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CATEGORIES:Native Plant Talks
CREATED:20261023T225944
SUMMARY:The Birds, the Bees and a Magic Trait: The Evolution of Red Hummingbird Flowers in California, a Talk by Professor Justen Whittall
LOCATION:Cupertino Library Program Room (2nd Floor)\, 10800 Torre Ave.\, Cupertino
DESCRIPTION:Why are so many of California’s favorite hummingbird flowers red? From Cali
 fornia fuchsia blooming in the fall to Western columbine, scarlet bugler an
 d paintbrush, our native flora is full of brilliant red flowers that hummin
 gbirds love. But is red simply a color that attracts hummingbirds, or does 
 it also help flowers avoid unwanted visits from bees?\nJoin Santa Clara Uni
 versity biology professor Justen Whittall to explore how hummingbirds and b
 ees see flowers differently, including a hidden world of ultraviolet colors
  invisible to humans. Drawing on recent research with his students and inte
 rnational collaborators, he’ll reveal how these hidden pigments may help ex
 plain not only why hummingbird flowers are red, but also how new plant spec
 ies evolve.\nProf. Whittall will bring a UV camera and some flowers so that
  you can see what they look like to the birds. If you would like to bring y
 our own flowers, you are welcome to do so.\nJusten Whittall earned his B.S.
  in Biology from Santa Clara University, an M.S. from Oregon State Universi
 ty studying monkeyflower conservation genetics and a Ph.D. from UC Santa Ba
 rbara investigating the evolution of California columbines. Following postd
 octoral research at UC Davis on the evolution of California’s serpentine-en
 demic plants, including blue-eyed Mary, wallflowers and jewelflowers, he re
 turned to SCU in 2007 as a professor of Biology.\nProf. Whittall works clos
 ely with undergraduates to uncover the mysteries of plant ecology and evolu
 tion, with research ranging from the conservation of rare Santa Clara Count
 y plants – including jewelflowers, columbines, liveforevers and Hoita (a sm
 all genus of legumes containing three species) – to the evolution of flower
  color and hummingbird pollination in California’s native flora.\n
X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:<p>Why are so many of California’s favorite hummingbird&nbsp;flowers red? F
 rom California fuchsia blooming in the fall&nbsp;to Western columbine, scar
 let bugler and paintbrush, our&nbsp;native flora is full of brilliant red f
 lowers that&nbsp;hummingbirds love. But is red simply a color that attracts
 &nbsp;hummingbirds, or does it also help flowers avoid unwanted&nbsp;visits
  from bees?</p><p>Join Santa Clara University biology professor Justen&nbsp
 ;Whittall to explore how hummingbirds and bees see&nbsp;flowers differently
 , including a hidden world of ultraviolet&nbsp;colors invisible to humans. 
 Drawing on recent research&nbsp;with his students and international collabo
 rators, he’ll&nbsp;reveal how these hidden pigments may help explain not&nb
 sp;only why hummingbird flowers are red, but also how new&nbsp;plant specie
 s evolve.</p><p>Prof. Whittall will bring a UV camera and some flowers so&n
 bsp;that you can see what they look like to the birds. If you&nbsp;would li
 ke to bring your own flowers, you are welcome to&nbsp;do so.</p><p><strong>
 Justen Whittall</strong> earned his B.S. in Biology from Santa&nbsp;Clara U
 niversity, an M.S. from Oregon State University&nbsp;studying monkeyflower 
 conservation genetics and a Ph.D.&nbsp;from UC Santa Barbara investigating 
 the evolution of&nbsp;California columbines. Following postdoctoral researc
 h at&nbsp;UC Davis on the evolution of California’s serpentine-endemic plan
 ts, including blue-eyed Mary, wallflowers and&nbsp;jewelflowers, he returne
 d to SCU in 2007 as a professor of&nbsp;Biology.</p><p>Prof. Whittall works
  closely&nbsp;with undergraduates to&nbsp;uncover the mysteries of&nbsp;pla
 nt ecology and&nbsp;evolution, with research&nbsp;ranging from the&nbsp;con
 servation of rare Santa&nbsp;Clara County plants –&nbsp;including jewelflow
 ers,&nbsp;columbines, liveforevers&nbsp;and <em>Hoita</em> (a small genus o
 f&nbsp;legumes containing three&nbsp;species<strong>) – </strong>to the evo
 lution&nbsp;of flower color and hummingbird pollination in California’s&nbs
 p;native flora.</p>
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