The genus Woodwardia,which together with the genera Anchistea and Lorinseria comprise the subfamily Woodwardioideae of Blechnaceae,has a disjunct distribution across Central and North America,Europe and the temperate ...The genus Woodwardia,which together with the genera Anchistea and Lorinseria comprise the subfamily Woodwardioideae of Blechnaceae,has a disjunct distribution across Central and North America,Europe and the temperate to tropical areas of Asia.Fossil records of Woodwardia occur throughout the Paleogene and Neogene of North America,Europe and Asia.However,well-preserved fertile pinna fossils of this genus have not yet been reported in South China.In this paper,a new species,W.changchangensis Naugolnykh et Song,sp.nov.is described from the middle Eocene of the Changchang Basin,Hainan Island,South China.Macromorphological and micromorphological features of the fertile pinna show a straight pinna rachis,alternate,subtriangular pinnules,acute pinnule apices,almost entire or slightly undulate pinnule margins,long-ovoid sori,stalked sporangia and spores with wing-like folds on the surface,which are characterised in detail.Overall,the present fossil is most similar to the extant species Woodwardia japonica,which mostly grows in warm and moist environments.The discovery of this new species from the Changchang Basin of Hainan Island indicates that this genus has been distributed in the low-latitude tropical regions of South China from as early as the middle Eocene.Based on this find,and previous studies of other ferns from the same site,we infer that the climate of the Palaeo-Hainan landscape during deposition of the Changchang Formation was warm and humid,similar to conditions prevailing today across this region.展开更多
根据野外调查和实验分析研究了江西省千烟洲人工针叶林下狗脊蕨(Woodwardia japonica)群落的生物量、细根生物量、净初级生产力(Net primary productivity,NPP)、比叶面积(Specific leaf area,SLA)和叶面积指数(Leaf area index,LAI)等...根据野外调查和实验分析研究了江西省千烟洲人工针叶林下狗脊蕨(Woodwardia japonica)群落的生物量、细根生物量、净初级生产力(Net primary productivity,NPP)、比叶面积(Specific leaf area,SLA)和叶面积指数(Leaf area index,LAI)等。通过叶片参数和地上生物量的相关关系建立了狗脊蕨单株地上生物量估算模型,分别为W1=0.021H1.545(R2=0.790)和W1=2.518(D2H)0.616(R2=0.894;H为株高,D为地径)。人工针叶林下灌草层地上生物量为367.8g.m-2(52～932g.m-2),凋落物为1631g.m-2(672～2763g.m-2),分别占乔木层地上生物量的4.7%(1.55%～13.2%)和20.7%(7.6%～32.1%)。狗脊蕨群落地上生物量和NPP分别为266.6g.m-2和88.67g.m-2.a-1,其中狗脊蕨种群占73.7%;地下生物量为212.6g.m-2。狗脊蕨的SLA和叶干物质含量(Leaves day mutter con-tent,LDMC)分别为144.0cm2.g-1和31.99%,二者之间呈显著负相关;最佳叶面积估算模型为S=21.9226-0.152L2+0.0009L3(9.0≤L(叶片长度)≤23.5;1.4≤W(叶片宽度)≤5.9)。狗脊蕨种群的LAI为1.8。土壤含水量对狗脊蕨生物量有显著影响。群落生物量与土壤有机质和全氮含量正相关。展开更多
基金the National Natural Science Foundation of China (Grant Nos.41872015,42111530024, 41820104002,41661134049 to JHJ and XYL)a grant from the UK Natural Environment Research Council (Grant No.NE/P013805/1 to XYL)+3 种基金the Fundamental Research Funds for the Central Universities (Grant No.2021qntd18 to XKW)the Scientific Research Fund, Hongda Zhang,Sun Yat-sen Universitya subsidiary of the Russian Government that supports a Program of Competitive Growth of Kazan Federal University among World’s Leading Academic Centersthe State Program of Geological Institute of RAS (Grant No.0135-2019-0044 to SVN).
文摘The genus Woodwardia,which together with the genera Anchistea and Lorinseria comprise the subfamily Woodwardioideae of Blechnaceae,has a disjunct distribution across Central and North America,Europe and the temperate to tropical areas of Asia.Fossil records of Woodwardia occur throughout the Paleogene and Neogene of North America,Europe and Asia.However,well-preserved fertile pinna fossils of this genus have not yet been reported in South China.In this paper,a new species,W.changchangensis Naugolnykh et Song,sp.nov.is described from the middle Eocene of the Changchang Basin,Hainan Island,South China.Macromorphological and micromorphological features of the fertile pinna show a straight pinna rachis,alternate,subtriangular pinnules,acute pinnule apices,almost entire or slightly undulate pinnule margins,long-ovoid sori,stalked sporangia and spores with wing-like folds on the surface,which are characterised in detail.Overall,the present fossil is most similar to the extant species Woodwardia japonica,which mostly grows in warm and moist environments.The discovery of this new species from the Changchang Basin of Hainan Island indicates that this genus has been distributed in the low-latitude tropical regions of South China from as early as the middle Eocene.Based on this find,and previous studies of other ferns from the same site,we infer that the climate of the Palaeo-Hainan landscape during deposition of the Changchang Formation was warm and humid,similar to conditions prevailing today across this region.
文摘根据野外调查和实验分析研究了江西省千烟洲人工针叶林下狗脊蕨(Woodwardia japonica)群落的生物量、细根生物量、净初级生产力(Net primary productivity,NPP)、比叶面积(Specific leaf area,SLA)和叶面积指数(Leaf area index,LAI)等。通过叶片参数和地上生物量的相关关系建立了狗脊蕨单株地上生物量估算模型,分别为W1=0.021H1.545(R2=0.790)和W1=2.518(D2H)0.616(R2=0.894;H为株高,D为地径)。人工针叶林下灌草层地上生物量为367.8g.m-2(52～932g.m-2),凋落物为1631g.m-2(672～2763g.m-2),分别占乔木层地上生物量的4.7%(1.55%～13.2%)和20.7%(7.6%～32.1%)。狗脊蕨群落地上生物量和NPP分别为266.6g.m-2和88.67g.m-2.a-1,其中狗脊蕨种群占73.7%;地下生物量为212.6g.m-2。狗脊蕨的SLA和叶干物质含量(Leaves day mutter con-tent,LDMC)分别为144.0cm2.g-1和31.99%,二者之间呈显著负相关;最佳叶面积估算模型为S=21.9226-0.152L2+0.0009L3(9.0≤L(叶片长度)≤23.5;1.4≤W(叶片宽度)≤5.9)。狗脊蕨种群的LAI为1.8。土壤含水量对狗脊蕨生物量有显著影响。群落生物量与土壤有机质和全氮含量正相关。
