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	Vinca major  L.

Fam.: Apocynaceae / Periwinkle Fam.

Genus:  Vinca  L.

Authors:
	L.:		Carl von Linné (Linnaeus, 1707 - 1777), Swedish naturalist who introduced the binary naming system for plants and animals

Etymology:
	Vinca:		Roman plant name, from vincere = to conquer (evergreen leaves)
	major:		large

Fig. 1:  Vinca major / Greater Periwinkle D Weinheim an der Bergstraße 26.3.2006

Fig. 2:  Vinca major / Greater Periwinkle (another site) D Weinheim an der Bergstraße 29.4.2019

Fig. 3:  Vinca major / Greater Periwinkle D Weinheim an der Bergstraße 29.4.2019

Fig. 4:  Vinca major / Greater Periwinkle (leaf bottom side) D Weinheim an der Bergstraße 29.4.2019

Fig. 5:  Vinca major / Greater Periwinkle D Mannheim-Pfingstberg 9.2.2014

Fig. 6:  Vinca major / Greater Periwinkle D Mannheim-Pfingstberg 9.2.2014

Fig. 7:  Vinca major / Greater Periwinkle D Frankfurt-Bockenh 8.4.2017

Fig. 8:  Vinca major / Greater Periwinkle D Frankfurt-Bockenh 8.4.2017

Fig. 9:  Vinca major / Greater Periwinkle D Frankfurt-Bockenh 8.4.2017

Fig. 10:  Vinca major / Greater Periwinkle I Liguria, Altare 25.5.2013

Fig. 11:  Vinca major / Greater Periwinkle Croatia, Gruda 3.4.2006

Fig. 12:  Vinca major / Greater Periwinkle D Mannheim-Pfingstberg 9.2.2014

Fig. 13:  Vinca major / Greater Periwinkle Crete, Knossos 1.4.2015

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