João Nunes de Matos Farminhão (991E-AE20-1D1C)

Curriculum Vitae

João Nunes de Matos Farminhão

João Nunes de Matos Farminhão is a naturalist. He is currently Researcher at the Botanic Garden of the University of Coimbra and at the Centre of Functional Ecology of the same university. He completed his Degree in Biology in 2013 at the University of Lisbon and the Erasmus Mundus MSc in Tropical Biodiversity and Ecosystems at the Muséum national d'Histoire naturelle, Université Pierre et Marie Curie (now Sorbonne Université), ULB and Vrije Universiteit Brussel in 2016. João is a Docteur en Sciences by ULB, where he defended his thesis on the evolutionary history of Afromalagasy angrecoid orchids in 2021. He completed a 1-year-postdoc at ULB and was a lecturer in Botany at the same university from 2021-2022. He has published 17 articles in peer-reviewed journals and 3 book chapters. João is an associate editor of 3 botanical journals and was the editorial coordinator of the second volume of a book about the areas of botanical interest in mainland Portugal. He participates and/or has participated as a Master/Doctoral/Post-Doctoral researcher in 4 projects on the biology of angrecoid orchids. He took part in scientific expeditions in Gabon, São Tomé & Príncipe and Rwanda. He has co-authored 30 plant names, having described 7 new species to science. João conducts research in integrative taxonomy, biogeography and pollination biology in Africa and the Iberian Peninsula. He is the President of the Botanical Society of Portugal (SPBotânica).

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Identification

Personal identification

Full name: João Nunes de Matos Farminhão

Citation names

Farminhão, João N. M.
Farminhão, J.

Author identifiers

Ciência ID: 991E-AE20-1D1C
ORCID iD: 0000-0002-8811-9895

Websites

https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Joao-Farminhao/research (Social media)
https://www.inaturalist.org/people/joaofarminhao (Social media)

Knowledge fields

Natural sciences - Biological Sciences - Botany
Natural sciences - Biological Sciences - Evolutionary Biology

Languages

Language	Speaking	Reading	Writing	Listening	Peer-review
Portuguese (Mother tongue)
English	Advanced (C1)	Advanced (C1)	Advanced (C1)	Advanced (C1)	Proficiency (C2)
French	Advanced (C1)	Advanced (C1)	Upper intermediate (B2)	Advanced (C1)
Spanish; Castilian	Intermediate (B1)	Advanced (C1)	Elementary (A2)	Advanced (C1)

Education

	Degree	Classification
2016/10/01 - 2021/04/22 Concluded	Sciences (Docteur) Université Libre de Bruxelles, Belgium "Advances in angraecoid orchid systematics in Tropical Africa and Madagascar: new taxa and hypotheses for their diversification" (THESIS/DISSERTATION)
2014/09 - 2016/07 Concluded	Erasmus Mundus MSc in Tropical Biodiversity and Ecosystems (Master) Université Libre de Bruxelles, Belgium Vrije Universiteit Brussel, Belgium Universiti Malaysia Terengganu, Malaysia Sorbonne Université, France Muséum National d'Histoire Naturelle, France "To lump or not to lump, revisiting the taxonomy of Rhipidoglossum and its allied genera Cribbia, Margelliantha and Rhaesteria (Angraecinae, Orchidaceae) " (THESIS/DISSERTATION)	17.69/20
2013/09 - 2014/07 Concluded	Biologia da Conservação (Especialização pós-licenciatura) Universidade de Lisboa, Portugal	18/20
2010/09 - 2013/06 Concluded	Biologia (Licenciatura) Major in Biologia Ambiental Terrestre Universidade de Lisboa, Portugal	18/20

Affiliation

Science

	Category Host institution	Employer
2022/10/21 - Current	Researcher (Research)	Universidade de Coimbra Centre for Functional Ecology - Science for People & the Planet, Portugal

2022/10/01 - Current	Researcher (Research)	Instituto do Ambiente Tecnologia e Vida, Portugal
	Jardim Botânico da Universidade de Coimbra, Portugal
2022/10/01 - Current	Researcher (Research)	Jardim Botânico da Universidade de Coimbra, Portugal

2021/10/01 - 2021/11/30	Postdoc (Research)	Université Libre de Bruxelles, Belgium
	Université Libre de Bruxelles, Belgium

Teaching in Higher Education

	Category Host institution	Employer
2021/12/01 - 2022/09/30	Lecturer (University Teacher)	Université Libre de Bruxelles, Belgium
	Université Libre de Bruxelles, Belgium

Others

	Category Host institution	Employer
2021/05 - 2021/05	Independent editorial coordinator (Coleção Botânica em Português)	Sociedade Portuguesa de Botânica, Portugal

2016/10/01 - 2020/09/30	PhD student (FNRS-FRIA) at the Université libre de Bruxelles	Fonds de la Recherche Scientific, Belgium
	Université Libre de Bruxelles, Belgium
2012/01 - 2014/06	Guide at Jardim Botânico de Lisboa	Universidade de Lisboa Museu Nacional de História Natural, Portugal

Projects

Grant

	Designation	Funders
2016/10/01 - 2020/09/30	Evidence for pollinator specialization? Phylogeny, rostellum structure and taxonomy of Rhipidoglossum (Orchidaceae, Angraecinae) F 3/5/5 – FRIA/FC 33848881 PhD Student Fellow Université Libre de Bruxelles, Belgium	Fonds de la Recherche Scientific Concluded

Contract

	Designation	Funders
2016/02 - 2016/06	Taxonomic revision and phylogenetic analysis of continental African angraecoid Orchidaceae 1051547 Master Student Fellow Missouri Botanical Garden, United States	National Science Foundation Concluded

Other

	Designation	Funders
2021/06 - 2022/06	Taxonomic novelties in the Speciosae-Diffusae-Supinae clade of Linaria in Western Iberia LinnéSys Principal investigator Sociedade Portuguesa de Botânica, Portugal	Systematics Association The Linnean Society Ongoing
2018/06 - 2018/07	Plant-pollinator interactions: Reproductive biology study of Cyrtorchis letouzeyi, a rare and (sub) endemic orchid in the Dja Faunal Reserve, Cameroon SBBOA/FFRBA 2018 PhD Student Fellow Université de Yaoundé I, Cameroon Université Libre de Bruxelles, Belgium	Stichting ter Bevordering van het Biodiversiteitsonderzoek in Afrika/ Fondation pour favoriser la recherche sur la biodiversité en Afrique (SBBOA/FFRBA) Concluded
2018/01 - 2018/02	The rostellum as an overlooked key informative trait to predict pollination syndromes in orchids: reproductive biology and systematics of Rhipidoglossum and allied genera (Orchidaceae) Rapport Annuel 2018 PhD Student Fellow Université Libre de Bruxelles, Belgium	Institut royal des Sciences Naturelles de Belgique Concluded

Outputs

Publications

Book chapter	Stévart, Tariq; Eric Akouangou; Lalao Andriamahefarivo; Félix Andriatsiferana; Azandi, Laura; Bakita Bakita; Jean-Philippe Biteau; et al. "The Missouri Botanical Garden, Africa & Madagascar". In World Orchid Collections 2020, edited by Johan Hermans; Clare Hermans; Jean Linsky; Chia-Wei Li, 26-43. Taiwan: Taiwan Orchid Growers Association (TOGA), 2020. Published Farminhão, João. "Brejos da Marateca". In Sítios de Interesse Botânico de Portugal continental, edited by Miguel Porto, 64-77. Lisboa, Portugal: Imprensa Nacional, 2020. Published Carapeto, André; Pereira, Paulo; Aguiar, Carlos; Porto, Miguel; Araújo, Paulo Ventura; Jansen, Jan; Quinto-Canas, Ricardo; et al. "Plantas em Risco de Extinção". In Lista Vermelha da Flora Vascular de Portugal Continental, edited by André Carapeto; Ana Francisco; Paulo Miguel Santos Carvalho Pereira; Miguel Porto, 64-335. Lisboa, Portugal: Imprensa Nacional, 2020. Published
Edited book	Silva, Alexandre; Martins, Anabela; Caperta, Ana; Pereira, Ana Júlia; Róis, Ana Sofia; Carapeto, André; Flôr, António; et al. Sítios de Interesse Botânico de Portugal Continental Tomo II. Lisboa, Portugal: Imprensa Nacional. 2021. Published • Editor
Journal article	Heleno, Ruben; Costa, José M.; Covelo, Filipe; Santos, Joaquim; Lopes, Pedro; Gouveia, António C.; Matos, Arménio; et al. "O armário: Fruiting phenology data for 4,462 plant taxa in Portugal (1926–2013)". Scientific Data 11 1 (2024): http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/s41597-024-03520-9. 10.1038/s41597-024-03520-9 João Farminhão; André Carapeto. "A new combination for a neglected member of Linaria subsect. Versicolores (Plantaginaceae, Antirrhineae) endemic to the Algarve, Portugal". PhytoKeys (2024): https://doi.org/10.3897/phytokeys.243.122788. 10.3897/phytokeys.243.122788 Jiménez-Mejías, Pedro; Manzano, Saúl; Gowda, Vinita; Krell, Frank-Thorsten; Lin, Mei-Ying; Martín-Bravo, Santiago; Martín-Torrijos, Laura; et al. "Protecting stable biological nomenclatural systems enables universal communication: A collective international appeal". BioScience (2024): http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/biosci/biae043. Published • 10.1093/biosci/biae043 Porto, Miguel; Lobo Dias, S.; Farminhão, J.. "Ferulago brachyloba (Apiaceae), a new species to the Portuguese flora". Acta Botanica Malacitana 49 (2024): Published • https://doi.org/10.24310/abm.49.2024.17901 Farminhão, João; Savignac, Marie; Droissart, Vincent; Lowry, Porter P.; Rajaonarivelo, Nirina; Ramandimbisoa, Brigitte; Verlynde, Simon; Todivelo, Arsela; Stévart, Tariq. "A new orchid species expands Darwin’s predicted pollination guild in Madagascar". Current Biology 34 5 (2024): R189-R190. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.cub.2024.01.012. Published • 10.1016/j.cub.2024.01.012 Fischer, Eberhard; Lebel, Jean-Paul; Delepierre, Gilbert; Stévart, Tariq; Farminhão, João. Corresponding author: Fischer, Eberhard. "Liparis killmanniae, a new species of Liparis from the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Rwanda, Burundi and Uganda and the identity of Liparis deistelii Schltr.". Die Orchidee 10 1 (2024): 3-23. Published João Farminhão; Phillip J. Cribb. "A new Ypsilopus (Orchidaceae, Angraecinae) from Zimbabwe and notes on the parallel evolution of extreme column exsertion in African angraecoids". Plant Ecology and Evolution (2023): https://doi.org/10.5091/plecevo.107313. 10.5091/plecevo.107313 João Farminhão; Jean Philippe Biteau; Diallo Yakhouba; Marie Savignac; Murielle Simo-Droissart; Vincent Droissart; Bonaventure Sonké; Tariq Stévart. "A single origin of leaflessness in Afro-Malagasy angraecoids (Orchidaceae, Angraecinae)". TAXON (2023): https://doi.org/10.1002/tax.12932. 10.1002/tax.12932 Farminhão, João; Pires, Fernando. "Muscari matritensis (Scilloideae, Asparagaceae), an addition to the Portuguese vascular flora". Acta Botanica Malacitana 48 (2023): https://revistas.uma.es/index.php/abm/article/view/16880. Migliore, Jérémy; Lézine, Anne-Marie; Veuille, Michel; Achoundong, Gaston; Tchiengué, Barthélémy; Boom, Arthur F.; Monthe, Franck K.; et al. "Origin, Persistence, and Vulnerability to Climate Changes of Podocarpus Populations in Central African Mountains". Forests 13 2 (2022): 208. http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/f13020208. Open access • Published • 10.3390/f13020208 Azandi, Laura N.; Droissart, Vincent; Sonké, Bonaventure; Simo-Droissart, Murielle; D'haijère, Tania; Farminhão, João N. M.; Verlynde, Simon; Kaymak, Esra; Stévart, Tariq. "A near comprehensive phylogenetic framework gives new insights toward a natural classification of the African genus Cyrtorchis (Angraecinae, Orchidaceae)". Taxon (2021): https://doi.org/10.1002/tax.12511. Published • 10.1002/tax.12511 D'haijère, Tania; Farminhão, João N. M.; Stévart, Tariq; Fischer, Eberhard. "Novelties among East African angraecoids (Orchidaceae, Angraecinae)". Nordic Journal of Botany 39 7 (2021): https://doi.org/10.1111/njb.03184. Published • 10.1111/njb.03184 Farminhão, João N.M.; Verlynde, Simon; Kaymak, Esra; Droissart, Vincent; Simo-Droissart, Murielle; Collobert, Géromine; Martos, Florent; Stévart, Tariq. "Rapid radiation of angraecoids (Orchidaceae, Angraecinae) in tropical Africa characterised by multiple karyotypic shifts under major environmental instability". Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution 159 (2021): 107105. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.ympev.2021.107105. Published • 10.1016/j.ympev.2021.107105 Farminhão, João N. M.; D'haijère, Tania; Droissart, Vincent; Dumbo Isonga, Landry; Dong, Ling; Verlynde, Simon; Plunkett, Gregory M.; Simo-Droissart, Murielle; Stévart, Tariq. "An Elegy to Rangaeris, Including a Description of Two New Genera in the Cyrtorchis–Tridactyle Clade (Orchidaceae, Angraecinae)". Annals of the Missouri Botanical Garden 105 3 (2020): 300-322. https://doi.org/10.3417/2020472. Published • 10.3417/2020472 Farminhão, João N. M.; Cribb, Phillip J. "Two new species of Rhipidoglossum (Orchidaceae: Angraecinae) from Tanzania and Zimbabwe". Kew Bulletin 75 2 (2020): 30. https://doi.org/10.1007/s12225-020-09888-2. Published • 10.1007/s12225-020-09888-2 Freitas, Rui; Romeiras, Maria; Silva, Luís; Cordeiro, Ricardo; Madeira, Patrícia; González, José Antonio; Wirtz, Peter; et al. "Restructuring of the ‘Macaronesia’ biogeographic unit: A marine multi-taxon biogeographical approach". Scientific Reports 9 1 (2019): http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/s41598-019-51786-6. Published • 10.1038/s41598-019-51786-6 Meerts, Pierre; Farminhão, João N. M.. "Uapaca kirkiana (Phyllanthaceae) and its relatives in the northwest of the Zambezian region". Kew Bulletin 74 3 (2019): http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s12225-019-9826-1. Published • 10.1007/s12225-019-9826-1 Descourvières, Pascal; Farminhão, João N. M.; Droissart, Vincent; Dubuisson, Jean-Yves; Simo-Droissart, Murielle; Stévart, Tariq. " A new genus of angraecoid orchids (Orchidaceae: Angraecinae) with highly distinctive pollinaria morphology, including three new species from tropical West and Central Africa". Phytotaxa 373 2 (2018): 99. http://dx.doi.org/10.11646/phytotaxa.373.2.1. Published • 10.11646/phytotaxa.373.2.1 Simo-Droissart, Murielle; Plunkett, Gregory M.; Droissart, Vincent; Edwards, Molly B.; Farminhão, João N.M.; Jecmenica, Vladimir; D'haijère, Tania; et al. "New phylogenetic insights toward developing a natural generic classification of African angraecoid orchids (Vandeae, Orchidaceae)". Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution 126 (2018): 241-249. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.ympev.2018.04.021. Published • 10.1016/j.ympev.2018.04.021 Farminhão, João N. M.; Meerts, Pierre; Descourvières, Pascal; Droissart, Vincent; Simo-Droissart, Murielle; Stévart, Tariq. "A revised concept of Rhipidoglossum (Angraecinae, Orchidaceae)". Phytotaxa 349 3 (2018): 247-256. http://dx.doi.org/10.11646/phytotaxa.349.3.5. Published • 10.11646/phytotaxa.349.3.5 Farminhão, João; João Gameiro; Carrilho, Maílis; Yasaman Hasan-Beigi. "Os insetos endémicos de Portugal continental". Ecologi@ 7 (2014): 33-39. Published Porto, Miguel; Pereira, Ana Júlia; Rego, Rui; Farminhão, João; Clemente, Adelaide; Vitorino, José Luís; Tauleigne-Gomes, Cristina. "Elatine brochonii Clavaud (Elatinaceae), a new species to the portuguese flora. Elatine brochonii Clavaud (Elatinaceae), uma nova espécie para a flora portuguesa". Acta Botanica Malacitana 37 (2012): 173-178. http://dx.doi.org/10.24310/abm.v37i0.2688. Published • 10.24310/abm.v37i0.2688

Activities

Oral presentation

	Presentation title	Event name Host (Event location)
2023/02/19	Um espaço para todos: investigar, celebrar e conservar as plantas no Jardim Botânico da Universidade de Coimbra	Ciclo de Conferências: Um espaço para Minerva Museu Nacional de Machado de Castro (Coimbra, Portugal)
2022/02/24	Darwin, orchids and hawkmoths revisited	Café Sistemático Sociedad Botánica Española
2019/06/01	The impact of chromosome number changes on the diversification of angraecoids in tropical Africa (Epidendroideae: Vandeae: Angraecinae)	7th International Orchid Conservation Congress Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew (Kew, United Kingdom)
2019/05	The Wild Orchid Association of Portugal (AOSP)’s contribution to the first Red List of the Vascular Plants of mainland Portugal (poster).	7th International Orchid Conservation Congress Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew (United Kingdom)
2018/03/24	New combinations in Rhipidoglossum Schltr. (Orchidaceae, Angraecinae) (poster)	The 18th European Orchid Council Conference and Exhibition (EOCCE) European Orchid Council (Paris, France)
2018/03/23	Towards a pollination syndrome classification of angraecoid orchids: the case of Rhipidoglossum and the rostellum	4th Annual Meeting on Plant Ecology and Evolution (AMPEE4) Meise Plantentuin (Meise, Belgium)
2015/12/12	The endemic insects of mainland Portugal	Encontro sobre Biodiversidade e Conservação de Insetos (ECBI) 2015 Sociedade Portugesa de Entomologia (Seia, Portugal)
2015/07	On a Macaronesian archipelago where there is no forest: Ecology, Biogeography and Conservation of Cape Verde native trees (poster)	Eurogard VII - 7th European Botanic Gardens Congress Muséum national d’Histoire naturelle (Paris, France)
2014/09	Twenty years of plant conservation in Cape Verde islands: from the preliminary inventory to the new red list (poster)	XIII Symposium AIMJB Asociación Ibero-Macaronésica de Jardines Botánicos (Lisboa, Portugal)

Supervision

	Thesis Title Role	Degree Subject (Type) Institution / Organization
2023/04/01 - Current	Lagoas de Covões, Febres e Camarneira: uma nova área a proteger Co-supervisor	Universidade de Coimbra, Portugal
2019/02/01 - 2019/09/06	Efficacité des syndromes de pollinisation: Le cas d’une nouvelle espèce de Solenangis (Orchidaceae, Angraecinae) endémique de Madagascar Co-supervisor of Marie Savignac	Master en biologie des organismes et écologie (Master) Université Libre de Bruxelles, Belgium

Event participation

	Activity description Type of event	Event name Institution / Organization
2023/03/29 - 2023/03/29	Oral presentation: Tesouros botânicos portugueses: um património universal This participatory forum aims to create a space for sharing projects, activities or initiatives that show how schools and institutions can contribute to the conservation of nature, namely in their contribution to the restoration of ecosystems. Seminar	Fórum Participativo – Educar para a Conservação da Flora Liga para a Protecção da Natureza, Portugal

Ad Hoc journal article review

	Journal title (ISSN)	Publisher
2022/08/22 - Current	Phytotaxa (1179-3155)
2021/12 - Current	Biodiversity Data Journal (1314-2828)	Pensoft
2021/10 - Current	Global Ecology and Conservation (2351-9894)	Elsevier
2020/12 - Current	Flora: Morphology, Distribution, Functional Ecology of Plants (0367-2530)	Elsevier
2019/04 - Current	Kew Bulletin (0075-5974)	Springer
2019/11 - 2021/09	Plant Ecology and Evolution (2032-3913)	Meise Plantentuin & Royal Botanical Society of Belgium.
2019/10 - 2021/09	Phytokeys (1314-2003)	Pensoft

Association member

	Society Organization name	Role
2023/01/01 - Current	International Association for Plant Taxonomy
2021 - Current	Systematics Association, UK
2013 - Current	Sociedade Portuguesa de Botânica	President of the board since April 2023
2013 - Current	Associação Orquídeas Silvestres Portugal (AOSP)
2004 - Current	Sociedade Portuguesa para o Estudo das Aves
2017 - 2022/12/31	The Royal Botanical Society of Belgium

Course / Discipline taught

	Academic session	Degree Subject (Type)	Institution / Organization
2021/10/01 - 2022/10/30	Botanique 1	Botanique 1 (Bachelor)	Université Libre de Bruxelles, Belgium

Journal scientific committee

	Journal title (ISSN)	Publisher
2024/01/01 - Current	Acta Botanica Malacitana (0210-9506 )	Universidad de Málaga
2021/10 - Current	Plant Ecology and Evolution (2032-3913)	Pensoft
2021/10 - Current	Phytokeys (1314-2003)	Pensoft

Scientific expedition

	Activity description	Institution / Organization
2018/01/10 - 2018/02/10	Rwanda, Nyungwe National Park (funded by King Leopold III Fund for Nature Exploration and Conservation) - Acquired hands-on experience with floristic inventories, with special emphasis on orchid collection - Collected 100 herbarium specimens housed at LBV, BRLU, BR, MO, P
2017/11/10 - 2017/12/01	São Tomé (funded by the FNRS) - Acquired hands-on experience with floristic inventories, with special emphasis on orchid collection - Collected 70 orchid specimens housed at LBV, BRLU, BR, COI, MO, P Rehabilitated, together with Tariq Stévart and Tania D'haijère, the orchid living collection at Bom Sucesso Botanic Garden
2017/10/26 - 2017/11/04	Gabon, Monts de Cristal (funded by the FNRS and the Missouri Botanical Garden) - Acquired hands-on experience with floristic inventories, with special emphasis on orchid collection - Collected 70 orchid specimens housed at LBV, BRLU, BR, MO, P

Distinctions

Award

2020	Prix Van Buuren-Jaumotte-Demoulin Fondation Jaumotte-Demoulin, Belgium
2016	Lorenzo Borella Memorial Award for best MSc thesis Université Libre de Bruxelles, Belgium Vrije Universiteit Brussel, Belgium Università degli Studi di Firenze, Italy Sorbonne Université, France

Other distinction

2014	Erasmus Mundus B Category Scholarship Université Libre de Bruxelles, Belgium