Biosystematics on the Alpine Flora of Tien Shan Mountains

1995年7月9日至8月21日，我们与俄罗斯、哈萨克斯坦和吉尔吉斯斯坦三国科学院合作进行了《天山高山植物区系的生物系统学》野外研究。该项目的目的是(1)采集标本，特别是毛滴科和菊科的标本，用于染色体、DNA序列和类黄酮分析；(2)采集种子植物、蕨类和苔藓植物的标本，用于分类和区系研究；(3)收集高山植被分析的数据。调查的地区包括Dzhungarsky Alatau，Zailisky Alatau，Tereskey Alatau，Tereskey Alatau，Central Tien Mountain，Kirghisky，Alaisky和Za Alaisky山脉。我们已经收集了7000多个标本。其中非常重要的标本有来自Dzhungarsky Alatau的Aconitum alatavicum和A.soongoricum，来自Zailisky Alatau的A.Mememum，来自Kirghisky山脉的A.karacolicum和来自Alaisky山脉的Alaisky Ranunculaceae的A.zeravschanicum。此外，从植物地理学和分类学上也非常有趣的是来自哈萨克斯坦菊科的雪莲和雪莲。我们可以得到许多标本，包括乌头，茜草，雪莲，雪莲用ZM植物社会学学派的方法对高山草甸和亚高山森林的127个记录进行了研究。从调查地区采集了约900个苔藓植物标本。1996年3月，两名俄罗斯分类学家应邀到日本考察了东京国立科学博物馆(TNS)植物学部标本室保存的标本。

A field research entitled "Biosystematics on the Alpine Flora of the Tien Shan Mountains" was carried out in cooperation with the Science Academies of Russia, Kazakhstan and Kirghistan from 9 July to 21 August, 1995.The purposes of this program were (1) to collect samples, especially of Ranunculaceae and Compositae, for the analyzes of chromosome, DNA sequences and flavonoids, (2) to collect speciments of seed plants, ferns and bryophytes for the taxonomic and floristic studies and (3) to collect the data for the analysis of alpine vegetation.The area investigated included the Dzhungarsky Alatau, the Zailisky Alatau, the Tereskey Alatau, the Central Tien Shan, the Kirghisky, the Alaisky and the Za Alaisky Ranges.We have collected more than 7,000 herbarium specimens.Among them very important collections were Aconitum alatavicum and A.soongoricum from the Dzhungarsky Alatau, A.nemorum from the Zailisky Alatau, A.karacolicum from the Kirghisky Range and A.zeravschanicum from the Alaisky Range for the Ranunculaceae.Also very interesting phytogeographically and taxonomically were Saussurea gnaphalodes and S.involucrata from Kazakhstan fro Compositae.We could get many samples including Aconitum, Cirsium, Saussurea, etc.for the analyzes of DNA sequences and flavonoids.Alpine meadows and subalpine forests were studied based on 127 records by the method of ZM school of phytosociology.About 900 specimens of bryophytes were collected from the investigated area.Two Russian taxonomists were invited to Japan to examine herbarium specimens preserved in the Herbarium of Department of Botany, National Science Museum, Tokyo (TNS) in March 1996.