Canarina 5791842 220931814 2008-06-22T07:47:23Z Speakingofcities 4824632 Added text regarding bird pollination in C. canariensis {{Taxobox | name = ''Canarina'' | image = Canarina canariensis BotGardBln1105a.jpg | image_width = 240px | image_caption = ''Canarina canariensis''<br/>Canary Island Bellflower | regnum = [[Plant]]ae | divisio = [[Flowering plant|Magnoliophyta]] | classis = [[Magnoliopsida]] | ordo = [[Asterales]] | familia = [[Campanulaceae]] | genus = '''''Canarina''''' | genus_authority = [[Carolus Linnaeus|L.]] | subdivision_ranks = Species | subdivision = see text }} '''''Canarina''''' is a [[genus]] of [[flowering plants]] within the [[Family (biology)|family]] [[Campanulaceae]]. The best known species is C. canariensis from the [[laurel forest]]s of the [[Canary Islands]] which is sometimes grown as an ornamental plant. ''Canarina canariensis'' is one of a group of unrelated Canarian plants that appear to be adapted for [[bird pollination]], including the members of the genera ''[[Isoplexis]]'' and ''[[Lotus]]''. It was once thought that the original pollinators of these plants were [[sunbirds]] which had become extinct on the Canary Islands, explaining why some of these species are rare and considered endangered (Vogel 1954; Vogel et al. 1984; Valido et al. 2004). However more recent work has shown that these plants are adequately pollinated by non-specialist flower visiting birds, particularly the Canary Island [[chiffchaff]] (''Phylloscopus canariensis''), and in fact show some specific adaptations to infrequent pollination by these birds, such as extended flower lifespans (Ollerton et al. 2008). [[Species]] include: *''[[Canarina abyssinica]]'' Engl., which is native to [[Ethiopia]] *''[[Canarina canariensis]]'' (L.) Vatke (Canary Island Bellflower) which is native to the [[Canary Islands]] *''[[Canarina eminii]]'' Asch. ex Schweinf., which is native to tropical areas in [[East Africa]]. ==References== *[http://www.ars-grin.gov/cgi-bin/npgs/html/genus.pl?2023 USDA Germplasm Resources Information Network (GRIN): ''Canarina''] *Ollerton J, Cranmer L, Stelzer R, Sullivan S, Chittka L (2008) Bird pollination of Canary Island endemic plants. Nature Precedings <http://hdl.handle.net/10101/npre.2008.1977.1> *Valido A, Dupont YL, Olesen JM (2004) Bird-flower interactions in the Macaronesian islands. Journal of Biogeography 31: 1945-1953 *Vogel S (1954) Blütenbiologische Typen als Elemente der Sippengliederung. Botanische Studien (Jena) 1:1-338 *Vogel S, Westerkamp C, Thiel B, Gessner K (1984) Ornithophilie auf den Canarischen Inseln. Plant Systematics and Evolution 146:225-248 [[Category:Campanulaceae]] {{Asterales-stub}} [[ca:Canarina]] [[de:Canarina]] [[es:Canarina]] [[pt:Canarina]]