Vinca minor L., 1753

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Vinca minor Linnaeus , Species Plantarum 1: 209. 1753 .

"Habitat in Germania, Anglia, Gallia." RCN: 1711.

Lectotype (Stearn in Taylor & Farnsworth, Vinca Alkaloids : 47. 1973): Herb. Linn. No. 299.1 ( LINN) .

Generitype of Vinca Linnaeus.

Current name: Vinca minor L. ( Apocynaceae ).

Note: Vinca major L. was treated as the generitype by Britton & Brown (in Ill. Fl. N. U. S., ed. 2, 3: 20. 1913). However, under Art. 10.5, Ex. 7 (a voted example) of the Vienna Code, this is a type choice made under the American Code and is to be replaced under Art. 10.5b by Hitchcock’s choice (Prop. Brit. Bot.: 136. 1929) of V minor .