Botanist… taxonomist of potatoes, tomatoes etc. and passionate advocate for nature everywhere 🌱https://bsky.app/profile/sandyknapp.bsky.socialhttps://bsky.app/profile/sandyknapp.bsky.social/post/3midlnl654c24Interested in big flowering plant genera? Come work with the exciting global Solanum group - based at @nhm-london.bsky.social - phylogenomics, diversification, nightshade fun! https://jobs.nhm.ac.uk/Job/JobDetail?isPreview=Yes&jobid=77031 Mar 2026 06:51 +0000at://did:plc:ddqqtxl7bidspfcli6hk5g6y/app.bsky.feed.post/3midlnl654c24https://bsky.app/profile/sandyknapp.bsky.social/post/3lzpyxrnrtc26It’s been a great meeting… I think my brain might burst with me and exciting information and insights! #SOLRUB2025 [contains quote post or other embedded content]26 Sep 2025 08:04 +0000at://did:plc:ddqqtxl7bidspfcli6hk5g6y/app.bsky.feed.post/3lzpyxrnrtc26https://bsky.app/profile/sandyknapp.bsky.social/post/3lvqxyxpbec2iSo… climate change… Lagerstroemia (crepe myrtle) as a street tree in London! A lovely splash of pink in late summer! #londonlife06 Aug 2025 19:38 +0000at://did:plc:ddqqtxl7bidspfcli6hk5g6y/app.bsky.feed.post/3lvqxyxpbec2ihttps://bsky.app/profile/sandyknapp.bsky.social/post/3lvdxmtzirk2aExciting arrival in the post today… hard copy of The Madrid Code! @iaptglobal.bsky.social01 Aug 2025 15:27 +0000at://did:plc:ddqqtxl7bidspfcli6hk5g6y/app.bsky.feed.post/3lvdxmtzirk2ahttps://bsky.app/profile/sandyknapp.bsky.social/post/3lvc4c3x3fc27Same plant… summer! [contains quote post or other embedded content]31 Jul 2025 21:45 +0000at://did:plc:ddqqtxl7bidspfcli6hk5g6y/app.bsky.feed.post/3lvc4c3x3fc27https://bsky.app/profile/sandyknapp.bsky.social/post/3lvbxsozlq22dWas such great fun! And to complete your potato week new paper out on origin of the mighty spud @cellpress.bsky.social https://www.cell.com/cell/fulltext/S0092-8674(25)00736-6 [contains quote post or other embedded content]31 Jul 2025 20:25 +0000at://did:plc:ddqqtxl7bidspfcli6hk5g6y/app.bsky.feed.post/3lvbxsozlq22dhttps://bsky.app/profile/sandyknapp.bsky.social/post/3lrbtm56t322uJust 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!10 Jun 2025 21:29 +0000at://did:plc:ddqqtxl7bidspfcli6hk5g6y/app.bsky.feed.post/3lrbtm56t322uhttps://bsky.app/profile/sandyknapp.bsky.social/post/3ll3ejdomyk2tSo, 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 ….. #iamabotanist23 Mar 2025 23:12 +0000at://did:plc:ddqqtxl7bidspfcli6hk5g6y/app.bsky.feed.post/3ll3ejdomyk2thttps://bsky.app/profile/sandyknapp.bsky.social/post/3lki4wpkytk2lHelp your local British herbarium to join in the digitisation journey! My blog post in BSBi News https://bsbipublicity.blogspot.com/2025/03/help-your-local-herbarium.html?m=1 with a plea to express interest in the DiSSCo UK programme https://engagementhub.ukri.org/ahrc-infrastructure/dissco-expression-of-interest/16 Mar 2025 07:36 +0000at://did:plc:ddqqtxl7bidspfcli6hk5g6y/app.bsky.feed.post/3lki4wpkytk2lhttps://bsky.app/profile/sandyknapp.bsky.social/post/3lk7b7dtvzs2sThe beautiful species of the Solanum hexandrum group -all endemic to Brazil -treated in our latest monograph in @phytokeys.pensoft.net thanks Leandro and Yuri for being awesome coauthors! https://phytokeys.pensoft.net/article/138216/12 Mar 2025 18:58 +0000at://did:plc:ddqqtxl7bidspfcli6hk5g6y/app.bsky.feed.post/3lk7b7dtvzs2shttps://bsky.app/profile/sandyknapp.bsky.social/post/3ljixnya6f22dThen and now…. Pokeberry in London! #iamabotanist03 Mar 2025 22:09 +0000at://did:plc:ddqqtxl7bidspfcli6hk5g6y/app.bsky.feed.post/3ljixnya6f22dhttps://bsky.app/profile/sandyknapp.bsky.social/post/3lj6filxxbs22The joy of beautiful plant specimens! Thanks for the loan MO! #solanaceae27 Feb 2025 17:17 +0000at://did:plc:ddqqtxl7bidspfcli6hk5g6y/app.bsky.feed.post/3lj6filxxbs22https://bsky.app/profile/sandyknapp.bsky.social/post/3lbmzogh6zc2gGreat day at @bsbibotany.bsky.social annual British and Irish Botany Conference -inspiring talks, fabulous people! Botanists are the best ❤️🌱23 Nov 2024 17:34 +0000at://did:plc:ddqqtxl7bidspfcli6hk5g6y/app.bsky.feed.post/3lbmzogh6zc2ghttps://bsky.app/profile/sandyknapp.bsky.social/post/3lbgtpdqhe32fSo here I am after a long time away from social media…. Excited to find and share happy thoughts about plants! Getting ready to try to cut down my hour long talk from IBC Madrid to 15 minutes for @bsbibotany.bsky.social conference Saturday! Yikes 🌱21 Nov 2024 06:31 +0000at://did:plc:ddqqtxl7bidspfcli6hk5g6y/app.bsky.feed.post/3lbgtpdqhe32f