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This page is maintained 
by Dr. Lena Struwe 
(e-mail), and hosted by
Rutgers University
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updated: 01/19/11 

Downloadable postcards with gentians
(Courtesy of Gentian Research Network)

The postcards come in two sizes:

 

Folded cards: One per printed page, will fit in a long envelope.

    or

Regular postcard size, four per printed page

 

Click on the card(s) you want and a high-resolution pdf-file will open up for download and printing.  You will need to have Adobe Reader on your computer, which is free to download on-line. Printing on thicker paper produces best results.

 

 

Folded cards (one per page)

 

Postcard 1:

Gentians of the World

Postcard 2:

Gentiana acaulis, stemless gentian, from a Curtis plate

 

Postcard 3:

Symbolanthus in Ecuador

 

Postcard 4:

Gentiana

 

Postcard 5:

Chironia from South Africa

 

Postcard 6:

Gentianella from Ecuador

 

Postcard 7:

Macrocarpaea apparata, named after Harry Potter's adventures, in Ecuador

 

Postcard 8:

Microscope photos of fruit and flower bud of Aripuana from Brazil

 

 

 

 

Regular postcards (four per page)

 

Postcard 1(4):

Herbaceous gentians: Crawfurdia, Blackstonia, Frasera, and Lomatogonium

Postcard 2(4):

3 species of Gentiana, and one Macrocarpaea

 

Postcard 3(4):

Tropical gentians: Tachia, Exacum, Fagraea, and Symbolanthus

 

Postcard 4(4):

Blue gentians, 4 species of Gentiana

 

Postcard 5(4):

Macrocarpaea apparata, Voyria, Potalia, and old print of Gentiana lutea (yellow gentian)

 

Postcard 6(4):

Diversity of gentians (2 cards), microscope photo of Aripuana bud, and Eustoma flower (lisianthus)

 

 

 

 

All postcards were developed by Lena Struwe and are free to use by all.

 

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For corrections and additions, contact Lena Struwe at struwe@aesop.rutgers.edu