Higher Classification: > Kingdom Plantae > Division Tracheophyta > Subdivision Spermatophytina > Class Magnoliopsida > Superorder Asteranae > Order Gentianales > Family Apocynaceae > Genus Vinca

Vinca major L.

Rank: Species
Taxon Status: accepted

Relationships towards this taxon

Genus group names

VincaL.accepted genus name

Children

Vinca major L. subsp. major
Vinca major subsp. balcanica (Pénzes) Kožuharov & Petrova
Vinca major subsp. hirsuta (Boiss.) Stearn

Vernaculars (+) (-)

 Asturian: calzones de cuquiellu; lilar sources: Anthos (2010). Information System of the plants of Spain. Real Jardín Botánico, CSIC - Fundación Biodiversidad. (for names from the Iberian Peninsula and the Balearic Islands).
 Catalan: vinca ciliada; vincapervinca; vinclapervincla sources: Anthos (2010). Information System of the plants of Spain. Real Jardín Botánico, CSIC - Fundación Biodiversidad. (for names from the Iberian Peninsula and the Balearic Islands).
 English-United States: Greater Periwinkle sources: Charles Hussey
 Euskera: amitz sources: Anthos (2010). Information System of the plants of Spain. Real Jardín Botánico, CSIC - Fundación Biodiversidad. (for names from the Iberian Peninsula and the Balearic Islands).
 Galician: cañamil; cancorza; cancroia; cangorza; cangroia; cangroria; congoso; congroeira; congroia; herba da invexa; herba dos probes sources: Anthos (2010). Information System of the plants of Spain. Real Jardín Botánico, CSIC - Fundación Biodiversidad. (for names from the Iberian Peninsula and the Balearic Islands).
 Majorcan: proenga; prohenga sources: Anthos (2010). Information System of the plants of Spain. Real Jardín Botánico, CSIC - Fundación Biodiversidad. (for names from the Iberian Peninsula and the Balearic Islands).
 Portuguese: congoça; congossa; congoxa sources: Anthos (2010). Information System of the plants of Spain. Real Jardín Botánico, CSIC - Fundación Biodiversidad. (for names from the Iberian Peninsula and the Balearic Islands).
 Spanish, Castillian: brusela mayor; de viña en viña; fincavervinca; hiedra; laurel de Dafne; ojos llorosos; pervinca; pervíncola; pusela; vincapervinca mayor; violeta de las brujas; violeta de los hechiceros; yerba doncella de hoja ancha sources: Anthos (2010). Information System of the plants of Spain. Real Jardín Botánico, CSIC - Fundación Biodiversidad. (for names from the Iberian Peninsula and the Balearic Islands).
 Swedish: stor vintergröna
 Turkish: Buyuk cezayir meneksesi
 Welsh: perfagl fawr

Literature

nomenclatural reference

L., Sp. Pl. 1753.

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Citation

Marhold, K. (2011): Apocynaceae. – In: Euro+Med Plantbase - the information resource for Euro-Mediterranean plant diversity. Vinca major L.. Accessed through: Euro+Med PlantBase at http://ww2.bgbm.org/euroPlusMed/PTaxonDetail.asp?UUID=78200353-EE2F-43AD-99AA-C796EC777055

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Occurrence

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2004-01-11 by Marhold, K. (2011): Apocynaceae. – In: Euro+Med Plantbase - the information resource for Euro-Mediterranean plant diversity.

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