Taxon: Vinca minor L.

Common names:

• common periwinkle   (Source: World Econ Pl ) – English
  
• lesser periwinkle   (Source: Herbs Commerce ed2 ) – English
  
• running-myrtle   (Source: World Econ Pl ) – English
  
• petite pervenche   (Source: Dict Rehm ) – French
  
• kleines Immergrün   (Source: Dict Rehm ) – German
  
• pervinca   (Source: Dict Rehm ) – Spanish
  
• vincapervinca   (Source: Dict Rehm ) – Spanish
  

Economic importance:

• Environmental: ornamental   (fide Dict Gard; Hortus 3; Invasive Pl Spec)
  
• Medicines: folklore; source of vincamine   (fide Import Medicinal Pl; CRC MedHerbs ed2; Herbs Commerce ed2)
  
• Weed: also potential seed contaminant   (fide Rep NCEPPC; Invasive Pl Spec)
  

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Distributional range:

• EUROPE
  Middle Europe: Austria; Belgium; Czechoslovakia; Hungary; Netherlands; Poland; Switzerland
  East Europe: Russian Federation - European part
  Southeastern Europe: Bulgaria; Former Yugoslavia; Italy; Romania
  Southwestern Europe: France; Portugal

• naturalized in British Isles, s. Africa, Australia, New Zealand, United States, & s. South America

References:

• Chinese Academy of Sciences. 1959–. Flora reipublicae popularis sinicae. (F China)
• Duke, J. A. et al. 2002. CRC Handbook of medicinal herbs. (CRC MedHerbs ed2)
• Encke, F. et al. 1984. Zander: Handwörterbuch der Pflanzennamen, 13. Auflage. (Zander ed13)
• Food and Agriculture Organization of the UN (FAO). 2010. Ecocrop - on-line resource. (Ecocrop)
• Gleason, H. A. & A. Cronquist. 1963. Manual of vascular plants of northeastern United States and adjacent Canada. (Glea Cron)
• Huxley, A., ed. 1992. The new Royal Horticultural Society dictionary of gardening. (Dict Gard)
• Komarov, V. L. et al., eds. 1934–1964. Flora SSSR. (F USSR)
• Liberty Hyde Bailey Hortorium. 1976. Hortus third. (Hortus 3)
• McGuffin, M., J. T. Kartesz, A. Y. Leung, & A. O. Tucker. 2000. Herbs of commerce, ed. 2. (Herbs Commerce ed2)
• Rehm, S. 1994. Multilingual dictionary of agronomic plants. (Dict Rehm)
• Reitz, R., ed. 1965–. Flora ilustrada catarinense. (F SCatarin)
• Tutin, T. G. et al., eds. 1964–1980. Flora europaea. (F Eur)
• Weber, E. 2003. Invasive plant species of the world: a reference guide to environmental weeds. (Invasive Pl Spec)
• Wu Zheng-yi & P. H. Raven et al., eds. 1994–. Flora of China (English edition). (F ChinaEng)

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Search AGRICOLA article citation database for citations referencing Vinca minor.

Search NCBI's Entrez search engine for PubMed citations referencing Vinca minor. Note: Defaults to a search by genus or species epithet if species binomial not found.

Check other databases for Vinca minor L.:

• Flora Europaea: Database of European Plants (ESFEDS)
• Flora of China: Online version from Harvard University
• PLANTS: USDA-NRCS Database of Plants of the United States and its Territories
• Mansfeld: Mansfeld's World Database of Agricultural and Horticultural Crops
• ICRA: International Cultivar Registration Authority for Vinca minor cultivars
• ePIC: Electronic Plant Information Centre of Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew
• AGRICOLA: Article Citation Database or NAL Catalog of USDA's National Agricultural Library
• Entrez: NCBI's search engine for PubMed citations, GenBank sequences, etc.
  Note: Defaults to a search by genus or species epithet if species binomial not found.

Images:

• Forestry Images: Images of invasive weeds from www.forestryimages.org
• Seed: U.S. National Seed Herbarium image

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• Check PlantSystematics.org for additional images
• Images Note: Be advised that their identity may be inaccurate. Proper identification of a plant may require specialized taxonomic knowledge or comparison with properly documented herbarium material.

Abbreviations & symbols in GRIN Taxonomy

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