Apocynaceae
Vinca

Vinca herbacea Waldst. & Kit.

First published in Descr. Icon. Pl. Hung. 1: 8 (1799)
This species is accepted
The native range of this species is Central & SE. Europe to W. Asia. It is a perennial and grows primarily in the temperate biome.

Distribution

Native to:

Austria, Bulgaria, Central European Rus, Czechoslovakia, East Aegean Is., Germany, Hungary, Iran, Iraq, Krym, Lebanon-Syria, North Caucasus, Palestine, Romania, South European Russi, Transcaucasus, Turkey, Turkey-in-Europe, Ukraine, Yugoslavia

Synonyms

Heterotypic Synonyms

Classification

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Publications

POWO follows these authorities in accepting this name:

  • Govaerts, R. (2003). World Checklist of Selected Plant Families Database in ACCESS: 1-216203. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew.

Other Data

Other Kew resources that provide information on this taxon:

Date Reference Identified As Barcode Type Status Has image?
Mar 29, 1985 Hepper, F.N. [8524] Israel K000318507 Yes
Bornmüller, J.F.N. [3436] Turkey Vinca haussknechtii K000852977 Unknown Type Material Yes
Sintenis, P.E.E. [2218] Turkey Vinca libanotica K000852978 Unknown Type Material Yes

Sources

  • Angiosperm Extinction Risk Predictions v1

    • Angiosperm Threat Predictions
    • http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0

  • Herbarium Catalogue Specimens

    • Digital Image © Board of Trustees, RBG Kew http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/

  • Kew Backbone Distributions

    • The International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Vascular Plants 2024. Published on the Internet at http://www.ipni.org and https://powo.science.kew.org/
    • © Copyright 2023 World Checklist of Vascular Plants. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0

  • Kew Living Collection Database

    • Common Names from Plants and People Africa http://www.plantsandpeopleafrica.com/

  • Kew Names and Taxonomic Backbone

    • The International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Vascular Plants 2024. Published on the Internet at http://www.ipni.org and https://powo.science.kew.org/
    • © Copyright 2023 International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Vascular Plants. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0

  • Kew Science Photographs

    • Copyright applied to individual images