中国苦草属(Vallisneria)植物命名考及区分要点

由于苦草属(Vallisneria L.)植物的繁殖器官微小,营养器官相似且变异较大,使该属植物的鉴定和命名较混乱。笔者通过对有关文献的考证和长期跟踪观察,对我国记载的苦草属3种植物——苦草(Vallisneria natans (Lour.) Hara)、刺苦草(V. spinulosa Yan)、密刺苦草(V. denseserrulata Makino)的命名历史进行了梳理,并对这3种植物的形态特征进行了详细描述。根据种间形态差异,可为苦草属植物的分类鉴定和相关研究提供一定的参考。     

苦草属植物雄花果实种子显微结构的研究

苦草属植物体外部形态相似,叶线行或带形,野外难以直接鉴定到种,而雄花雄蕊数目、果实和种子的显微结构是苦草属(Vallisneria)植物物种的鉴别性特征之一。苦草属物种的雄花小,仅有1.5 mm,人工解剖雄花观察方法难以实现雄花雄蕊数目的识别;本研究采用雄株雄佛焰苞水培预培养技术获取自然开放的雄花并利用解剖学显微镜对3种苦草属植物雄花、果实和种子进行了解剖观察和研究。显微结构观察表明,苦草(V. natans)雄蕊1枚,果实圆柱形,表面光滑,种子无翅,具纵条纹;刺苦草(V. spinulosa)雄蕊2枚,果实三棱形,棱上具刺,种子具翅;密刺苦草(V. denseserrulata)雄蕊2枚,果实三棱圆柱形,表面光滑,种子无翅。依据文献,密刺苦草、刺苦草、长梗苦草(V. longipedunculata)和安徽苦草(V. anhuiensis)是安徽苦草属新分布记录种,其中长梗苦草和安徽苦草是分布于安徽的新种。     

我国苦草属(Vallisneria L.)植物的生态学研究

苦草是水鳖科(Hydrocharitaceae)苦草属(Vallisneria)沉水草本植物,无直立茎,叶基生,线形或带形,常被称为扁担草、蓼萍草、水韭菜、面条草、扁子草和鸭舌条等,广泛分布于世界各地。本属植物有6～10种〔1,2〕,我国的苦草属植物依《中国植物志》第8卷有3种——苦草(V.natansHara)、刺苦草(V.spinulosaYan)和密刺苦草(V.denseserrulataMakino),而没有V.spiralisL.,VasiaticaMiki和V.giganteaGraebner等种〔1〕。本文苦草属植物的命名以《中国植物志》第8卷为准,引用文献一般尊重原作者的意见。下文中,无具体说明,苦草均为苦草属植物的通…     

长江中下游湖泊两种混生苦草属植物生活史特征与共存分布格局

 在对长江中下游流域湖南、湖北、江西和安徽4省25个湖泊苦草属(Vallisneria)植物种群进行广泛的取样调查、鉴定和查明种间共存格局的基 础上,结合同园种植实验,对该属两个混生近缘种刺苦草(V. spinulosa)和苦草(V. natans)有性和无性生活史特征进行了定量测定和比较研究 ,探讨了种间生活史差异对种间共存格局的影响。结果表明：1)刺苦草是长江中下游湖泊的优势物种,苦草为常见种,而密刺苦草(V. denseserrulata)仅有很少分布;2)苦草和刺苦草常混生于这些湖泊中,形成共存分布格局：刺苦草和苦草种间呈明显的的带状相间分布格局, 或苦草只零星分布于刺苦草群落中;3)刺苦草和苦草有性和无性生活史特征显著不同：刺苦草为多年生,主要以无性繁殖为主,只有有限的有 性繁殖投入;相反,苦草在调查的地区为一年生,以有性繁殖为主,只进行微弱的克隆生长,且不能产生克隆繁殖器官(冬芽)。刺苦草和苦草 在有性和无性繁殖生活史对策上的权衡,导致种间资源利用和竞争能力的分异而使这两个近缘种得以共存。     

我国三种苦草的比较形态观察

苦草属(Vallisneria)在我国分布广,蕴藏量大,目前已发表的种类有苦草(V.spiralis L.)密齿苦草(V.denseserrulata(Makino)Makino)刺苦草(V.spinulosa Yan),亚洲苦草(V.asiatica Miki),大苦草(V.gigantea Gtaco.)(产台湾),但对这5种植物仅在宏观的形态特征方面作一般描述,微观方面的资料尚感欠缺。本文特对密齿苦草、刺苦草和亚洲苦草作较详细论述。为了核实野外所采标术雌雄株配对是否正确和进一步深入研究,我们对每种苦草只用同一果实的种子在室内进行播种培植,以观察比较它们之间各个发育阶段的形态特征。此外,还利用扫描电子显微镜对其雄花、花粉粒和种子进行了观察研究。结果表明:亚洲苦草的雄花仅有1枚发育雄蕊;花中无退化雄蕊和退化花瓣;果实长园柱形,光滑无刺;种子倒卵状长棒形。种皮上有许多腺毛,而密齿苦草和刺苦草的雄花均具2枚发育雄蕊,花中各有1枚退化雄蕊和退化花瓣。但前者的果实是三棱状长柱形,光滑无刺;种子倒卵状长棒形,无毛状或翅状突起物。而后者的果实虽仍为长柱状三棱形,但各条棱上有小刺状突起;种子倒卵形,有5—2翅。     

几种水生植物种子萌发的聚集效应研究

以10种常见水生植物的种子为材料,研究了种子聚集对其萌发的影响。结果表明,水鳖科植物种子萌发对聚集的响应多为正效应：海菜花（Ottelia acuminata）、出水水菜花（O.emersa）、密刺苦草（Vallisneria denseser-rulata）、水鳖（Hydrocharis dubia）和无尾水筛（Blyxa aubertii）种子聚集后其最终萌发率显著提高;苦草（V.na-tans）和刺苦草（V.spinulosa）种子聚集后最终萌发率虽然没有显著提高,但是其萌发速率得到显著提高。种子聚集对穗花狐尾藻（Myriophyllum spicatum）的种子萌发有显著的抑制作用,而对穿叶眼子菜（Potamogeton perfo-liatus）和水麦冬（Triglochin palustre）的种子萌发无显著作用。水生植物的种子聚集萌发特性可能与其繁殖策略有关。水鳖科植物多进行有性繁殖或者有性繁殖比例较大,其种子也由于粘性物质的包裹为聚集分布,在野外聚集萌发的大量植株形成一个单一物种的斑块,这有利于迅速占领新生境。而穗花狐尾藻、穿叶眼子菜和水麦冬种群维持和扩张基本依靠克隆繁殖。     

滇东南荨麻科楼梯草属一新系和一新种

描述了采自云南省东南部楼梯草属一新种——柳叶楼梯草（Elatostema neriifolia）和据其为模式建立的一新系——柳叶楼梯草系（ser. Neriifolia）,并讨论了这些新类群和相近类群在形态上的区别,并对柳叶楼梯草的保护等级进行了评估。     

沉水植物苦草化学成分研究

通过使用乙酸乙酯溶剂对沉水植物苦草（Vallisneria natans）全草进行超声连续提取,采用硅胶柱色谱法和光谱分析法分离和鉴定化学成分。从苦草中分离到6个化合物：6,10,14-三甲基-2-十五酮（1）、棕榈酸（2）、4,22-二烯-3β-豆甾酮（3）、5α,豆甾烷-3,6-二酮（4）、硬脂酸（5）、棕榈酸乙酯（6）。化合物1—6为首次从该植物中发现。     

应用流式细胞术测定17种中国野生蔷薇核DNA含量

以17种中国野生蔷薇为试材,采用改良的LB 01裂解液,以4种不同的标准植物——大豆（Glycine max Merr.‘Polanka’）、绿豆（Vigna radiata（L.） Wilczek）、番茄（Lycopersicon esculentum Miller）和玉米（Zea mays L.）为外标,以二倍体材料丽江蔷薇（Rosa×lichiangensis Yü et Ku）为内部参照,利用流式细胞术对其核DNA含量及染色体倍性进行检测,并采用常规染色体压片法验证倍性准确性。本研究首次检测了3个二倍体种——商城蔷薇（Rosa shangchengensis T.C.Ku）、广东蔷薇（Rosa kwangtungensis Yü et Tsai）和无刺刺梨（Rosa roxburghii f.inermis S.D.Shi）,1个三倍体种——伞房蔷薇（Rosa corymbulosa Rolfe）和1个四倍体种——弯刺蔷薇（Rosa beggeriana Schrenk）的核DNA含量及基因组大小。结果表明,流式细胞术检测结果与常规染色体压片法结果一致,可对中国野生蔷薇的倍性研究进行补充。本研究结果可丰富中国蔷薇属植物的细胞遗传学背景资料并为繁育新品种提供理论依据。     

不同水体营养条件对刺苦草和密刺苦草生长的影响

以贡湖水体营养盐水平现状[ρ(TN)0.4~4 mg·L-1、ρ(TP)0.04~0.4 mg·L-1]为依据,研究不同梯度营养盐水体对刺苦草(Vallisneria spinulosa)与密刺苦草(V.denseserrulata)生长及生理的影响,探讨同属沉水植物对不同营养水体的响应差异。结果表明:水体营养条件对两种沉水植物的生物量累积没有显著影响;处理组刺苦草的最大株高分别增加了19%(P0.05)、63%(P0.05)、205%(P0.01),密刺苦草高浓度中植株最大株高与低浓度差异显著(P0.05);刺苦草与密刺苦草在高浓度水体中的克隆繁殖能力分别下降了30%和20%;低浓度水体中刺苦草与密刺苦草叶片丙二醛含量增加(P0.05),叶绿素含量减少(P0.05),表明其受到养分胁迫;在ρ(TN)1.5~4 mg·L-1、ρ(TP)0.15~0.4 mg·L-1范围内,两种苦草表现出较强适应性。     

浙江省水鳖科植物的种类与分布

浙江省有水鳖科植物5属8种,均属淡水种类,其中无尾水筛、有尾水筛和密齿苦草为浙江分布新记录。在水平分布上,水筛属分布局限于浙江东南部,苦草属则分布于浙江大部分地区而未见于浙江南部。在垂直分布上,水筛属的种数和分布量,在海拔600米以下,随海拔增高而增加,再向上又有减少的趋势;其余各属的种数和分布量则随海拔增高而减少。它们的分布主要受各自适宜的生境在水平和垂直带的不同分布所制约。浙江水鳖科植物区系与我国亚热带各省区尤其是相邻省的关系十分密切。     

山东堇菜属（堇菜科）植物叶表皮微形态的比较研究

利用光学显微镜对山东堇菜属Viola L.20种2变种植物的叶上、下表皮微形态进行了研究。结果表明,该属植物叶表皮细胞为多边形或不规则形,垂周壁为波形、浅波形或平直弓形,气孔器为不等型（偶上表皮兼有平列型）。根据其上表皮是否具有平列型气孔器,可将其分为两个类型,即①上表皮有平列型气孔器,如三色堇;②上表皮无平列型气孔器,如该属绝大多数植物。类型②又根据叶表皮细胞形状和垂周壁式样之不同,进一步划分为4个亚类型。表皮细胞形状和垂周壁式样对该属内种、变种的鉴定具有重要的意义。不赞成将早开堇菜、茜堇菜合并到紫花地丁;不支持将阴地堇菜作为蒙古堇菜的鉴定;不支持将泰山堇菜合并到早开堇菜、将总裂叶堇菜降为裂叶堇菜的变种。     

Comparative morphology of the leaf epidermis in Schisandra (Schisandraceae)

The leaf epidermis of 127 samples representing ten species within Schisandra Michaux. and one species of the related genus, Kadsura Kaempf. ex Juss., was investigated using light and scanning electron microscopy. Many characters of the leaf epidermis in Schisandra , such as pattern of epidermal cells, type of stomata, shape of guard cell pairs and cuticular ornamentation, are usually constant within species and thus make good characters for studying the relationship between and within genera. A new character, rim number, of the outer stomatal rim in the genus is introduced. It is shown that double outer stomatal rims occur only in evergreen Schisandra species, whereas a single rim occurs in deciduous species. This character supports the classification of Schisandra into two subgenera based on habit and androecial organs. This classification is also supported by additional morphological and molecular taxonomic characters. Kadsura coccinea (Lem.) Smith A. C. is the most primitive taxon in the related genus Kadsura . The outer stomatal rim of this species also has double rims. Combined with morphological and molecular evidence, this suggests that Schisandra and Kadsura are closely related and may share a recent common ancestor.  © 2005 The Linnean Society of London, Botanical Journal of the Linnean Society , 2005, 148 , 39–56.     

Eudrilinae from southern Nigeria and a taximetric appraisal of the family Eudrilidae (Oligochaeta)

A small collection of Eudrilid earthworms from Nigeria is reported. Two species proved to be of special interest, the first, lagosensis Beddard, is usually placed in the genus Hyperio-drilus and the second is new to science. Their affinities and the uncertainties about the classification of the Eudrilidae are discussed. These problems led into a taximetric study of the family. It is concluded that on the basis of the accepted generic criteria, the subfamilies (Eudrilinae and Pareudrilinae) are phenetically valid and the Eudrilinae may be subdivided according to whether species have paired or single male and spermathecal pores. Further, the two species whose doubtful status prompted the investigation, may each be placed in a separate genus. The new species is accommodated in a new genus, described herein, while Heliodrilus Beddard is resurrected for lagosensis which is the type-species. Additionally, a new interpretation is provided of the structure and function of the posterior male organs of Hippopera nigeriae Taylor.     

Hormonal Correlates of Seedling Growth of Two Vallisneria Species Grown at Different Current Velocities

Seedling survival and growth of two common Vallisneria species in China, Vallisneria natans and Vallisneria spinulosa were quantified experimentally for current velocities from 0 to 40 mm/s. At the same time, changes in the concentrations of three hormones (IAA, ZR, and GA₃) in the leaves were compared to identify how current velocity influenced the two Vallisneria seedlings growth discrepantly. All plants survived in all treatments and showed positive growth. The most rapid growth for both species was found at the velocity of 10 mm/s. Although V. spinulosa showed faster growth than V. natans at the beginning of the experiment, there was no significant difference on final biomass. Higher IAA and ZR contents were measured in seedlings of both species grown under low current velocity. The time reaching the maximum for IAA and ZR was just around the time of a maximum seedling growth rate. IAA and ZR contents were positively correlated with growth rate. However, GA₃ was negatively associated with growth rate and more GA₃ in V. natans seedlings was induced by high current velocity.     

Morphological and Molecular Characterization of Some Peritrichs (Ciliophora: Peritrichida) from Tank Bromeliads, Including Two New Genera: Orborhabdostyla and Vorticellides

Using standard methods, we studied the morphology and 18S rDNA sequence of some peritrich ciliates from tank bromeliads of Costa Rica, Jamaica, and Ecuador. The new genus Orborhabdostyla differs from Rhabdostyla by the discoidal macronucleus. Two species from the literature and a new species from Ecuadoran tank bromeliads are combined with the new genus: O. previpes (Claparède and Lachmann, 1857) nov. comb., O. kahli (Nenninger, 1948) nov. comb., and O. bromelicola nov. spec. Orborhabdostyla bromelicola is a slender species with stalk-like narrowed posterior half and operculariid/epistylidid oral apparatus. An epistylidid relationship is also suggested by the gene sequence. Vorticella gracilis, described by Dujardin (1841) from French freshwater, belongs to the V. convallaria complex but differs by the yellowish colour and the number of silverlines. The classification as a distinct species is supported by the 18S rDNA, which differs nearly 10% from that of V. convallaria s. str. Based on the new data, especially the very stable yellowish colour, we neotypify V. gracilis with the Austrian population studied by Foissner (1979). Vorticella gracilis forms a strongly supported phyloclade together with V. campanula, V. fusca and V. convallaria, while Vorticellides astyliformis and Vorticella microstoma branch in a separate, fully-supported clade that includes Astylozoon and Opisthonecta. The new genus Vorticellides comprises five small (usually < 60 μm), barrel-shaped species with two epistomial membranes: V. aquadulcis (Stokes, 1887) nov. comb., V. astyliformis (Foissner, 1981) nov. comb., V. platysoma (Stokes, 1887) nov. comb., V. infusionum (Dujardin, 1841) nov. comb., and V. (Spinivorticellides) echini (King, 1931) nov. comb. Two of these species are redescribed in the present study: V. astyliformis and V. aquadulcis, which is neotypified with a Costa Rican population. Pseudovorticella bromelicola nov. spec. differs from the congeners by the location of the two contractile vacuoles and the number of silverlines.     

亚洲苦草与刺苦草的染色体数目和核型

本文以亚洲苦草和刺苦草根尖为实验材料,对其染色体数目及核型进行了研究,结果表明,两个种均为2n=20,同属Stebbins的不对称核型,亚洲苦草为“3B”,刺苦草为“2B”。核型公式分别为:K(2n)=20=2m+12sm+6st,K(2n)=20=2M+2m+14sm+2st。     

安徽苦草属一新种

描述了1个新种,即安徽苦草,并提供了该属全部已知国产种的分种检索表。