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Ohhh the lovely Solanum villosum!

It’s been a great meeting… I think my brain might burst with me and exciting information and insights! #SOLRUB2025

Yep… been there! Colleagues are wonderful…

So… climate change… Lagerstroemia (crepe myrtle) as a street tree in London! A lovely splash of pink in late summer! #londonlife

I’m a co author … it’s awesome!

Exciting arrival in the post today… hard copy of The Madrid Code! @iaptglobal.bsky.social

Same plant… summer!

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...

The June solstice has passed, which means we have a fresh update for our WFO Plant List! The big news since December is we now have more than 200 named co-authors on the WFO Plant List. Watch to see what else is new and visit worldfloraonline.org to browse the Plant List.

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!

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Apply by 13 April for this great new part-time (3 days pw) post
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Oh yes!! I’m coming to Kew Friday pm… wing C

Simple entire leaves from Peru

Deeply loved leaves from Bolivia

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

Help your local herbarium! Volunteers mounting specimens at Univ Leicester Image: L. Marsh Regular readers of this blog will know that we have a passion for herbaria ....

Help your local British herbarium to join in the digitisation journey! My blog post in BSBi News bsbipublicity.blogspot.com/2025/03/help... with a plea to express interest in the DiSSCo UK programme engagementhub.ukri.org/ahrc-infrast...

A revision of the endemic Brazilian Solanum hexandrum group (Leptostemonum, Solanum, Solanaceae) The Leptostemonum Clade, or the ‘spiny solanums’, represents half of the species diversity of the large cosmopolitan genus Solanum (Solanaceae). Brazil is a centre of both species and lineage diversit...

The 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! phytokeys.pensoft.net/article/1382...

Then and now…. Pokeberry in London! #iamabotanist

The joy of beautiful plant specimens! Thanks for the loan MO! #solanaceae

Fritillaria pyrenaica © David Gibbs

Gentiana occidentalis © David Gibbs

This brand new tour promises to be a spectacular experience for the wildflower enthusiast - one not to be missed.

Most importantly, it will also generate a donation to support the great conservation work undertaken by our good friends at @bsbibotany.bsky.social. (3/3)

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We have 2 staff vacancies right now, so 2 great opportunities for you to come & work with us!
1. Become our new Admin Officer👇
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More info, job packs & deadlines here: bsbi.org/vacancies
Please apply &/or spread the word!
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Of course!

Nice photo of Solanum nitidibaccatum!!! One of my faves

Nice find!!!

Great day at @bsbibotany.bsky.social annual British and Irish Botany Conference -inspiring talks, fabulous people! Botanists are the best ❤️🌱

Tee hee! I think I will manage 17 minutes, but we’ll see!!😱😱🎉🎉

So 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 🌱