Cássio van den Berg

Cássio van den Berg (born 1971) is a Brazilian botanist. 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 DNA 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.[1]

He has published over 250 botanical names and combinations, especially on orchids.[2]

References

  1. ↑ News on the Laboratory of Plant Molecular Systematics
  2. ↑ IPNI search for Cássio van den Berg
  3. ↑ "Author Query for 'Van den Berg'". International Plant Names Index.