Sandra Diane Knapp OBE FLS FRS (born 1956) is an American-born botanist. She is a merit researcher of the Plants Division of the Natural History Museum, London and from 2018 was the president of the Linnean Society of London. While working at the Natural History Museum, London she has overseen the Flora Mesoamericana inventory of Central American plants. She has published several books on botanical subjects as well as a significant number of scientific articles.
In 2016 she was awarded the Linnean Medal. In 2022 she was elected as a Fellow of the Royal Society. In 2023 she was appointed an Officer of the Order of the British Empire (OBE) and was awarded the Engler Medal in Gold by the International Association for Plant Taxonomy.
Books in order of publication:
Footsteps in the Forest: Alfred Wallace in the Amazon. London: The Natural History Museum. 1999
Potted Histories: An Artistic Voyage Through Plant Exploration. London: Scriptum. 2003
Flora: The Art of Plant Exploration. London: The Natural History Museum. 2014
Extraordinary orchids. London: Natural History Museum, London. 2021
Flower Day: A Story of 24 Hours and 24 Floral Lives – 2025
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