Subtribe
Vincinae (European periwinkles)
Vinca major. Photo: (c) Σάββας Ζαφειρίου (Savvas Zafeiriou), some rights reserved (CC BY-NC)
Vinca (/ˈvɪŋkə/; Latin: vincire “to bind, fetter”) is a genus of flowering plants in the family Apocynaceae, native to Europe, northwest Africa and southwest Asia. The English name periwinkle is shared with the related genus Catharanthus (and also with the common seashore mollusc, Littorina littorea).
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