home   about   search

biodiversity explorer

the web of life in southern Africa

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 major