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6598.000 Vinca - Periwinkles
Fayaz, F. (2011) Encyclopedia of Tropical Plants Firefly Books, New Zealand
Description of the genus
Perennial herbs, erect or trailing with stolons and watery juice. Leaves opposite, shortly petiolate; intra and interpetiolar glands; margins entire. Inflorescence axillary cymes; flowers solitary or rarely 2-flowered. Flowers calyx small without glands; lobes 5 usually equal; corolla violet, funnelform or infundibuliform; tube cylindric, hairy. Fruit paired follicles erect or spreading; cylindric. Seeds numerous, sub-compressed, glabrous. Derivation of name: Ancient Latin name Worldwide: 5 species from Europe to North Africa and Central Asia Zimbabwe: 2 cultivated taxa. Insects associated with this genus:
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African Plants: A Photo Guide (Senckenberg): VincaBHL (Biodiversity Heritage Library): Vinca
EOL (Encyclopedia of Life): Vinca
GBIF (Global Biodiversity Information Facility): Vinca
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iNaturalist: Vinca
IPNI (International Plant Names Index): Vinca
JSTOR Plant Science: Vinca
Mansfeld World Database of Agricultural and Horticultural Crops: Vinca
Plants of the World Online: Vinca
Tropicos: Vinca
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