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The genus Vinca is in the family Apocynaceae in the major group Angiosperms (Flowering plants).

Statistics are at the end of the page.

Species in Vinca

See "Status", "Confidence level", "Source" for definitions.

Name	Status	Confi­dence level	Source	Date supplied	Infra. rec.
Vinca berbacea Waldst.	Unresolved		TRO	2012-04-18
Vinca difformis Pourr.	Accepted		WCSP	2012-03-23	1
Vinca elegantissima hort. ex Pasquale	Unresolved		TRO	2012-04-18
Vinca erecta Regel & Schmalh.	Accepted		WCSP	2012-03-23
Vinca herbacea Waldst. & Kit.	Accepted		WCSP	2012-03-23
Vinca major L.	Accepted		WCSP	2012-03-23	2
Vinca minor L.	Accepted		WCSP	2012-03-23
Vinca obliqua Porta	Unresolved		WCSP	2012-03-23
Vinca schottii Mikan ex Steudel	Unresolved		TRO	2012-04-18
Vinca sterilis Noronha	Unresolved		TRO	2012-04-18

Statistics

The Plant List includes 36 scientific plant names of species rank for the genus Vinca. Of these 5 are accepted species names.

The Plant List includes a further 14 scientific plant names of infraspecific rank for the genus Vinca. We do not intend The Plant List to be complete for names of infraspecific rank. These are primarily included because names of species rank are synonyms of accepted infraspecific names.

Species names

The status of the 36 species names for the genus Vinca recorded in The Plant List, are as follows:

	Status	Total
◕	Accepted	5	13.9%
◕	Synonym	26	72.2%
◕	Unplaced	0	0%
◕	Unassessed	5	13.9%

All names

The status of the 50 names (including infraspecific names) for the genus Vinca recorded in The Plant List, are as follows:

	Status	Total
◕	Accepted	8	16.0%
◕	Synonym	37	74.0%
◕	Unplaced	0	0%
◕	Unassessed	5	10.0%

Of the species names,

• 2 are recorded as invalid
• 1 are recorded as illegitimate

The confidence with which the status of the 36 species names recorded in The Plant List for the genus Vinca, are assigned as follows:

	Confidence level	Accepted	Synonym	Unplaced	Unassessed	Total
	High confidence	5	26	0	0	31	86.1%
	Medium confidence	0	0	0	0	0	0%
	Low confidence	0	0	0	5	5	13.9%

The source of the species name records found in The Plant List for the genus Vinca is as follows: