囊瓣芹属一新变种

本文发表了囊瓣芹属一新变种,即Pternopetalum tanakae(Franch.et Sav.)Hand.-Mazz.var.fulcrantum Y.H.Zhang     

基于psbA-trnH序列变异分析川明参属亲缘关系及分类地位

采用PCR直接测序法对伞形科(Apiaceae)前胡族(Trib.Peucedaneae)种类川明参(Chuanminshen violaceum Sheh et Shan)、泰山前胡〔Peucedanum wawrae(H.Wolff)Su〕和华中前胡(P.medicum Dunn)以及美味芹族(Trib.Smyrnieae)种类明党参(Changium smyrnioides H.Wolff)、宝兴棱子芹(Pleurospermum davidii Franch.)、丽江棱子芹(P.foetens Franch.)和鸡冠棱子芹(P.cristatum de Boiss.)的叶绿体基因组psbA-trnH片段进行了扩增测序,获得的序列已提交至GenBank,登录号为KF557756—KF557762。结合引自GenBank的前胡族阿魏属(Ferula Linn.)1种、大瓣芹属(Semenovia Regel et Herder)1种、当归属(Angelica Linn.)2种和美味芹族的舟瓣芹属(Sinolimprichtia H.Wolff)1种、羌活属(Notopterygium de Boiss.)1种、瘤果芹属(Trachydium Lindl.)1种以及针果芹族(Trib.Scandicineae)刺果芹〔Turgenia latifolia(Linn.)Hoffm.〕的psbA-trnH片段序列,对各种类的psbA-trnH片段信息进行分析;并以刺果芹为外类群构建了MP、ML和BI系统发育树。结果表明:川明参和明党参的psbA-trnH片段长度均为258 bp、GC含量均为23%,而其他种类的psbA-trnH片段长度为228~405 bp、GC含量为26%~35%;排序后psbA-trnH序列总长度为553 bp(包括空位),其中变异位点237个、信息位点178个。川明参与明党参间的相对遗传距离最小(仅为0.02),而川明参与其他种类间的相对遗传距离为0.10~1.34,且总体上川明参与美味芹族种类的相对遗传距离较小,表明川明参与明党参及美味芹族种类的亲缘关系较近。在3类系统树上,川明参与明党参均聚在一起,并与美味芹族的属种聚为一大支,而远离由前胡族属种构成的另一大支。结合外部形态和果实解剖结构特征,建议将川明参属(Chuanminshen Sheh et Shan)从前胡族中分出并置于美味芹族中,与明党参属(Changium H.Wolff)为姐妹类群。     

药食兼用的延年益寿珍品—天子藤

天子藤(Euonymus fortunei Hand.-Mazz.)卫矛科卫矛属的植物。李时珍说:“隋朝稠禅师作青饮进炀帝止渴者,即此。”本品广布我国华北、华东、中南、西南各地。朝鲜、日本也有。     

三峡库区川鄂紫菀(菊科)的形态学和细胞学研究

对川鄂紫菀（Aster moupinensis (Franch.)Hand.-Mazz.)秭归居群进行了形态学和细胞学研究。形态学研究表明,川鄂紫菀存在居群间分化,但不足以划分变种。发现了一些被以前研究者忽视的重要性状,首次报道了川鄂紫菀的染色体数目和核型。其核型公式为2n=2x=18m。     

珍珠菜属(报春花科)一新种

描述了珍珠菜属(报春花科)一新种, 即祁门过路黄(Lysimachia qimenensis X.H.Guo, X.P.Zhang et J.W.Shao);并对祁门过路黄与其近缘种巴东过路黄(Lysimachia patungensis Hand.-Mazz.)的核型进行了报道。     

槭树科植物广义形态学性状分支分析

通过45个广义的形态学性状对槭树科(Aceraceae)尤其是槭属(Acer L.)的主要类群做了分支分析,结果显示：1)槭属内由于各类群分布着较多的同塑性状状态,而难以为属下组间关系的解决提供更多有价值的信息;通过对具体的性状状态分布分析显示,对于象槭属这样在形态上分化较大的类群,由于多数分类性状在不同类群间经历了平行和逆转演化,因而在较低分类阶元水平很难选择合适的性状来通过分支分析构建其系统发育;2)鸡爪槭组(section Palmata)作为整个槭属的基部类群,虽然支持率较低,但与其它类群相比在槭属内维持了较多的原始性状;3)金钱槭属(Dipteronia Oliv.)的两个种作为单系得到了100％的靴带支持,且和槭属作为姐妹群也得到了较好的支持。     

老鸦瓣属(百合科)的恢复: 以形态性状的分支分析为依据

老鸦瓣群(Amana群)是百合科中的一个东亚特有类群,仅分布在中国中东部、日本和朝鲜半岛。该类群在形态上与广义郁金香属Tulipa L.相似,但也具有与子房近等长的花柱以及2-3(-4)个苞片等与郁金香属不同的形态特征。有关该类群是否应置于郁金香属中或是否应独立为属的问题长期以来存在争议。为了澄清该问题,我们对产于中国的Amana群进行了广泛的标本室和野外形态观察,并采用分支系统学方法,对该类群3个种以及郁金香属的其他15种植物(包括土耳其的3个种)的28个形态性状数据进行了分支分析。结果表明广义郁金香属并非是一个单系类群。Amana群与广义郁金香属的其他4个组sect. Orithyia、sect. Eriostemones、sect. Leiostemones、sect. Tulipanum以及Lloydia属的两个种共同构成一个大支的3个分支。我们对广义郁金香属5个组共19种植物的ITS以及trnL-F分子序列综合分析的结果也表明：sect. Tulipanum、sect. Leiostemones、sect. Eriostemones和sect. Orithyia构成一大支,Amana群和猪牙花属的Erythronium sibiricum构成另一大支。因此,我们认为Amana群应从广义郁金香属中独立出来,恢复其老鸦瓣属Amana Honda作为属的分类地位。     

中国滇芎属果实解剖特征及分类学意义

应用比较解剖学方法对国产滇芎属(Physospermopsis Wolff)以及瘤果芹属(Trachydium Lindl.)和棱子芹属(Pleurospermum Hoffm.)共10种植物果实横切面的解剖特征进行了系统研究,比较分析了分生果的压扁程度、果棱大小、果壁各层果皮的特点、油管数目、胚乳形状等,归纳出上述各属果实的解剖特征,同时结合外部形态及花粉特征,将滇芎属果实分为3个类型.结合已有的研究结果,探讨了滇芎属果实的进化趋势以及属下分类和种间关系,并分析了与瘤果芹属和棱子芹属的演化关系,认为滇芎属果实较后二者果实演化程度低.     

滇西北高山冰缘带植物新记录

高山冰缘带是陆地上海拔最高的植被带,自然条件恶劣,难以到达。滇西北高山冰缘带植物区系具有丰富的物种多样性,特有性高。该文对滇西北高山冰缘带进行植物多样性调查,通过采集标本、查阅植物志及模式标本等参考资料进行了形态特征研究。结果表明:发现云南新记录属1个,即囊种草属(Thylacospermum Fenzl); 新记录种5个,即囊种草 [Thylacospermum caespitosum(Camb.)Schischk]、红萼蝇子草 [Silene rubricalyx (Marq.)Bocquet]、狭叶丛菔(Solms-laubachia angustifolia J. P. Yue, Al-Shehbaz & H. Sun)、圆齿鸦跖花 [Oxygraphis endlicheri (Walp.)Bennet & S. Chandra]、密垫火绒草 [Leontopodium haastioides (Hand.-Mazz.)Hand.-Mazz.]。这些新发现一方面丰富了滇西北高山冰缘带的植物区系资料,另一方面说明了高山冰缘带的植物多样性调查仍然存在不足。针对青藏高原高山冰缘带特别是植物多样性调查薄弱及空白地区,细致和深入的调查工作亟待开展和完善。     

贵州及湖南楼梯草属（荨麻科）植物新记录

本文报道荨麻科(Urticaceae)楼梯草属(ElatostemaJ.R.&G.Forst.)植物贵州新记录2种:疏晶楼梯草(E.hookerianum Wedd.)和显脉楼梯草(E.longistipulum Hand.-Mazz.),以及湖南新记录1种:西畴楼梯草(E.xi-chouense W.T.Wang)。     

Phenetic studies in Nuphar Sm. (Nymphaeaceae):variation in sect. Nuphar

Previous taxonomic assessments of the hydrophytic genus Nuphar Sm. (Nymphaeaceae) have inadequately considered the range of morphological variation existing in the genus. A comprehensive statistical analysis of morphological features among the recognized taxa of Nuphar is presented here, first using 10 fruit characters to delimit the separation of two infrageneric groups of taxa, and secondly using 31 characters to quantify the morphological variation found within sect. Nuphar. Results from combined phenetic analyses provided empirical support for recognition of two infrageneric groups of species in the genus (largely by fruit, stigmatic disk margin, neck, and stigmatic disk size) and for separation of taxa within sect. Nuphar (by leaf size, and fruit disk and neck size). Statistical analyses demonstrate that extensive variation in ranges of character states exists among sect. Nuphar taxa. However, a suite of qualitative and quantitative characters can be used to recognize five species and three subspecies within this predominantly Old World assemblage.     

A preliminary revision of the genus Plecotus (Chiroptera, Vespertilionidae) based on genetic and morphological results

The phylogenetic relationships within the genus Plecotus were assessed using molecular as well as morphological methods. With only three species missing, our study is based on an almost comprehensive taxonomic sampling. The genetic analysis comprised 151 individuals from throughout the range. Sequences of two mitochondrial sections, parts of the 16S rRNA gene (16S) and of the control region (CR) were analysed. The morphological analysis of cranial and external characters comprised 697 individuals, including 10 holotypes and one lectotype. Data from 15 craniometric characters of 442 specimens were used in the multivariate analyses. The molecular data identified nine primary clades representing 11 species, 10 of which could be assigned to described taxa, whereas one was described as a new species, Plecotus strelkovi Spitzenberger sp. nov. The tree based on 16S revealed two major lineages, one consisting of only one primary clade restricted to the Mediterranean, the other consisting of eight primary clades representing Eurasian taxa. The morphological analysis revealed five additional species, two of them not described. Together with the recently described P. taivanus, P. sardus and P. balensis, which were not included in our analysis, the genus Plecotus comprises at least 19 more or less cryptic species. Phylogenetic and phenetic analyses resulted in similar but not completely concordant arrangements of the species. The proposed classification relies mainly on the tree based on 16S sequences. The current distribution indicates that 16 species can be linked to arboreal refugia, three to eremial refugia. We assume that speciation within the gleaning, rather slow flying long‐eared bats is due to a multitude of disruption and isolation processes within a formerly continuous range of the broad‐leaved Arcto‐Tertiary forest in which Plecotus probably originated. An exact calibrated molecular dating of the splits is not possible. The Early Oligocene age of the presumed ancestor of the Plecotini and a correlation of the molecular diversifications with palaeogeographic reconstructions suggest that the divergence of the two major lineages may have occurred already during the Middle Miocene, 14.5 Mya.     

Morphological and molecular comparisons ofCampsis grandiflora andC. radicans (Bignoniaceae), an eastern Asian and eastern North American vicariad species pair

Morphological and molecular comparisons were made forCampsis grandiflora (Thunb.)K. Schumann (Bignoniaceae) from eastern Asia andC. radicans (L.)Seemann from eastern North America. Chloroplast DNA (cpDNA) variation was surveyed with 20 restriction endonucleases. The cpDNA divergence between the two vicariad species was 2.44%, which is the highest reported among North Temperate disjunct taxa and one of the highest reported for infrageneric taxa. Detailed morphological comparisons also suggest a high level of divergence. Cluster analyses based on 22 morphological characters and 39 OTUs revealed two distinct groups corresponding with the two species. The average taxonomic distance between the two species was 1.806. Analyses of variance (ANOVA) revealed that 12 of the 18 quantitative characters differed significantly ( 0.01) betweenC. grandiflora andC. radicans. Divergence time based on cpDNA data was estimated as 24.4 million years. The Bering land bridge hypothesis was favored over the North Atlantic land bridge hypothesis based on the estimated divergence time and the geological history of the North Temperate region. The high levels of morphological and cpDNA divergence are not consistent with morphological stasis, which has been proposed as a common mode of evolution for North Temperate disjunct taxa.     

Genetic diversity of Echinacea species based upon amplified fragment length polymorphism markers.

The taxonomy of Echinacea is based on morphological characters and has varied depending on the monographer. The genus consists of either nine species and four varieties or four species and eight varieties. We have used amplified fragment length polymorphisms (AFLP) to assess genetic diversity and phenetic relationships among nine species and three varieties of Echinacea (sensu McGregor). A total of 1086 fragments, of which approximately 90% were polymorphic among Echinacea taxa, were generated from six primer combinations. Nei and Li's genetic distance coefficient and the neighbor-joining algorithm were employed to construct a phenetic tree. Genetic distance results indicate that all Echinacea species are closely related, and the average pairwise distance between populations was approximately three times the intrapopulation distances. The topology of the neighbor-joining tree strongly supports two major clades, one containing Echinacea purpurea, Echinacea sanguinea, and Echinacea simulata and the other containing the remainder of the Echinacea taxa (sensu McGregor). The species composition within the clades differs between our AFLP data and the morphometric treatment offered by Binns and colleagues. We also discuss the suitability of AFLP in determining phylogenetic relationships.     

湖南省种子植物分布新资料

报道湖南省种子植物新纪录5种(变种),为张氏野海棠Bredia changii、假苞囊瓣芹Pternopetalum tanakaevar.fulcratum、光果悬钩子Rubus glabricarpus、腺毛香简草Keiskea glandulos和江西马先蒿Pediculariskiangsiensis。凭证标本存放于中山大学植物标本馆(SYS)。     

GENETIC POLYMORPHISM IN THE MORPHOLOGICALLY REDUCED DWARF MISTLETOES (ARCEUTHOBIUM,VISCACEAE): AN ELECTROPHORETIC STUDY

Arceuthobium is a well defined genus of obligate parasites of conifers. Assessment of taxonomic and phylogenetic relationships in this group is difficult owing to morphological reductions and complex host relationships. In the present study, genetic relationships within and among 19 taxa were examined using starch gel electrophoresis of triploid seed endosperm tissue. Allelic frequency data for eleven polymorphic loci were derived from analysis of 40 natural populations collected from the U.S. and Mexico. The genus showed remarkably high levels of genetic diversity: averaged across the 19 taxa, 66.7% of the loci were polymorphic with an average of 2.23 alleles per locus. This level of polymorphism is approximately double the average value reported for many dicotyledons and stands in contrast to the overall uniform morphology of these parasites. Unweighted pair group cluster analysis (UPGMA) of genetic similarity measures was conducted for all sampled populations and the results compared to a phenetic system of classification for the genus. Similarities between the two studies include the recognition of two subgenera based upon the segregation of the verticillately branched Arceuthobium americanum from the remainder of the taxa examined. Analysis of isozyme data supported a grouping of six taxa: A. vaginatum ssp. cryptopodum, A. vaginatum ssp. durangense, A. gillii, A. rubrum, A. divaricatum, and A. douglasii. The placement of the latter three taxa in other groups by phenetic criteria provides evidence for molecular divergence not seen using morphological features. The Campylopodum group of taxa comprised eleven members that were linked at similarity values of 80% or greater. Populations were not unambiguously grouped according to species as defined by the phenetic study or at similarity levels comparable to other well defined species in this study. This group is either not reproductively isolated or molecular differentiation is cryptic due to rapid adaptive radiation onto numerous host tree species.     

Phenetic relationships inClerodendrum (Verbenaceae) and some phylogenetic considerations

Cluster analyses by different methods and a minimum spanning tree were used to study phenetic relationships in the genusChlerodendrum. 129 species were scored for 52 morphological characters corresponding to 119 character states. The phenetic results suggest a classification into 7 distinct groups, which may be grouped into two subgenera. This classification is supported by the iridoid distribution as well as by some phylogenetic considerations.     

Isozyme criteria in the testing of phyletic relationships between species of Gobius and related eastern Atlantic-Mediterranean genera (Teleostei: Gobüdae)

Horizontal starch gel electrophoresis was employed to investigate allozyme variation at 19 isozyme loci, in nine closely-related Atlantic-Mediterranean gobiid fish species, to assess genetic relationships, and to compare this with a phyletic hypothesis based on morphological apo-morphies. The species examined were Gobius niger, G. auratus, G. cruentatus, G. paganellus, Mauligobius maderensis, Zosterisessor ophiocephalus, Thorogobius ephippiatus, Padogobius martensii and P. nigricans . Various phenetic and cladistic analyses were performed on isozyme and morphological data. The phenetic and cladistic results from morphological data, and the cladistic results from isozyme data, were largely comparable, with P. martensü and P. nigricans forming a sister group to all the other taxa, species of Cobius forming a crown group within the latter, and stem lines formed by Mauligobius, Zosterisessor and Thorogobius , respectively. The isozymic estimates of genetic distance differed from these chiefly in the relative positions of Zosterisessor and G. auratus , which appear less similar to other species of Gohius. G. auratus shows many alleles which are unique within the genus Gobius ; possible explanations for this are put forward. The position of nigricans as congeneric with Padogobius martensü is confirmed by both phenetic and cladistic analyses of isozyme data.     

Cytological and hybridization studies inLeucanthemum (Compositae—Anthemideae) from North Africa

A cytological survey ofLeucanthemum species in North Africa has shown that they are all diploid with a somatic chromosome number of 2n = 18. New counts are reported for 8 species and 1 subspecies. 11 taxa were used in a crossing programme and the results show a good agreement between phenetic distance based on morphological characters and genetic differentiation as expressed in the ability of the species to hybridize. A strong barrier to gene exchange exists between European and North African species. Bagging experiments showed that the North African species comprise a self-incompatible group of cytogenetically related species.