It posted more than a week ago, but I finally find time to share my work with @iochromaland.bsky.social and @rociodeanna.bsky.social on the divergence times of Solanaceae! It has been one of the greatest collaborations in my lifetime with two inspiring scientists! www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...

Big news! We are recruiting a postdoc to work on tomatillo evolution: jobs.colorado.edu/jobs/JobDeta.... The clade containing tomatillos and its allies (ca 300 spp) has evolved lantern fruits at least 25 times - we want to know why! Join us @rociodeanna.bsky.social & @caschenck-bio.bsky.social

Thanks @botany.one for the interview!

Friends at #Evol2025! Tomorrow at 11:30am in the Macro section, Dr. Ixchel Gonzalez-Ramirez is presenting our new timetree for nightshades. Thanks to her, our total-evidence dating models discrete & continuous morphological characters & allows different div dynamics across geologic periods. PLUS

David Hoyos obtuvo una beca EDUFI para realizar una estancia de seis meses en el Museo Finlandes de Historia Natural de la ‪@helsinki.fi‬ (Finlandia) bajo la supervisión de @rociodeanna.bsky.social‬. (+ info en el hilo) 👇

Findings during Easter in Finland (not exactly plants)

Hi Bluesky, the Biodiversity Heritage Library (BHL) is the world’s largest #OpenAccess digital library of biodiversity literature and archives. We're a global consortium of 660 contributors who've made 63 million pages of biodiversity knowledge freely accessible online. www.biodiversitylibrary.org

Look at this amazing nightshade, first one to flower in Helsinki Botanical Garden! #iamabotanist #Solanaceae

April 13th - International Plant Appreciation Day! 💚🌱 Photo: Clusia nitida Bittrich & F.N.Cabral Caracaraí, Roraima, Brazil.

Check out this new #AJB commentary by Nicholas Turland! From the Shenzhen Code to the Madrid Code: New rules & recommendations for naming #algae, #fungi & plants doi.org/10.1002/ajb2... #botany #plantscience

Back in social media to share exciting news and observations about plants! Spring is coming in the Northern Hemisphere 🪻