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益母草的染色体数目

1徐炳声, 2葛传吉, 2李岩坤, 2颜历   

  1. 1(复旦大学生物系,上海)       2 (山东中医学院中药系,济南)
  • 收稿日期:1900-01-01 修回日期:1900-01-01 出版日期:1987-02-18 发布日期:1987-02-18
  • 通讯作者: 徐炳声

Chromosome Numbers in Leonurus japonicus Houtt. (Labiatae)

Hsu Ping-Sheng, Ge Chuan-Ji, Li Yan-Kun, Yan Li   

  • Received:1900-01-01 Revised:1900-01-01 Online:1987-02-18 Published:1987-02-18
  • Contact: Hsu Ping-Sheng

关键词: 益母草属, 益母草, 染色体数目, 中国

Abstract:

Leonurus japonicus Houtt. [L. heterophyllus Sweet, L. artemisia  (Lour.) S.  Y.
Hu]  is one of the most important traditional Chinese medicines used as a remedy for gynaeco-
logical disease since ancient times.  A cytological investigation on the species was carried out
and the materials for chromosomal examination were collected from 26 localities in 20 provi-
noes and autonomous regions of this country.  The number of chromosomes in root tip cell of
the species was found to be 20 on the whole (Tab. 1:1), agreeing with those reported by Ma and
al.[2] and probably by Chuang and al.[3] as well.
     The genus Leonurus L. is variable in its  chromosomes with an aneuploidy of x=9, 10 and
12.  The present authors would propose that the primitive basic number of chromosome in the
genus is 9, and thus both 10 and 12 are derived, for: (1) among the 9 species (including 1 sub-
species) heretofore cytologically examined, x=9 occurring in 66.7%, x=10 occurring in 22.2%,
while x=12 occurring only in 11.1%; (2) in generaclosely related to the genus under considera-
tion, such as Panzeria, Galeobdolon and Lamium x=9 being the sole basic number.
     But L. japonicus exhibits a mixoploidy of 2n=20 (occurring at the rate of 53.30% of the
total amount of cells examined), 2n=18 (30.70%), and 2n=16 (15.99%) in our work. (Table
1).  Since the original basic number of  chromosome of the genus is 9 as proposed above, 2n=
20 would be considered as a derived one and the occurrence of 2n=18 probably suggests an
early evolutionary trend of 2n=18→20 of the pecies in question.

Key words: Leonurus, L.japonicus, Chromosome number, China