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Vinca
Vinca (; from Latin vincire "to bind, fetter") is an Old World genus of flowering plants in the family Apocynaceae. The English name periwinkle is shared with the related genus Catharanthus (and with the mollusc Littorina littorea). Some Vinca species are cultivated but have also spread invasively. Additionally, some species have medicinal uses. The most widespread species is Vinca minor.
7 branches of this genus, most-observed first
lesser periwinkle
speciesVinca minor
greater periwinkle
speciesVinca major
Intermediate Periwinkle
speciesVinca difformis
Herbaceous Periwinkle
speciesVinca herbacea
Vinca erecta
speciesVinca erecta
Vinca ispartensis
speciesVinca ispartensis
Vinca soneri
speciesVinca soneri
Where it lives
Recorded sightings
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geo-referenced records in GBIF, from museums, herbaria and field observers.
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In the old herbals & bestiaries
Living Images of Plants
Otto Brunfels · 1532 · p.188
The Book of Health: The Art of Distillation
Brunschwig, Hieronymus · 1505 · p.92
The Great Herbary with all the figures of the herbs
1532 · p.86
Living Images of Plants
Otto Brunfels · 1532 · p.185
Notable Commentaries on the History of Plants
Leonhart Fuchs · 1542 · p.394
Notable Commentaries on the History of Plants
Leonhart Fuchs · 1549 · p.392
On the Names of Plants
Hieronymus Bock (Tragus) · 1552 · p.466
History of Rare Plants
Carolus Clusius · 1601 · p.133
Herbarium Portatile, Oder Behendes Kräuter- und Gewächs-Buch: Darinn nicht allein 1363. so wol Einheimische als Außländndische Kräuter mit Lateinisch und Deutscher Benennung abgebildet, sondern auch die meisten, so in der Medicin gebräuchlich, kürtzlich erkläret werden
Panckow, Thomas · 1656 · p.119
In the stacks
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Every page naming Vinca in the Biodiversity Heritage Library →
This page is assembled live from iNaturalist, GBIF, Wikipedia, the Source Library and the Internet Archive. It is not yet part of the hand-edited codex. iNaturalist taxon 53327.