Taxon: Vinca minor L.

• the 2 historical accession(s) associated with this name.
• Check PlantSearch database of Botanic Gardens Conservation International for possible non-NPGS germplasm.

Common names:

• common periwinkle   (Source: World Econ Pl ) – English
  
• lesser periwinkle   (Source: Herbs Commerce ed2 ) – English
  
• running-myrtle   (Source: World Econ Pl ) – English
  
• hua ye man chang chun hua   (Source: F ChinaEng ) – Transcribed Chinese
  
• petite pervenche   (Source: Dict Rehm ) – French
  
• kleines Immergrün   (Source: Dict Rehm ) – German
  
• barvinok malyj   (Source: Mansf Ency ) – Transliterated Russian
  
• pervinca   (Source: Dict Rehm ) – Spanish
  
• vincapervinca   (Source: Dict Rehm ) – Spanish
  
• vintergröna   (Source: Vara kulturvaxt namn ) – Swedish
  

Economic importance:

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

More:

View phytochemical or ethnobotanical data from Duke's Phytochemical and Ethnobotanical Databases

Distributional range:

• ASIA-TEMPERATE
  Western Asia: Turkey
• EUROPE
  Middle Europe: Austria; Belgium; Czech Republic; Germany; Hungary; Netherlands; Poland; Slovakia; Switzerland
  East Europe: Latvia; Lithuania; Moldova; Russian Federation - Kaliningrad; Ukraine - Krym
  Southeastern Europe: Bulgaria; Croatia; Greece; Italy [incl. Sicily]; Romania; Serbia; Slovenia
  Southwestern Europe: France [incl. Corsica]; Portugal; Spain

• ASIA-TEMPERATE
  China: China - Jiangsu
• AUSTRALASIA
  New Zealand: New Zealand
• EUROPE
  Northern Europe: Ireland; Norway; Sweden; United Kingdom
  East Europe: Estonia
  Southeastern Europe: Bulgaria
• NORTHERN AMERICA
  Eastern Canada: Canada - New Brunswick, Nova Scotia, Ontario, Quebec
  Western Canada: Canada - British Columbia [s.w.]
  Northeastern U.S.A.: United States - Connecticut, Indiana, Maine, Massachusetts, Michigan, New Hampshire, New Jersey, New York, Ohio, Pennsylvania, Rhode Island, Vermont, West Virginia
  North-Central U.S.A.: United States - Illinois, Iowa, Kansas, Missouri, Nebraska, Wisconsin
  Southeastern U.S.A.: United States - Florida, Georgia, Maryland, North Carolina, Tennessee, Virginia
  South-Central U.S.A.: United States - Texas

• also cultivated

References:

• Aldén, B., S. Ryman & M. Hjertson. 2009. Våra kulturväxters namn - ursprung och användning. Formas, Stockholm (Handbook on Swedish cultivated and utility plants, their names and origin).
• Allan, H. H. B. et al. 1961–. Flora of New Zealand.
• Brown, R. G. & M. L. Brown. 1984. Herbaceous plants of Maryland.
• Campbell, F. T., ed. 1995. Report of National Coalition of Exotic Plant Pest Councils. (unpublished draft)
• Chester, E. W. et al. 1993–1997. Atlas of Tennessee vascular plants.
• Chinese Academy of Sciences. 1959–. Flora reipublicae popularis sinicae.
• Correll, D. S. & M. C. Johnston. 1970. Manual of the vascular plants of Texas.
• Deam, C. C. 1940. Flora of Indiana.
• Douglas, G. W. et al., eds. 1999. Illustrated flora of British Columbia.
• Duke, J. A. et al. 2002. CRC Handbook of medicinal herbs.
• Eilers, L. J. & D. M. Roosa. 1994. The vascular plants of Iowa.
• Encke, F. et al. 1984. Zander: Handwörterbuch der Pflanzennamen, 13. Auflage.
• Erhardt, W. et al. 2008. Der große Zander: Enzyklopädie der Pflanzennamen.
• Euro+Med Editorial Committee. Euro+Med Plantbase: the information resource for Euro-Mediterranean plant diversity (on-line resource).
• Farnsworth, N. R. & D. D. Soejarto. Global importance of medicinal plants (unpublished draft manuscript rev. 23, 1988)
• Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO). 2010. Ecocrop (on-line resource).
• Gleason, H. A. & A. Cronquist. 1991. Manual of vascular plants of northeastern United States and adjacent Canada, ed. 2.
• Hanelt, P., ed. 2001. Mansfeld's encyclopedia of agricultural and horticultural crops. Volumes 1-6.
• Harmon, P. J. et al. 2006. Checklist and atlas of the vascular flora of West Virginia.
• Huxley, A., ed. 1992. The new Royal Horticultural Society dictionary of gardening.
• Komarov, V. L. et al., eds. 1934–1964. Flora SSSR.
• Liberty Hyde Bailey Hortorium. 1976. Hortus third.
• Magee, D. W. & H. E. Ahles. 1999. Flora of the Northeast. A manual of the vascular flora of New England and adjacent New York.
• McGregor, R. L. et al. (The Great Plains Flora Association). 1986. Flora of the Great Plains.
• McGuffin, M., J. T. Kartesz, A. Y. Leung, & A. O. Tucker. 2000. Herbs of commerce, ed. 2.
• Mohlenbrock, R. H. & D. M. Ladd. 1978. Distribution of Illinois vascular plants.
• Ohio Flora Committee (E. L. Braun, T. S. Cooperrider, T. R. Fisher, J. J. Furlow). 1967–. The vascular flora of Ohio.
• Radford, A. E. et al. 1964. Manual of the vascular flora of the Carolinas.
• Rehm, S. 1994. Multilingual dictionary of agronomic plants.
• Reitz, R., ed. 1965–. Flora ilustrada catarinense.
• Scoggan, H. J. 1978–1979. The flora of Canada, 4 vol.
• Smith, E. B. 1978. An atlas and annotated list of the vascular plants of Arkansas.
• Tutin, T. G. et al., eds. 1964–1980. Flora europaea.
• Voss, E. 1972–. Michigan flora.
• Weber, E. 2003. Invasive plant species of the world: a reference guide to environmental weeds.
• Wetter, M. A. et al. WISFLORA: Wisconsin vascular plant species (on-line resource).
• Wherry, E. T. et al. 1979. Atlas of the flora of Pennsylvania.
• Wu Zheng-yi & P. H. Raven et al., eds. 1994–. Flora of China (English edition).
• Wunderlin, R. & B. Hansen. Atlas of Florida vascular plants (on-line resource).
• Yatskievych, G. 1999–. Steyermark's Flora of Missouri, revised edition.

More:

Search AGRICOLA article citation database for citations referencing Vinca minor.

Search NCBI's Entrez search engine for PubMed citations referencing Vinca minor.

Search Biodiversity Heritage Library for historical publications referencing Vinca minor.

Check other web resources for Vinca minor L.:

• Flora Europaea: Database of European Plants (ESFEDS)
• PLANTS: USDA-NRCS Database of Plants of the United States and its Territories
• BONAP: North American Plant Atlas of the Biota of North America Program
• Flora of China: Online version from Harvard University
• TROPICOS: Nomenclatural and Specimen Database of the Missouri Botanical Garden
• Mansfeld: Mansfeld's World Database of Agricultural and Horticultural Crops
• ICRA: International Cultivar Registration Authority (on-line resource). 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.

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.

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