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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
Vinca difformis Pourr.	Accepted		WCSP
Vinca erecta Regel & Schmalh.	Accepted		WCSP
Vinca herbacea Waldst. & Kit.	Accepted		WCSP
Vinca major L.	Accepted		WCSP
Vinca minor L.	Accepted		WCSP

Statistics

The Plant List includes 41 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 41 species names for the genus Vinca recorded in The Plant List, are as follows:

	Status	Total
◕	Accepted	5	12.2%
◕	Synonym	31	75.6%
◕	Unplaced	1	2.4%
◕	Unassessed	4	9.8%

All names

The status of the 55 names (including infraspecific names) for the genus Vinca recorded in The Plant List, are as follows:

	Status	Total
◕	Accepted	10	18.2%
◕	Synonym	40	72.7%
◕	Unplaced	1	1.8%
◕	Unassessed	4	7.3%

Of these names,

• 2 are recorded as illegitimate

The confidence with which the status of the 41 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	30	0	0	35	85.4%
	Medium confidence	0	0	0	0	0	0%
	Low confidence	0	1	1	4	6	14.6%

The source of the species name record found in The Plant List for the genus Vinca, are as follows: