APOCYNACEAE
(periwinkles and asclepiads)

Subtaxon				Example images	Rank	Featured subtaxa	No of images	No of ID refs
Vinca periwinkles					Genus	2 subtaxa	35 images
	Vinca major Greater Periwinkle				Species	2 subtaxa	35 images

Taxonomic hierarchy:

Family	APOCYNACEAE (periwinkles and asclepiads)
Order	GENTIANALES (bedstraws, gentians and periwinkles)
Subclass	EU-DICOTS (dicotyledonous flowering plants)
Class	MAGNOLIOPSIDA (flowering plants)
Phylum	TRACHEOPHYTA (vascular plants)
Kingdom	PLANTAE (plants)
Domain	Eukaryota (eukaryotes)
Life	BIOTA (living things)

Identification Works

	Author	Year	Title	Source
	Poland, J.	2005	Milk matters - the importance of latex in vegetative identification	BSBI News No 100: 21-22.

APOCYNACEAE (periwinkles and asclepiads) may also be included in identification literature listed under the following higher taxa:

MAGNOLIOPSIDA
(flowering plants)

TRACHEOPHYTA
(vascular plants)

PLANTAE
(plants)

Eukaryota
(eukaryotes)

BIOTA
(living things)

NBN (data.nbn.org.uk) has a distribution map for APOCYNACEAE (periwinkles and asclepiads)

BioInfo (www.bioinfo.org.uk) has 50 host/parasite/foodplant and/or other relationships for APOCYNACEAE (periwinkles and asclepiads)

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Taxonomic hierarchy:

Identification Works

BioImages - Virtual Field-Guide (UK)