Vinca major

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Common name (English)

Greater periwinkle

Ηabitat

C2 Running waters

G4 Mixed woodland

G3 Coniferous woodland

X23 Non-domestic gardens (large)

X25 Domestic gardens (rural)

X24 Domestic gardens (urban)

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Habitat detail

Based on Georgiades (1995).

Establishment status

Established

Establishment status detail

Alien: Naturalized non-invasive.

Popular garden plant, not native in Cyprus, but recorded as an escape from cultivation in several sites, though none listed for Division 3. Recorded as a garden escape from Peduoulas, and also recorded from Lefkosia, Keryneia and from near Pingos Htl (Troodos). aid to be invading forests and wetlands.

First detection year

1956

Pathway

2 ESCAPE FROM CONFINEMENT - Hortiulture – Hort

Pathway detail

Based on Georgiades (1995).

References

Meikle RD (1985) Flora of Cyprus, Vol 2.

Georgiades C (1995) Η επιγενής χλωρίδα της Κύπρου. Ταξινομική, χλωριδικά, φυτογεωγραφική, οικοφυσιολογική μελέτη. [The adventive flora of Cyprus, taxonomic, floristic, phytogeographic, ecophysiological study]. Ph.D. Thesis, Athens University.

Hadjikyriakou G, Hadjisterkotis E (2002) The adventive plants of Cyprus with new records of invasive species. Zeitschrift fur Jagdwissenschaft 48: 59–71. https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02192393

Tsintides T, Hadjikyriakou GN, Christodoulou CS (2002) Trees and shrubs in Cyprus. Foundation Anastasios G. Leventis—Cyprus Forest Association, Nicosia, Cyprus.