Details of genus: Vinca L. [233]
genus_ja:
genus_en: Periwinkle
# spp.:
pub_year:
accepted: Accepted
Family: Apocynaceae
family_ja: キョウチクトウ
Infra familial classification:
distribution_en: Europe to N.Africa, C.Asia
description_en: Genus of 7 species of slender-stemmed, evergreen subshrubs and herbaceous perennials from woodland in Europe, N. Africa, and C. Asia. They are grown for their opposite, simple, lance-shaped to elliptic or ovate, often variegated leaves, and for their showy, long-stalked, star-like or salverform flowers, each with 5 petal lobes, borne singly in the leaf axils. Useful ground cover for a wood-land garden, shrub border, or shady bank, but may be invasive. All parts may cause mild stomach upset if ingested.
hardiness_en: Fully hardy to frost hardy.
cultivation_en:
propagation_en: Divide from autumn to spring. Take semi-ripe cuttings in summer.
pests_en: Prone to rust.
description_ja:
comment:
comment_ja: ツルニチニチソウ
type_species:
Phylogenetic definition:
Update Information: Created: 2007-12-06 12:51; Updated: 2022-03-09 15:20
family:
| System | Accepted? | Scientific name | Japanese name | Infra-familial classification | # species | |
| APG4 | Apocynaceae | キョウチクトウ科 | Show | |||
| PB2 | Apocynaceae | キョウチクトウ科 | Show | |||
| PB3 | Apocynaceae | キョウチクトウ科 | Show |