Education
University of São Paulo. Universidade Estadual de Campinas.
University of São Paulo. Universidade Estadual de Campinas.
He is noted for work in orchid classification and evolution, especially great changes in the generic circumscriptions of ornamental orchids in the genus Cattleya, based on deoxyribonucleic acid studies for the subtribe Laeliinae Currently he is full professor and curator of the Laboratory of Plant Molecular Systematics at Universidade Estadual de Feira de Santana, Bahia, Brazil. He has published over 250 botanical names and combinations, especially on orchids.