Botanist… taxonomist of potatoes, tomatoes etc. and passionate advocate for nature everywhere 🌱
Sandy Knapp
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Interested in big flowering plant genera? Come work with the exciting global Solanum group - based at @nhm-london.bsky.social - phylogenomics, diversification, nightshade fun! jobs.nhm.ac.uk/Job/JobDetai...
It’s been a great meeting… I think my brain might burst with me and exciting information and insights! #SOLRUB2025
So… climate change… Lagerstroemia (crepe myrtle) as a street tree in London! A lovely splash of pink in late summer! #londonlife
Same plant… summer!
Exciting arrival in the post today… hard copy of The Madrid Code! @iaptglobal.bsky.social
Just home from a wonderful time talking about potatoes on @infinitemonkeycage.bsky.social with amazing people… feel the potato love, some of us got quite emotional 🥔Played out by Helen Anahita Wilson on the potato piano.. listen out for it in August!
Was such great fun! And to complete your potato week new paper out on origin of the mighty spud @cellpress.bsky.social www.cell.com/cell/fulltex...
So, leaf shape is quite (!) variable in Solanum….. can fool one into thinking things are different.. figuring taxa out requires more than a glance! Here’s an extreme example in Solanum albidum ….. #iamabotanist
