Contact: Susanne S. Renner
renner@lrz.uni-muenchen.de
Pensoft Publishers
Caption: This is the type specimen of Brunfelsia plowmaniana. Like classical barcodes can be used for identifying documents or objects, the DNA barcode reveals the identity of an organism: Brunfelsia plowmaniana. The QR code leads to the Wikipedia entry for the new species.
Credit: Susanne Renner
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