包括广西青藓科植物新记录属1属,即拟异叶藓属(Pseudokindbergia),新记录种7种,分别为匐枝青藓(Brachythecium procumbens)、阔叶尖喙藓(Oxyrrhynchium latifolium)、泛生尖喙藓(O. vagans)、拟异叶藓(Pseudokindbergia dumosa)、华东细喙藓(Rhynchostegiella sinensis)、长肋拟青藓(Sciurohypnum populeum)和弯叶拟青藓(S. reflexum)。该文提供了修订后的广西青藓科植物名录,并对其中的新记录属、种的主要形态学识别特征、生境和地理分布等进行了详细描述。     

Evaluation of antiprotozoal and antimycobacterial activities of the resin glycosides and the other metabolites of Scrophularia cryptophila

Resin glycosides are secondary metabolites exclusive to the convolvulaceous plants. In this study, crypthophilic acids A–C (1–3), the first resin glycosides occurring in another family (Scrophulariaceae), and the other constituents of Scrophularia cryptophila were examined for in vitro antiprotozoal and antimycobacterial potentials. Except for crypthophilic acid B (2), all tested compounds exhibited growth-inhibitory effect against Trypanosoma brucei rhodesiense, with l-tryptophan (6) and buddlejasaponin III (7) being the most potent ones (IC₅₀'s 4.1 and 9.7 μg/ml). In contrast, the activity towards Trypanosoma cruzi was poor, and only crypthophilic acid C (3), 6 and 7 were trypanocidal at concentrations above 40 μg/ml. With the exception of 2 and 6, all compounds were active against Leishmania donovani. Harpagide (4) and 3 emerged as the best leishmanicidal agents (IC₅₀'s 2.0 and 5.8 μg/ml). Only compounds 3, 6 and 7 showed antimalarial activity against Plasmodium falciparum with IC₅₀ values of 4.2, 16.6 and 22.4 μg/ml. Overall the best and broadest spectrum activity was presented by compounds 3 and 7, as they inhibited all four parasitic protozoa. None of the isolates had significant activity against Mycobacterium tuberculosis (MICs >100 μg/ml) or were toxic towards mammalian (L6) cells. This is the first report of antiprotozoal activity for natural resin glycosides, as well as for harpagide (4), acetylharpagide (5), tryptophan (6) and buddlejasaponin III (7).     

Five additional genera of conidial lichen-forming fungi from Europe

Three remarkable new genera of conidial lichen-forming fungi, with pycnidial or acervular conidiomata are described and illustrated.Hastifera tenuispora gen. et spec. nov. from the South-Tyrol, Italy, is characterized by very long and narrow hyaline conidia produced in pycnidial conidiomata immersed in thalline warts.Lichingoldia gyalectiformis gen. et spec. nov. from rocks subject to inundation by freshwater in Norway has long sigmoidly curved conidia which appear to be adapted to dispersal in water.Woessia fusarioides gen. et spec. nov. from aQuercus stump in the Burgenland, Austria, has a finely granular thallus and disc-like conidiomata producing falcate conidia; this species is also of interest in that it hasChlorella as the photobiont. The recently described hyphomyceteCheiromycina flabelliformis B. Sutton is reported from Austria for the first time, and is also lichenized. Recent collections ofNigropuncta rugulosa D. Hawksw. from Austria and Italy also show that this species is lichenized rather than parasymbiotic. In all five cases the fungal hyphae of the conidiogenous structures are continuous with those in intimate contact with cells of the algal partners and the biological relationship appears to be mutualistic giving rise to stable crustose lichen thalli.