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The Vinca is classified as so:
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Kingdom: ''Plantae''
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Division: ''Magnoliophyta''
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Class: ''Magnoliopsida''
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Order: ''Gentianales''
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Family: ''Apocynaceae''
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Genus: ''Vinca''
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Vinca (pervinca, old Latin name of periwinkle, used by Pliny). Apocynaceae. Erect or procumbent or trailing herbs or subshrubs, some used for bloom in the flower-garden, others for decorative foliage in the greenhouse and in window-boxes and others for permanent ground-cover out-of-doors.
 
Vinca (pervinca, old Latin name of periwinkle, used by Pliny). Apocynaceae. Erect or procumbent or trailing herbs or subshrubs, some used for bloom in the flower-garden, others for decorative foliage in the greenhouse and in window-boxes and others for permanent ground-cover out-of-doors.