GRIP

Catharanthus roseus (L.) G. Don

GRIP Catharanthus roseus (L.) G. Don



Taxon:  Catharanthus roseus (L.) G. Don



Summary
Genus:
Catharanthus
Family:
Apocynaceae
Subfamily:
Rauvolfioideae
Tribe:
Vinceae
Nomen number:
70159
Place of publication:
Gen. hist. 4:95. 1837
Verified:
09/08/2004 ARS Systematic Botanists.
Accessions:
0 (0  active, 0  available) in National Plant Germplasm System. 
Other conspecific taxa
Autonyms (not in current use), synonyms and invalid designations
Basionym
Vinca rosea L.

Homotypic Synonym(s)
Ammocallis rosea (L.) Small
Lochnera rosea (L.) Rchb.

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Common names
English
bright-eyes –
Cape periwinkle –
graveyardplant –
Madagascar periwinkle –
old-maid –
old-maid-flower –
pink periwinkle –
rose periwinkle –
rosy periwinkle –
French
pervenche de Madagascar –
Portuguese (Brazil)
boa-noite –
boa-tarde –
lavadeira –
pervinca-rosa –
vinca-de-gato –
vinca-de-madagascar –
vinca-rósea –
Spanish
chatas –
chula –
pervinca de Madagascar –
Swedish
rosensköna –
Transcribed Chinese
chang chun hua –
Distribution
Native
Africa
  • WESTERN INDIAN OCEAN: Madagascar
Cultivated (widely cult. in tropics & subtropics)
Adventive
Europe
  • SOUTHEASTERN EUROPE: Greece [Crete]
Naturalized
Africa
  • MACARONESIA: Spain [Canarias]
  • NORTHEAST TROPICAL AFRICA: Eritrea, Ethiopia
  • SOUTH TROPICAL AFRICA: Mozambique, Malawi, Zambia
  • SOUTHERN AFRICA: Namibia, Eswatini, South Africa
  • WESTERN INDIAN OCEAN: Mauritius, Reunion, Seychelles
Asia-Tropical
  • INDIAN SUBCONTINENT: Sri Lanka
  • PAPUASIA: Papua New Guinea
  • INDO-CHINA: Thailand
  • MALESIA: Malaysia
Australasia
  • AUSTRALIA: Australia
  • NEW ZEALAND: New Zealand [Kermadec Islands]
Northern America
  • SOUTHEASTERN U.S.A.: United States [Florida]
  • SOUTH-CENTRAL U.S.A.: United States [Texas (s.e.)]
  • SOUTHWESTERN U.S.A.: United States [California (San Diego Co.)]
  • SOUTHERN MEXICO: Mexico [Chiapas, Quintana Roo, Yucatán]
Pacific
  • NORTH-CENTRAL PACIFIC: United States [Hawaii]
  • NORTHWESTERN PACIFIC: Micronesia, Marshall Islands, United States [Northern Mariana Islands, United States Minor Outlying Islands]
  • SOUTH-CENTRAL PACIFIC: French Polynesia
  • SOUTHWESTERN PACIFIC: Fiji, New Caledonia, Niue, Tonga, United States [American Samoa]
Southern America
  • CARIBBEAN: Anguilla, Netherlands Antilles, Antigua and Barbuda, Bahamas, Barbados, Cuba, Cayman Islands, Dominica, Dominican Republic, Guadeloupe, Haiti, Jamaica, St. Kitts and Nevis, St. Lucia, Montserrat, Martinique, United States [Puerto Rico, Virgin Islands, U.S.], St. Vincent and Grenadines, Virgin Islands (British)
  • CENTRAL AMERICA: Belize, Costa Rica, Guatemala, Honduras, Nicaragua, Panama, El Salvador
  • NORTHERN SOUTH AMERICA: Venezuela
  • WESTERN SOUTH AMERICA: Bolivia, Ecuador [Galápagos], Peru
  • SOUTHERN SOUTH AMERICA: Argentina (n.), Paraguay, Uruguay
Economic Uses
Cite as: USDA, Agricultural Research Service, National Plant Germplasm System. 2025. Germplasm Resources Information Network (GRIN Taxonomy). National Germplasm Resources Laboratory, Beltsville, Maryland.
URL: https://grip.mawarid.gov.om/gringlobal/taxon/taxonomydetail?id=70159. Accessed 16 May 2025.