Pollinator shifts drive petal epidermal evolution on the Macaronesian Islands bird-flowered species

Bird-pollinated Macaronesian Lotus (Leguminosae) evolved within a group of entomophilous ancestors with post-anthesis flower color change

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Comparative Micromorphology of Petals in Macaronesian Lotus (Leguminosae) Reveals a Loss of Papillose Conical Cells during the Evolution of Bird Pollination

(2012) Isidro Ojeda et al.   INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF PLANT SCIENCES

Consequences of plant-pollinator and floral-herbivore interactions on the reproductive success of the Canary Islands endemic Canarina canariensis (Campanulaceae)

(2011) María C. Rodríguez-Rodríguez et al.   AMERICAN JOURNAL OF BOTANY

Why do so many petals have conical epidermal cells?

(2011) Heather M. Whitney et al.   ANNALS OF BOTANY

Floral epidermal structure and flower orientation: getting to grips with awkward flowers

(2011) Sean A. Rands et al.   Arthropod-Plant Interactions

Conical Epidermal Cells Allow Bees to Grip Flowers and Increase Foraging Efficiency

(2009) Heather M. Whitney et al.   CURRENT BIOLOGY

Opportunistic nectar-feeding birds are effective pollinators of bird-flowers from Canary Islands: experimental evidence from Isoplexis canariensis (Scrophulariaceae)

(2008) M. C. Rodriguez-Rodriguez et al.   AMERICAN JOURNAL OF BOTANY

Bird pollination of Canary Island endemic plants

(2008) Jeff Ollerton et al.   NATURWISSENSCHAFTEN