It was a pleasure participating in the examination of the PhD thesis of Jesus Adrian Chimal Ballesteros on the taxonomy of African Asparagaceae, at the Natural History Museum of Oslo.

Thank you Charlotte Bjora and Hugo de Boer for the invitation, and much success to Adrian in his career!

PhD on LSD? Vivian Kathambi is making good progress on the extraction of #ergot #alkaloids from #seeds of East African #Ipomoea, at Kew's Phytochemistry Lab - mentored by Dr Moses Langat.

A collaboration between Ghent University, Kew & EA Herbarium.
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Another productive (and fun!) day at Kew #herbarium, curating #Convolvulaceae collections sampled for the #PAFTOL project.

Also, Vivian Kathambi is making great progress on seed sampling of E African #Ipomoea for her PhD studies - stay tuned!

Introducing to the world Distimake aparantae, a new species of #Convolvulaceae, endemic to the Western Ghats (India) - an extraordinary biodiversity hotspot. Collected for the first time in September 2023! How much undescribed #plant diversity is still out there?