His thesis dealt with stem development in Selaginella species and was supervised by Gaston Bonnier.
In 1888, he was named professor of botany at Iași University, where he took over a course temporarily taught by Nicolae Leon.
[1] In Bucharest, Vlădescu taught plant morphology and classification until he reached the retirement age in 1936.
[3] While a Conservative deputy for his native Muscel area from 1901 to 1909, he initiated legislation for a rural credit bank called Casa Rurală.
[2] His articles appeared in various publications, and he submitted several botanical entries to Enciclopedia română in which he espoused Darwinist ideas.