Plant DNA Barcodes from the Biological Diversity of the Guiana Shield Program.

The goal of the Biological Diversity of the Guiana Shield Program (BDG) is to document, understand, and conserve the biological diversity of the Guiana Shield area. In line with that goal BDG continues to work with specimens from the Guiana Shield area of northeastern South America. We collect, sort, identify, mount, inventory, barcode, and file all plant specimens collected by the Program and we assist scientists from other departments in the National Museum of Natural History in their collecting and processing efforts. We interface with other bureaus at the Smithsonian Institution and we collaborate with over 300 scientists around the world.