著者
Yukihiro H. Kobayashi Shizuka Fuse Minoru N. Tamura
出版者
The Japanese Society for Plant Systematics
雑誌
Acta Phytotaxonomica et Geobotanica (ISSN:13467565)
巻号頁・発行日
vol.70, no.1, pp.1-17, 2019-02-28 (Released:2019-03-09)

To evaluate the evolutionary relationships among species of Peperomia subg. Micropiper, a phylogenetic analysis based on the DNA sequences of plastid regions atpB-rbcL, psbK-I, rpL16, rpS16, trnG, trnK (including matK), trnL-L-F, and trnS-G was conducted using 20 species, in addition to four outgroup species. The trnK sequences of 46 species and trnL-L-F sequence of one species were quoted from GenBank and also included in the analysis. The results showed that P. subg. Micropiper includes seven major clades, which are also supported by morphological characteristics. They are recognized as sectionequivalent plant groups, namely Alatoid, Blandoid, Glabelloid, Glaucoid, Japonicoid, Lanceolatoid, and Rotundifolioid. A chromosome analysis of the subgenus yielded nine new counts: 2n = 22 (diploid) for P. alata, P. bicolor, P. diaphanoides, P. flexicaulis, P. hylophila, P. polystachya and P. prosterata, 2n = 44(tetraploid) for P. okinawensis and 2n = 132 (dodecaploid) for P. reticulata. Japonicoid, which occurs outside the Americas, i.e. in Asia, Africa, and the Pacific islands, is tetraploid, decaploid, and dodecaploid (not diploid), while the remaining six plant groups are native to the Americas and diploid (except Glaucoid, which is tetraploid). Further, P. diaphanoides is conspecific with P. glabella. Peperomia boninsimensis from the Ogasawara Islands, Japan, is more closely related to Polynesian species than to other Japanese species. Peperomia okinawensis should be regarded as a variety of P. japonica.
著者
H. Kobayashi Y. Nomura Y. Sakikawa A. Suzuki N. Watanabe
出版者
THE JAPAN OTOLOGICAL SOCIETY
雑誌
Otology Japan (ISSN:09172025)
巻号頁・発行日
vol.3, no.5, pp.780-786, 1994-01-20 (Released:2011-06-17)
参考文献数
15

Six patients with ear diseases caused by nose blowing are described. Four of them developed perilymphatic fistula.Exploratory tympanotomy was performed on the left ear of case 1 who complained of tinnitus. Leakage was identified in the area of the round window, which was covered with a piece of perichondrium. Three patients (cases 2-4) complained of tinnitus and a floating sensation, echo sound, and dizziness. All of them have the habit of nose blowing.The symptoms disappeared spontaneously after a rest.Two patients (cases 5 and 6) developed fullness of the ear after nose blowing. They were diagnosed as suffering from bullous myringitis. Nose blowing may predispose to formation of bubbles within an infected tympanic membrane.