Table of Contents

10 May 2003, Volume 41 Issue 3

  

Research Articles
• Pollen morphology of the subfamily Ehretioideae in the Boraginaceae from China and its systematic significance

  LIU Jia-Xi, XI Yi-Zhen, NING Jian-Chang, SUN Xiao-Hong, ZHANG Jing-Mei, LI Qian

  J Syst Evol. 2003, 41(3): 209-219.
  

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  Abstract: Pollen morphology in ten species of Ehretia and each one species in Rotula and Carmona of the Ehretioideae, Bora ginaceae, was observed under scanning electron microscope (SEM). Pollen grains are prolate or subspheroidal, rarely spheroidal, more
• Phylogeny of the Aconitum delavayi complex (Ranunculaceae ) based on evidence from nuclear ribosomal ITS sequences

  ZHANG Fu-Min, GE Song, CHEN Wen-Li

  J Syst Evol. 2003, 41(3): 220-228.
  

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  Internal transcribed spacer (ITS) sequences of nuclear ribosomal DNA (nr DNA) we re used to investigate the phylogeny of the Aconitum delavayi complex that was found mainly in Hengduan Mountains, SW China. Based on maximum parsimony and neighbor -joining
• Floral organogenesis of Caldesia grandis Samuel. (Alismataceae)

  CHEN Dan, CHEN Jin-Ming, WANG Yong, WANG Qing-Feng

  J Syst Evol. 2003, 41(3): 229-234.
  

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  The floral organogenesis of Caldesia grandis Samuel. was observed under scanning electron microscope (SEM). The primordia of the floral appendage were arranged according to a trimerous plan and in acropetal succession. Three sepal primordia were first ini
• Floral organogenesis in Hydrangea aspera (Hydrangeaceae)

  GE Li-Ping, LU An-Ming, PAN Kai-Yu

  J Syst Evol. 2003, 41(3): 235-244.
  

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  To provide data of floral development for the subsection Asperae, section Hydrangea of the genus Hydrangea, and to have a further insight into the floral morphological evolution of this genus, the organogenesis of fertile flowers in Hydrangea aspera was e
• Variation of the chromosome number and cytomixis of Houttuynia cordata from China

  WU Wei, ZHENG You-L iang, YANG Rui-Wu, CHEN Li, WEI Yu-Ming

  J Syst Evol. 2003, 41(3): 245-257.
  

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  To have a better understanding of the genetic diversity of Houttuynia cordata at the cytological level, the chromosome number and meiosis of pollen mother cells of 90 accessions from China were observed. The species exhibits highly complex variation in ch
• Chromosome numbers of twelve species of bryophytes from China

  SHA Wei, CAO Tong, GAO Yong-Chao

  J Syst Evol. 2003, 41(3): 258-262.
  

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  Chromosome numbers of 12 species of bryophytes from China, five in Hepaticae and seven in Musci, were reported: Blasia pusilla, n=9; Cyathodium smaragdinum, n=9; Plagiochasma rupestre, n=9; Reboulia hemisphaerica, n=9; Riccardia latifrons, n=10; Eurhync
• Additions to the orchid flora of Guizhou, China

  CHEN Qian-Hai, CHEN Sing-Chi

  J Syst Evol. 2003, 41(3): 263-266.
  

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  Two orchid species of Guizhou are treated and illustrated . Cremastra guizhouensis Q. H. Chen & S. C. Chen is described as new to science. It is related to C. appendiculata (D. Don) Makino, from which it differs by having a cylindric pseudobulb up to 10
• Validation of Calanthe dulongensis (Orchidaceae)

  LI Heng, LI Rong, DAO Zhi-Ling

  J Syst Evol. 2003, 41(3): 267-270.
  

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  By giving a full Latin description and designating the holotype, Calanthe dulo ngensis H. Li, R. Li & Z. L. Dao, a species of Orchidaceae from Dulongjiang Va lley, Gongshan County, Yunnan Province, is validated. The species is distinguish ed by its mid-lo
• Notes on the Chinese Brachytheciaceae (III)

  WANG You-Fang, YANG Li-Qiong, ZHAI De-Cheng, HU Ren-Liang

  J Syst Evol. 2003, 41(3): 271-281.
  

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  Based on a careful examination of the type specimens of seven species and one variety in the Brachytheciaceae (including Brachythecium planiusculum, Eurhynchium coarctum, E. serricuspis, Rhynchostegium lept omitophyllum, R. longirameum, R. pallenticaule,
• Two genera and four species of the Orchidaceae newly recorded in China

  JIN Xiao-Hua, QIN Hai-Ning, LANG Kai-Yong

  J Syst Evol. 2003, 41(3): 282-284.
  

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  Two genera, Biermannia King & Pantl. and Cleisostomopsis Seidenf., together with four species, Biermannia calcarata Averyanov, Cleisostomopsis eberhardtii (Finet) Seidenf. & Smitinand, Liparis perpusilla Hook. f., and Schoenorchis fragrans (Par. & Rchb. f
• A tentative designation of Chinese names for the non-Chinese angiospermous families

  TANG Yan-Cheng, LU An-Ming

  J Syst Evol. 2003, 41(3): 285-304.
  

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  To stabilize the Chinese names of the non-Chinese angiospermous families, some basic principles of designating Chinese names for the non-Chinese angiospermous famil ies have been proposed. Based on these principles, a Chinese name is proposed for al l the