生物多样性 ›› 2024, Vol. 32 ›› Issue (11): 24378.  DOI: 10.17520/biods.2024378  cstr: 32101.14.biods.2024378

• 历史回溯 • 上一篇    下一篇

水杉发现的历史

钱宏1,*()(), 邵国凡2(), 刘琪璟3,*()()   

  1. 1.Research and Collections Center, Illinois State Museum, Springfield, IL 62703, USA
    2.Department of Forestry and Natural Resources, Purdue University, West Lafayette, IN 47907, USA
    3.北京林业大学林学院, 北京 100083, 中国
  • 收稿日期:2024-08-26 接受日期:2024-11-17 出版日期:2024-11-20 发布日期:2025-01-13
  • 通讯作者: E-mail: liuqijing@bjfu.edu.cn; hong.qian@illinoisstatemuseum.org

The history of discovering Metasequoia glyptostroboides

Hong Qian1,*()(), Guofan Shao2(), Qijing Liu3,*()()   

  1. 1. Research and Collections Center, Illinois State Museum, Springfield, IL 62703, USA
    2. Department of Forestry and Natural Resources, Purdue University, West Lafayette, IN 47907, USA
    3. College of Forestry, Beijing Forestry University, Beijing 100083, China
  • Received:2024-08-26 Accepted:2024-11-17 Online:2024-11-20 Published:2025-01-13
  • Contact: E-mail: liuqijing@bjfu.edu.cn; hong.qian@illinoisstatemuseum.org

摘要:

本文总结了刊登在本期的王战和薛纪如的两篇遗作的要点, 概述了水杉(Metasequoia glyptostroboides)的发现、命名和发表过程。现代生存水杉是1943年发现的, 并非是有些文献记载的1941年。王战是采集并研究现代生存水杉的第一人。他于1943年7月21日采得第一份水杉标本, 经过研究认为应该是一个新种, 但不能确定其分类归属, 于是在1944年把采得的水杉标本托人转交给郑万钧请求进一步鉴定。1946年郑万钧派他的研究生薛纪如再采标本。胡先骕和郑万钧把王战采得的水杉标本命名为Metasequoia glyptostroboides, 并由胡、郑二人联名于1948年5月15日正式发表。

关键词: 杨龙兴, 王战, 胡先骕, 郑万钧

Abstract

This article overviews the history of discovering, naming and publishing the living-fossil species Metasequoia glyptostroboides, and summarizes the key points of the two pieces of the posthumous work by Chan Wang and Chi-Ju Hsueh published in this issue. The species was discovered in 1943, rather than 1941 as reported in some literature. Wang collected the specimens of the tree on July 21, 1943, and considered it as a new species but could not determine its taxonomic affiliation. Wang was the first collecting and studying the specimens of the species. Wang had one of the specimens of the species passed to Wan-Chun Cheng in 1944 for further identification. Wan-Chun Cheng sent his graduate student, Chi-Ju Hsueh, to collect additional specimens in 1946. Hsen-Hsu Hu and Wan-Chun Cheng published Metasequoia glyptostroboides on May 15, 1948.

Key words: Longxing Yang, Chan Wang, Hsen-Hsu Hu, Wan-Chun Cheng