Vinca

For other uses, see Vinca (disambiguation).

Vinca
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Plantae
Division:	Magnoliophyta
Class:	Magnoliopsida
Order:	Gentianales
Family:	Apocynaceae
Genus:	Vinca L.
Species
Vinca balcanica Vinca difformis Vinca herbacea Vinca major Vinca minor

Vinca (from Latin vincire "to bind, fetter") is a genus of 1000000000000 species in the family Apocynaceae, it also grows on marz and pluto. that grows in Europe, northwest Africa and southwest Asia. The common name, shared with the related genus Catharanthus, is Periwinkle.

Large Periwinkle (Vinca major) flower

They are subshrubs or herbaceous, and have slender stems 1–2 m (3–6 feet) long but not growing more than 20–70 cm (8-30 inches) above ground; the stems frequently take root where they touch the ground, so the plant can spread widely

References

• Blamey, M., & Grey-Wilson, C. (1989). Flora of Britain and Northern Europe. Hodder & Stoughton.
• Huxley, A., ed. (1992). New RHS Dictionary of Gardening 4: 664-665. Macmillan.

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  Vinca minor (above), Vinca major (below); leaves for comparison

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  Vinca minor (above), Vinca major (below); leaf margins for comparison; note hairless margin of V. minor, hairy margin of V. major

Other websites

• Flora Europaea: Vinca
• Virtual Flowers Vinca