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Vinca (Periwinkle genus)

Life > eukaryotes > Archaeoplastida > Chloroplastida > Charophyta > Streptophytina > Plantae (land plants) > Tracheophyta (vascular plants) > Euphyllophyta > Lignophyta (woody plants) > Spermatophyta (seed plants) > Angiospermae (flowering plants) >  Eudicotyledons >  Core Eudicots >  Asterids >  Euasterid I > Order: Gentianales >  Family: Apocynaceae

Greater Periwinkle Vinca major in Cape Town garden. Originates from the West Mediterranean.

Species naturalised in southern Africa

List from Plants of Southern Africa - an Online Checklist (SANBI).

Vinca guilelmi-waldemarii

 

Vinca major

 

Vinca rosea

 

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