Yannick Woudstra
@yannickwoudstra.bsky.social
Evolutionary botanist working at Stockholm University, Sweden. My research interests are in the systematics of succulents, conifers, poppies and daisies (Asteraceae); urban ecology and evolution; asexual reproduction (apomixis); and evolutionary genomics.
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How do you identify plants without flowers, fruits or other diagnostic features? DNA barcoding is your solution! But not all plants are easily barcoded.. I spent several years @rbgkew.bsky.social to develop this for Aloe vera + relatives. Out now in @consletters.bsky.social: doi.org/10.1111/conl...
Devastating to hear that the University of Nottingham is considering suspending its entire Plant Biology curriculum.. Plants are the foundation of our basic needs: food, clean air and water, environmental protection. We need more botanists to safeguard biodiversity! Please sign:
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Sign the Petition
Reconsider the potential suspension of Plant Biology Courses at UoN
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November 17, 2025 at 9:13 AM
Devastating to hear that the University of Nottingham is considering suspending its entire Plant Biology curriculum.. Plants are the foundation of our basic needs: food, clean air and water, environmental protection. We need more botanists to safeguard biodiversity! Please sign:
c.org/NL9ypHX7NY
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SPECIAL ISSUE CALL FOR PAPERS
#AppsPlantSci invites proposals for “Beyond #phylogenomics: Innovative applications of target capture data,” led by @emcassey.bsky.social, @erikarmoore11.bsky.social, Mafe Torres Jimenez & @yannickwoudstra.bsky.social
Deadline 30 Nov 2025
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#AppsPlantSci invites proposals for “Beyond #phylogenomics: Innovative applications of target capture data,” led by @emcassey.bsky.social, @erikarmoore11.bsky.social, Mafe Torres Jimenez & @yannickwoudstra.bsky.social
Deadline 30 Nov 2025
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September 2, 2025 at 5:14 PM
SPECIAL ISSUE CALL FOR PAPERS
#AppsPlantSci invites proposals for “Beyond #phylogenomics: Innovative applications of target capture data,” led by @emcassey.bsky.social, @erikarmoore11.bsky.social, Mafe Torres Jimenez & @yannickwoudstra.bsky.social
Deadline 30 Nov 2025
botany.org/home/publica...
#AppsPlantSci invites proposals for “Beyond #phylogenomics: Innovative applications of target capture data,” led by @emcassey.bsky.social, @erikarmoore11.bsky.social, Mafe Torres Jimenez & @yannickwoudstra.bsky.social
Deadline 30 Nov 2025
botany.org/home/publica...
How do you identify plants without flowers, fruits or other diagnostic features? DNA barcoding is your solution! But not all plants are easily barcoded.. I spent several years @rbgkew.bsky.social to develop this for Aloe vera + relatives. Out now in @consletters.bsky.social: doi.org/10.1111/conl...
August 11, 2025 at 1:14 PM
How do you identify plants without flowers, fruits or other diagnostic features? DNA barcoding is your solution! But not all plants are easily barcoded.. I spent several years @rbgkew.bsky.social to develop this for Aloe vera + relatives. Out now in @consletters.bsky.social: doi.org/10.1111/conl...
You know Aloe vera, and you may have put some on your sunburn last weekend. But what about the other 594 species of Aloe? Read about one of the most diverse succulent plant groups in the world, and how they evolved in @annbot.bsky.social: doi.org/10.1093/aob/... (Advanced Access)
June 2, 2025 at 7:36 AM
You know Aloe vera, and you may have put some on your sunburn last weekend. But what about the other 594 species of Aloe? Read about one of the most diverse succulent plant groups in the world, and how they evolved in @annbot.bsky.social: doi.org/10.1093/aob/... (Advanced Access)
The #Anthropocene is a time of extreme challenges for biodiversity, but also of technological innovations that can help bend the curve. Read all about the hopeful and exciting future in the new book Moral Design & Green Technology. Available now, online and free of access: brill.com/edcollbook-o...
Moral Design and Green Technology
"Moral Design and Green Technology" published on 19 May 2025 by Wageningen Academic.
brill.com
May 26, 2025 at 9:37 AM
The #Anthropocene is a time of extreme challenges for biodiversity, but also of technological innovations that can help bend the curve. Read all about the hopeful and exciting future in the new book Moral Design & Green Technology. Available now, online and free of access: brill.com/edcollbook-o...
Identifying allopolyploids from herbarium specimens can be tricky. A common problem working with arctic plant species complexes. Check out our new haplotype distance-based method! Now out in American Journal of Botany doi.org/10.1002/ajb2... @naturvetenskap.bsky.social @stockholm-uni.bsky.social
Phylogenetic relationships and the identification of allopolyploidy in circumpolar Silene sect. Physolychnis
Premise Species complexes are groups of closely related species with ambiguous delimitation, often composed of recently diverged lineages. Polyploidization and uniparental reproduction (i.e., selfin...
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May 23, 2025 at 6:40 AM
Identifying allopolyploids from herbarium specimens can be tricky. A common problem working with arctic plant species complexes. Check out our new haplotype distance-based method! Now out in American Journal of Botany doi.org/10.1002/ajb2... @naturvetenskap.bsky.social @stockholm-uni.bsky.social
Still flowering abundantly in Sweden and already spreading millions of seeds elsewhere; now's the time to appreciate the importance of dandelions for biodiversity. Learn to love the king of the urban jungle @uk.theconversation.com: theconversation.com/how-dandelio... @stockholm-uni.bsky.social
How dandelions conquered concrete to bring nature back to cities
Here’s why those little yellow flowers are everywhere you look.
theconversation.com
May 12, 2025 at 10:45 AM
Still flowering abundantly in Sweden and already spreading millions of seeds elsewhere; now's the time to appreciate the importance of dandelions for biodiversity. Learn to love the king of the urban jungle @uk.theconversation.com: theconversation.com/how-dandelio... @stockholm-uni.bsky.social
On International Plant Appreciation Day, I joined Garden Loops – artists and architects from Sweden tackling plant blindness – for a "Ruderal Walk" in Gothenburg. We explored the beautiful and fascinating plants one can find right on their doorstep: www.instagram.com/p/DIZNF7Us5b... #LetsGoPlants
April 14, 2025 at 12:22 PM
On International Plant Appreciation Day, I joined Garden Loops – artists and architects from Sweden tackling plant blindness – for a "Ruderal Walk" in Gothenburg. We explored the beautiful and fascinating plants one can find right on their doorstep: www.instagram.com/p/DIZNF7Us5b... #LetsGoPlants
The king of the urban jungle - The Dandelion (Taraxacum agg.). It’s virtually indestructible but oh so valuable for pollinating insects (80% of the insect food production through its pollen). This plant is my passion for International Plant Appreciation Day! #iamabotanist #LetsGoPlants
April 13, 2025 at 5:25 AM
The king of the urban jungle - The Dandelion (Taraxacum agg.). It’s virtually indestructible but oh so valuable for pollinating insects (80% of the insect food production through its pollen). This plant is my passion for International Plant Appreciation Day! #iamabotanist #LetsGoPlants
Very grateful for the support of Tanja Slotte, Stockholm University and collaborators in getting this project granted. Another three years of research on pollen in asexual systems, very exciting! Can't wait to present this at conferences such as @botsocamerica.bsky.social Botany2025 this summer.
Very happy and proud of Yannick Woudstra, who just won a MSCA postdoctoral fellowship with my lab at Stockholm University as a host! His project will investigate the evolutionary fate of pollen in asexual plants, using dandelions (Taraxacum) as a model.
February 26, 2025 at 2:10 PM
Very grateful for the support of Tanja Slotte, Stockholm University and collaborators in getting this project granted. Another three years of research on pollen in asexual systems, very exciting! Can't wait to present this at conferences such as @botsocamerica.bsky.social Botany2025 this summer.