Vinca rosea Linnaeus, Systema Naturae, ed. 10, 2: 944. 1759.

["Habitat in Madagascar, Java."] Sp. Pl., ed. 2, 1: 305 (1762). RCN: 1714.

Lectotype (Codd in Dyer & al., Fl. Southern Africa 26: 268. 1963): [icon] " Vinca, foliis oblongo-ovatis integerrimis, tubo floris longissimo caule ramoso fruticoso " in Miller, Fig. Pl. Gard. Dict. 2: 124, t. 186. 1757.

Current name: Catharanthus roseus (L.) G. Don ( Apocynaceae).

Note: See Boiteau (in Adansonia, sér . 2, 12: 29-135. 1972) for a discussion on the earliest description and collection of this plant.