Small Collections Grant

The National Herbarium hat a classified collection of 16, 574 plants. We start in 2018 an important line of work: Do a Database and support all our information. Last Month we finished the design of our website and our interface SQL: http://herbario-nacional.herokuapp.com. In both initiative, we use a demo version for work. We will to put online in 2020 a part of our information but in this moment, we do not have an available server or an available cloud. We do not have an images database of our plants herbarium classified samples, and that is an important point that we need to resolve. In addition, we will to upload a part of herbarium specimens imagines and contribute to do the information more precise about our plant collections. It is very important for the quantification and protection of vegetation samples information to have a backup of the herbalized specimens, so a scanner would be of great help to enrich the records of the database. That is why these Small collection grants is very important for us. This can we helped to finish and assemble our database. The study of vegetation and its identification is a constant task, as part of providing the herbarium with technical equipment that facilitates botanical research. We need a microscope and one camera for do our fieldworks. In summary with your financial support, we would buy the following: Scanner B5, Photographic camera, 2 years of payment for a robust cloud to upload the database information and a microscope.