Original: Vinca (,Sunset Western Garden Book, 1995:606–607 from Latin  vincire: "to bind, fetter" was once known as pervincaVinca article) or Periwinkle is a genus of five species in the family Apocynaceae, native to Europe, northwest Africa and southwest Asia.
Simplified: Vinca (from Latin  vincire "to bind, fetter") is a genus of five species in the family Apocynaceae, that grows in Europe, northwest Africa and southwest Asia.