Vinca major
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Based on Georgiades (1995).
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.
Based on Georgiades (1995).
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.