Analysis of Leaf Trait Variation in Three Ornamental Plants of Oleaceae

HEJing, SUFurong, TIANXiaoping, ZHANGWanting, HANYing, WANGYufeng, LIXia

Chin Agric Sci Bull ›› 2025, Vol. 41 ›› Issue (34) : 46-52.

PDF(1136 KB)
Home Journals Chinese Agricultural Science Bulletin
Chinese Agricultural Science Bulletin

Abbreviation (ISO4): Chin Agric Sci Bull      Editor in chief: Yulong YIN

About  /  Aim & scope  /  Editorial board  /  Indexed  /  Contact  / 
PDF(1136 KB)
Chin Agric Sci Bull ›› 2025, Vol. 41 ›› Issue (34) : 46-52. DOI: 10.11924/j.issn.1000-6850.casb2025-0442

Analysis of Leaf Trait Variation in Three Ornamental Plants of Oleaceae

Author information +
History +

Abstract

The intraspecific and interspecific variations in plant leaf traits are the core carriers for revealing the mechanisms of community species coexistence and environmental adaptability, and are of great significance for understanding the mechanisms of community species coexistence and response to environmental changes. Taking Zhangye City, in the central part of the Hexi Corridor, as the research area, this study selected two typical habitats: road area (with high human interference) and park area (with low human interference). Three ornamental plants of the Oleaceae family, Ligustrum× vicaryi, Syringa oblata, and Forsythia suspensa, were selected as the research objects. Through mathematical statistics and significance tests, the variability characteristics of leaf morphology traits (5 items such as leaf area and specific leaf area), ecological stoichiometry traits (6 items such as leaf carbon/nitrogen/phosphorus content and ratio), and physiological and biochemical traits (5 items such as soluble sugar and superoxide dismutase) were systematically analyzed. The results showed that: (1) there were significant differences in the variation of leaf traits among three plant species in two different habitats. The interspecific variation coefficient of leaf traits in the road area was 1.01%-43.90%, while in the park area it was 1.51%-29.80%. The intraspecific variation coefficient was generally 2%-40%. Moreover, the interspecific variation amplitude of leaf traits in the road area was generally larger than that in the park area, indicating that plant leaf traits are more sensitive to environmental response in high disturbance environments. (2) In terms of classification, leaf area and specific leaf area showed the most significant variation in leaf morphological traits (road area coefficient of variation 27.01%-30.84%). In terms of ecological stoichiometry, nitrogen phosphorus ratio (N/P) had the largest variation in road area (43.90%), and carbon nitrogen ratio (C/N) had the largest variation in park area (29.80%). Soluble sugar content had the highest variation in physiological and biochemical traits (road area 24.03%, park area 23.80%). (3) In terms of species specificity, the coefficient of variation of leaf area and specific leaf area of Ligustrum× vicaryi is significantly higher than that of Syringa oblata and Forsythia suspensa. Syringa oblata has the highest coefficient of variation in leaf dry matter content (4.85% in the park area), while Forsythia suspensa has the highest coefficient of variation in soluble sugar and malondialdehyde content (24.03% and 23.91% in the road area, respectively). This study clarified the variation patterns and environmental driven differences in leaf traits of ornamental plants in the Oleaceae family in Zhangye City, providing a scientific basis for habitat adaptation selection of Oleaceae plants in urban green space systems in arid areas of Northwest China, such as prioritizing the allocation of strong anti-interference Ligustrum× vicaryi in road areas.

Key words

Oleaceae / ornamental plants / leaf traits / intraspecific variation / interspecific variation / landscape and green space system / central Hexi Corridor

Cite this article

Download Citations
HE Jing , SU Furong , TIAN Xiaoping , et al . Analysis of Leaf Trait Variation in Three Ornamental Plants of Oleaceae[J]. Chinese Agricultural Science Bulletin. 2025, 41(34): 46-52 https://doi.org/10.11924/j.issn.1000-6850.casb2025-0442

References

[1]
袁泉. 金华北山植物叶片功能性状及其与环境的关系[D]. 金华: 浙江师范大学, 2020.
[2]
LAFOREST-LAPOINTE I, MARTÍNEZ-VILALTA J, RETANA J. Intraspecific variability in functional traits matters: Case study of Scots pine[J]. Oecologia, 2014, 175(4):1337-1348.
[3]
唐青青, 黄永涛, 丁易, 等. 亚热带常绿落叶阔叶混交林植物功能性状的种间和种内变异[J]. 生物多样性, 2016, 24(3):262-270.
不同物种间的功能性状差异是自然生态系统中物种共存的基础, 而物种内个体间的性状变异对物种的共存和分布同样具有重要作用。本文以湖北星斗山自然保护区亚热带常绿落叶阔叶混交林内28种主要树种(通过物种多度排序获得, 其中常绿和落叶树种各14种)为研究对象, 探讨不同叶习性树种的4种功能性状(比叶面积、叶干物质含量、叶面积和比茎密度)在种间和种内的差异程度。结果表明: (1)常绿和落叶树种在4种功能性状上均存在显著差异, 常绿树种的比叶面积和叶面积显著低于落叶树种, 但叶干物质含量和比茎密度则显著高于落叶树种; (2)比叶面积的变化主要来源于叶习性(57.49%), 叶面积变化主要来源于种间(66.80%)和种内变异(27.52%), 叶干物质含量的变化主要来源于种间(38.12%)和种内(33.88%)变异, 但比茎密度的变化主要来源于种内变异(51.50%), 其次为种间变异(32.52%); (3)常绿和落叶树种种间水平的性状相关性可能掩盖各功能性状之间的相关性。种内变异能够显著影响群落间的植物功能性状差异, 但不同功能性状的种内变异程度存在差异。
[4]
钟巧连, 刘立斌, 许鑫, 等. 黔中喀斯特木本植物功能性状变异及其适应策略[J]. 植物生态学报, 2018, 42(5):562-572.
性状变异反映了植物的生活史对策。该研究以贵州普定县天龙山10种木本植物为对象, 通过分析枝叶和根系9个功能性状的种间与种内变异, 揭示植物对喀斯特生境的适应策略。结果表明: (1) 9个性状变异程度不同, 细根组织密度的种间和种内变异系数最大, 分别达96.47%和51.44%, 小枝干物质含量的种间与种内变异最小, 分别为11.67%和6.83%。(2)种间水平的细根组织密度在不同物种中没有显著的差异, 比根长、叶厚度、叶面积、比叶面积、叶干物质含量、叶组织密度、小枝干物质含量和小枝组织密度均表现出显著的差异。在种内, 比叶面积差异显著, 其他性状差异不显著。(3)绝大多数叶和枝性状间显著相关, 比根长与比叶面积显著负相关, 其他根系性状与枝叶性状相关性不显著。总之, 与同纬度非喀斯特地区植物相比, 普定喀斯特地区植物具有较小的叶面积和比根长度, 较大的叶干物质含量、叶组织密度等一系列有利于减小蒸腾和储存养分的功能性状组合, 这可能是其适应干旱贫瘠的喀斯特环境的主要生态策略。
[5]
李淑英. 混交模式对闽楠和杉木叶片、细根功能性状的影响[D]. 长沙: 中南林业科技大学, 2019.
[6]
KAZAKOU E, VIOLLE C, ROUMET C, et al. Are trait-based species rankings consistent across data sets and spatial scales?[J]. Journal of vegetation science, 2014, 25:235-247.
[7]
ZUO X A, YUE X Y, LV P, et al. Contrasting effects of plant inter- and intraspecific variation on community trait responses to restoration of a sandy grassland ecosystem[J]. Ecology and evolution, 2017, 7:1125-1134.
Changes in plant community traits along an environmental gradient are caused by interspecific and intraspecific trait variation. However, little is known about the role of interspecific and intraspecific trait variation in plant community responses to the restoration of a sandy grassland ecosystem. We measured five functional traits of 34 species along a restoration gradient of sandy grassland (mobile dune, semi-fixed dune, fixed dune, and grassland) in Horqin Sand Land, northern China. We examined how community-level traits varied with habitat changes and soil gradients using both abundance-weighted and non-weighted averages of trait values. We quantified the relative contribution of inter- and intraspecific trait variation in specific leaf area (SLA), leaf dry matter content (LDMC), leaf carbon content (LCC), leaf nitrogen content (LNC), and plant height to the community response to habitat changes in the restoration of sandy grassland. We found that five weighted community-average traits varied significantly with habitat changes. Along the soil gradient in the restoration of sandy grassland, plant height, SLA, LDMC, and LCC increased, while LNC decreased. For all traits, there was a greater contribution of interspecific variation to community response in regard to habitat changes relative to that of intraspecific variation. The relative contribution of the interspecific variation effect of an abundance-weighted trait was greater than that of a non-weighted trait with regard to all traits except LDMC. A community-level trait response to habitat changes was due largely to species turnover. Though the intraspecific shift plays a small role in community trait response to habitat changes, it has an effect on plant coexistence and the maintenance of herbaceous plants in sandy grassland habitats. The context dependency of positive and negative covariation between inter- and intraspecific variation further suggests that both effects of inter- and intraspecific variation on a community trait should be considered when understanding a plant community response to environmental changes in sandy grassland ecosystems.
[8]
梁士楚, 刘润红, 荣春艳, 等. 漓江河岸带植物功能性状变异与关联[J]. 植物生态学报, 2019, 43(1):16-26.
研究植物功能性状随环境梯度的变异和关联格局, 对于认识不同环境梯度下群落构建和植物适应型具有重要意义。该研究以漓江河岸带不同河段植物群落为研究对象, 调查了研究区内36个样方的物种组成, 测量了样方内42种木本植物的叶面积(LA)、比叶面积(SLA)和木材密度(WD)的功能性状值, 并运用性状梯度分析法对3个功能性状进行群落内(α组分)和群落间(β组分)组分分解及相关性分析。结果表明: (1)群落平均LA表现为中游最小且和下游差异显著, 群落平均WD则表现为中上游显著高于下游, 群落平均SLA在两两河段间均差异显著。(2)不同河段的3个植物功能性状β组分差异显著且实际观测值均小于随机模拟的零模型分布, 但α组分在河岸带不同河段均差异不显著且3个功 能性状的α组分分布范围均小于β组分, 说明在河岸带不同河段的群落构建过程中环境筛选的作用要大于群落内种间的相互作用。(3)性状SLA与LA在群落间和群落内呈现出实际观测和随机模拟的相关性均较低, 暗示了LA和SLA各自代表了植物在不同生态策略上的维度; 但SLA和WD实际观测值和随机模拟值呈现出较强的负相关关系, 暗示这2个性状对于环境筛选表现出较高的整体趋同适应性, 体现了植物功能性状对群落间环境变异的依赖性大于群落内种间相互作用的依赖性。
[9]
叶丽克·吐斯甫江. 艾比湖流域典型荒漠植物叶片功能性状变异对水盐的响应[D]. 乌鲁木齐: 新疆大学, 2021.
[10]
陈西仓, 王桂林. 甘肃天水木犀科观赏植物资源[J]. 青海农林科技, 2020(3):49-53.
[11]
陈亮. 利用FISH寡序列探针构建木犀科四个物种的染色体物理图谱[D]. 雅安: 四川农业大学, 2020.
[12]
罗素梅, 郭崇炎, 范方喜, 等. 江西省木犀科植物资源调查[J]. 现代园艺, 2025, 48(1):37-39.
[13]
刘雅兰, 金梦然, 姚瑞红, 等. 8种木犀科植物的花香成分分析与聚类分析[J]. 林业与生态科学, 2021, 36(2):179-188.
为了解8种木犀科(Oleaceae)植物花香成分差异,采用顶空固相微萃取法(HS–SMPE)与气相色谱-质谱联用仪(GC MS)相结合的方法对8种木犀科植物盛花期花朵进行花香成分测定,并以此为基础对8种植物进行聚类分析。结果表明:8种植物均检测出萜烯类化合物和醇类化合物,萜烯类物质是4种丁香属植物和女贞的主要挥发物质;金叶女贞的主要挥发物是酯类和萜烯类物质,小叶女贞的主要挥发物质是酯类物质,辽东水蜡的挥发成分则是酮类物质。聚类分析将8种木犀科植物分为2类:匈牙利丁香、小叶丁香、什锦丁香、北京丁香和女贞为一类;金叶女贞、小叶女贞和辽东水蜡为一类。
[14]
景琦, 武悦萱, 校思泽, 等. 宝鸡市3种木犀科植物叶绿素荧光特征分析[J]. 宝鸡文理学院学报(自然科学版), 2019, 39(4):61-65.
[15]
周满宏. 甘肃省木犀科野生观赏植物资源评价及利用[J]. 甘肃农业科技, 2000(7):46-47.
[16]
车宗彩. 张掖市造林树种选择和树种配置[J]. 甘肃林业, 2023(1):44-45.
[17]
刘东生, 滕玉风, 占玉芳, 等. 张掖市园林植物观赏特性调查与分析[J]. 现代园艺, 2021, 44(1):57-60.
[18]
李和生, 孙群, 赵世杰, 等. 植物生理生化实验原理与技术[M]. 北京: 高等教育出版社, 2005:58-81..
[19]
潘存祥, 许勇, 纪海波, 等. 西瓜种质资源表型多样性及聚类分析[J]. 植物遗传资源学报, 2015, 16(1):59-63.
采用变异系数、多样性指数和聚类分析等方法,对国内外 783 份西瓜种质资源 24 个性状进行遗传多样性研究。结果表明:西瓜种质资源13个数量性状的平均变异系数为23.79%,其中单果质量变异系数最大(54.82%),第一雌花节位最小(0.48%)。11个质量性状的平均变异系数为39.95%,变异系数最大的是种皮覆纹颜色(70.90%),最小的是茎断面形状(17.95%)。数量性状的平均遗传多样性指数为2.08,质量性状的平均遗传多样性指数为1.23;叶纵径(2.29)、叶横径(2.24)、果实皮厚(2.24)、果实横径(2.23)、果实生育期(2.19)、茎节间长度(2.09)、果实纵径(2.07)、百粒重(2.07)、单瓜种子数(2.04)多样性系数均较大,茎断面形状多样性系数最小(0.59)。基于24个表型性状,供试西瓜材料在欧氏距离为25时聚为2类:A类为普通西瓜种(Citrullus lanatus);B类为药西瓜(Citrullus colocynthis)。在欧氏距离为20时聚为3类:A1为Citrullus lanatus的普通西瓜亚种(sp.vulgaris),A2为毛西瓜亚种(sp.lanatus),B类为Citrullus colocynthis的淡味药西瓜亚种(sp.insipidus)。在欧氏距离为15时A11为sp.vulgaris的普通西瓜变种(var.vulgaris),A12为sp.vulgaris的籽瓜变种(var.megalaspermus),A2为sp.lanatus的开普西瓜变种(var.capensis)。西瓜种质资源表型性状的变异程度和多样性指数较高,具有丰富的变异程度和多样性。欧氏距离25可作为西瓜属内划分物种的遗传距离,20可作为划分西瓜亚种的遗传距离,15可作为西瓜变种划分的遗传距离。
[20]
秦娟, 孔海燕, 刘华. 马尾松不同林型土壤C、N、P、K的化学计量特征[J]. 西北农林科技大学学报(自然科学版), 2016, 44(2):68-76.
[21]
孟婷婷, 倪健, 王国宏. 植物功能性状与环境和生态系统功能[J]. 植物生态学报, 2007, 31(1):150-165.
植物性状反映了植物对生长环境的响应和适应,将环境、植物个体和生态系统结构、 过程与功能联系起来(所谓的&ldquo;植物功能性状&rdquo;)。该文介绍了植物功能性状的分类体系,综述了国内外植物功能性状与气候(包括气温、降水、光照)、地理空间变异(包括地形地 貌、生态梯度、海拔)、营养、干扰(包括火灾、放牧、生物入侵、土地利用)等环境因素,以及与生态系统功能之间关系的研究进展,探讨了全球变化(气候变化和CO<sub>2</sub>浓度升高 ) 对个体和群落植物功能性状的影响。植物功能性状的研究已经取得很多成果,并应用于全球变化、古植被恢复和古气候定量重建、环境监测与评价、生态保护和恢复等研究中,但大尺度、多生境因子下的植物功能性状研究仍有待于加强,同时需要改进性状的测量手段;我国 的植物功能性状研究还需要更加明朗化和系统化。
[22]
罗丽莹, 陈楠, 王云龙, 等. 闽楠叶形态与叶脉网络性状关系对城市生长环境的响应[J]. 生态学报, 2021, 41(19):7838-7847.
[23]
HALLIK L, NIINEMETS Ü, WRIGHT I J. Are species shade and drought tolerance reflected in leaf-level structural and functional differentiation in Northern Hemisphere temperate woody flora?[J]. New phytologist, 2009, 184(1):257-274.
Leaf-level determinants of species environmental stress tolerance are still poorly understood. Here, we explored dependencies of species shade (T(shade)) and drought (T(drought)) tolerance scores on key leaf structural and functional traits in 339 Northern Hemisphere temperate woody species. In general, T(shade) was positively associated with leaf life-span (L(L)), and negatively with leaf dry mass (M(A)), nitrogen content (N(A)), and photosynthetic capacity (A(A)) per area, while opposite relationships were observed with drought tolerance. Different trait combinations responsible for T(shade) and T(drought) were observed among the key plant functional types: deciduous and evergreen broadleaves and evergreen conifers. According to principal component analysis, resource-conserving species with low N content and photosynthetic capacity, and high L(L) and M(A), had higher T(drought), consistent with the general stress tolerance strategy, whereas variation in T(shade) did not concur with the postulated stress tolerance strategy. As drought and shade often interact in natural communities, reverse effects of foliar traits on these key environmental stress tolerances demonstrate that species niche differentiation is inherently constrained in temperate woody species. Different combinations of traits among key plant functional types further explain the contrasting bivariate correlations often observed in studies seeking functional explanation of variation in species environmental tolerances.
[24]
何雅琴, 史晓洁, 陈国杰, 等. 滨柃叶功能性状对环境因子的响应与适应[J]. 生态学报, 2022(6):1-12.
[25]
张林, 罗天祥. 植物叶寿命及其相关叶性状的生态学研究进展[J]. 植物生态学报, 2004, 28(6):844-852.
科学家早已注意到,具有长叶寿命的植物通常生长于营养和(或)水分较为缺乏的环境,而具短叶寿命的植物一般生长在具有较高的营养可利用性地带。国外大量的实验研究结果表明,单位重量的叶氮含量(Nmass)与叶的最大光合速率存在密切正相关,而比叶面积(单位干重量的叶面积)与植物生产单位叶面积的物质成本呈负相关,二者又随叶寿命的增加而降低,这种相互关系几乎在所有植物种群和群落中都普遍存在,反映了植物对环境适应的趋同进化特征,是进一步理解生态系统行为特征的基础。松属(Pinus)及云杉(Picea)、冷杉(Abies)等常绿针叶树种的叶寿命一般随海拔的升高而增大,其相关叶性状也普遍存在明显的垂直分布格局:随着海拔升高,单位面积的叶氮含量(Narea)及最大光合速率增加,而比叶面积则减少。一般认为,长的叶寿命是对高寒及养分、水分贫乏等胁迫环境的适应,而短的叶寿命和(或)落叶性被认为是植物为了快速生长以及对干旱或寒冬等季节性胁迫环境的适应结果。根据成本-效益分析理论,在特定环境条件下叶寿命大小取决于形成并维护单位叶面积所需要的物质消耗与叶片碳收获的平衡,与常绿/落叶森林植被纬向/垂直地带性分布存在一种内在联系机理。因此,叶寿命及其相关叶性状成为将叶片水平上的生理生态实验数据扩展到整个群落冠层乃至生物地理群区的关键因子。加强叶寿命及其相关叶性状的格局分析研究,可为现有的区域生物地球化学循环模型与植被地理模型的连接(即区域植被动态模型)提供科学依据,这将有助于从机理上解释区域植被对全球变化的适应与响应机制。但是,以往植物生理生态研究大多注重于个体叶片水平的测定,仍不清楚如何实现这些叶性状在不同尺度间的转换,尤其是从叶片水平上升至整个群落冠层。国际上至今仍缺乏在生态系统水平上的大量野外观测数据来定量描述这些叶性状与群落特征、气候因子的数量关系;国内相关研究基本尚属空白。
[26]
YANG H, WANG D. Advances in the study on ecological stoichiometry in grass-environment system and its response to environmental factors[J]. Acta prataculturae sinica, 2011, 20(2):244-252.
[27]
何靖. 兰州市20种园林植物叶功能性状对不同大气污染物的响应及净化效应[D]. 兰州: 甘肃农业大学, 2020.
PDF(1136 KB)

Accesses

Citation

Detail

Sections
Recommended

/