Vinca

Vinca minor

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Gentianales 
Classification System: APG IV

Superregnum: Eukaryota
Regnum: Plantae
Cladus: Angiosperms
Cladus: Eudicots
Cladus: Core eudicots
Cladus: Asterids
Cladus: Lamiids
Ordo: Gentianales

Familia: Apocynaceae
Subfamilia: Rauvolfioideae
Tribus: Vinceae
Subtribus: Vincinae
Genus:
Species: V. difformis – V. erecta – V. herbacea – V. ispartensis – V. major – V. minor – V. soneri

Name

Vinca L., Sp. Pl. 1: 209. (1753)

  • Type species: Vinca minor L., Sp. Pl. 1: 209 (1753)

Synonyms

  • Heterotypic
    • Pervinca Mill., Gard. Dict. Abr., ed. 4, (1754)

Distribution

Native distribution areas:
  • Europe
    • Middle Europe
      • Austria, Belgium, Czechoslovakia, Germany, Hungary, Netherlands, Poland, Switzerland.
    • Southwestern Europe
      • Baleares, Corse, France, Portugal, Sardegna, Spain.
    • Southeastern Europe
      • Albania, Bulgaria, Italy, Kriti, Romania, Sicilia, Turkey-in-Europe, Yugoslavia.
    • Eastern Europe
      • Belarus, Krym, Central European Russia, South European Russia, Ukraine.
  • Africa
    • Northern Africa
      • Algeria, Morocco.
    • Macaronesia
      • Azores.
  • Asia-Temperate
    • Middle Asia
      • Kirgizstan, Tadzhikistan, Uzbekistan.
    • Caucasus
      • North Caucasus, Transcaucasus.
    • Western Asia
      • Afghanistan, East Aegean Islands, Iran, Iraq, Lebanon-Syria, Palestine, Turkey.

References: Brummitt, R.K. 2001. TDWG – World Geographical Scheme for Recording Plant Distributions, 2nd Edition

References

Vernacular names

  • العربية: عناقية
  • azərbaycanca: Qıfotu
  • беларуская: Барвенак
  • brezhoneg: Rouanez
  • kaszëbsczi: Bôrwik
  • čeština: Barvínek
  • dansk: Singrøn
  • Deutsch: Immergrün
  • English: Periwinkle
  • Esperanto: Vinko
  • español: Vinca
  • eesti: Igihali
  • فارسی: پروانش
  • suomi: Talviot
  • français: Pervenche
  • Gaelg: Blaa ny feoghaig
  • עברית: וינקה
  • magyar: Meténg
  • հայերեն: Կուսածաղիկ
  • ქართული: გველის სურო
  • қазақша: Қабыршөп
  • lombard: Vinca
  • lietuvių: Žiemė
  • മലയാളം: വിൻക
  • Nederlands: Maagdenpalm
  • polski: Barwinek
  • русский: Барвинок
  • sicilianu: Pruvinca
  • slovenčina: Zimozeleň
  • svenska: Vintergrönesläktet
  • Türkçe: Cezayir menekşesi
  • українська: Барвінок
  • Tiếng Việt: Chi Dừa cạn châu Âu
  • walon: Vintche
  • 中文: 蔓长春花属
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