Vinca major L.
(Greater Periwinkle)

Interactions where Vinca major is the victim or passive partner (and generally loses out from the process)

The following relationships have been collated from the published literature (see 'Interaction References').

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Affected Part		Summary			Taxon	Vernacular	Classification	References	Darwin Classification of Active Taxon	Active Taxon	Active Vernacular	Active Taxon Uncertain	Active State	Active Part	Active Stage	Relationship	Relationship Uncertain	Relationship Geography	Darwin Classification of Passive Taxon	Passive Taxon	Passive Vernacular	Passive Taxon Uncertain	Passive State	Passive Part	Passive Stage	Passive Taxon's significance to Active Taxon	Indoors etc	Season	Summary
(live)		live is parasitised by pycnium			Puccinia vincae	Periwinkle Rust	Pucciniales: Pucciniaceae	Microfungi on Land Plants: An Identification Handbook, Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1997 Checklist of the British and Irish Basidiomycota, Legon, N.W. & Henrici, A. with Roberts, P.J., Spooner, B.M. & Watling, R., 2005	/Fungi/Basidiomycota/Pucciniomycetes/Pucciniales/Pucciniaceae/Puccinia vincae/	Puccinia vincae	periwinkle rust				pycnium	Foodplant / parasite		UK and/or Eire	/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Gentianales/Apocynaceae/Vinca major/	Vinca major	greater periwinkle		live						pycnium parasitises live
leaf (older) (live)		live leaf (older) is parasitised by uredium			Puccinia vincae	Periwinkle Rust	Pucciniales: Pucciniaceae	Puccinia smyrnii and P. vincae: a microscopical study of two autoecious rusts, Agro, L.A., Bell, A. & Shattock, R.C., 1999 Microfungi on Land Plants: An Identification Handbook, Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1997 Checklist of the British and Irish Basidiomycota, Legon, N.W. & Henrici, A. with Roberts, P.J., Spooner, B.M. & Watling, R., 2005	/Fungi/Basidiomycota/Pucciniomycetes/Pucciniales/Pucciniaceae/Puccinia vincae/	Puccinia vincae	periwinkle rust				uredium	Foodplant / parasite		UK and/or Eire	/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Gentianales/Apocynaceae/Vinca major/	Vinca major	greater periwinkle		live	leaf (older)					uredium parasitises live leaf (older)
leaf		leaf is spotted by epiphyllous pycnidium of Phyllosticta coelomycetous anamorph			Phyllosticta vincae-majoris	a coelomycete	Botryosphaeriales: Phyllostictaceae	Fungi of the South East England, Dennis, R.W.G., 1995 British Stem- and Leaf- Fungi: Coelomycetes Vol. I … Sphaeropsidales with hyaline conidia, Grove, W.B., 1935	/Fungi/Ascomycota/Dothideomycetes/Botryosphaeriales/Phyllostictaceae/Phyllosticta vincae-majoris/	Phyllosticta vincae-majoris	a coelomycete		epiphyllous	pycnidium	Phyllosticta coelomycetous anamorph	Foodplant / spot causer		UK and/or Eire	/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Gentianales/Apocynaceae/Vinca major/	Vinca major	greater periwinkle			leaf				(9)	epiphyllous pycnidium of Phyllosticta coelomycetous anamorph causes spots on leaf
leaf (live, curled or distorted)		live, curled or distorted leaf is parasitised by uredinoid, hypophyllous aecium			Puccinia vincae	Periwinkle Rust	Pucciniales: Pucciniaceae	Puccinia smyrnii and P. vincae: a microscopical study of two autoecious rusts, Agro, L.A., Bell, A. & Shattock, R.C., 1999 Pests, Diseases & Disorders of Garden Plants, Buczacki, S. & Harris, K., 1998 Microfungi on Land Plants: An Identification Handbook, Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1997 Checklist of the British and Irish Basidiomycota, Legon, N.W. & Henrici, A. with Roberts, P.J., Spooner, B.M. & Watling, R., 2005	/Fungi/Basidiomycota/Pucciniomycetes/Pucciniales/Pucciniaceae/Puccinia vincae/	Puccinia vincae	periwinkle rust		uredinoid, hypophyllous		aecium	Foodplant / parasite		UK and/or Eire	/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Gentianales/Apocynaceae/Vinca major/	Vinca major	greater periwinkle		live, curled or distorted	leaf		Major			uredinoid, hypophyllous aecium parasitises live, curled or distorted leaf
leaf (live)		live leaf is spotted by hypophyllous colony of Ramularia hyphomycetous anamorph			Ramularia vincae	(An Anamorphic Fungus)	Capnodiales: Mycosphaerellaceae	Monograph of Cercosporella, Ramularia and Allied Genera - Vol II, Braun, U., 1998	/Fungi/Ascomycota/Dothideomycetes/Capnodiales/Mycosphaerellaceae/Ramularia vincae/	Ramularia vincae	(an anamorphic fungus)		hypophyllous	colony	Ramularia hyphomycetous anamorph	Foodplant / spot causer		Foreign	/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Gentianales/Apocynaceae/Vinca major/	Vinca major	greater periwinkle		live	leaf					hypophyllous colony of Ramularia hyphomycetous anamorph causes spots on live leaf
leaf (live)		live leaf is spotted by few, mostly central, mostly epiphyllous, immersed, black pycnidium of Ascochyta coelomycetous anamorph			Ascochyta vincae	a coelomycete	Pleosporales	Microfungi on Land Plants: An Identification Handbook, Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1997 British Stem- and Leaf- Fungi: Coelomycetes Vol. I … Sphaeropsidales with hyaline conidia, Grove, W.B., 1935	/Fungi/Ascomycota/Dothideomycetes/Pleosporales/Ascochyta vincae/	Ascochyta vincae	a coelomycete		few, mostly central, mostly epiphyllous, immersed, black	pycnidium	Ascochyta coelomycetous anamorph	Foodplant / spot causer		UK and/or Eire	/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Gentianales/Apocynaceae/Vinca major/	Vinca major	greater periwinkle		live	leaf				(3-5)	few, mostly central, mostly epiphyllous, immersed, black pycnidium of Ascochyta coelomycetous anamorph causes spots on live leaf
leaf (live)		live leaf is parasitised by hypophyllous telium			Puccinia vincae	Periwinkle Rust	Pucciniales: Pucciniaceae	Microfungi on Land Plants: An Identification Handbook, Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1997 Checklist of the British and Irish Basidiomycota, Legon, N.W. & Henrici, A. with Roberts, P.J., Spooner, B.M. & Watling, R., 2005	/Fungi/Basidiomycota/Pucciniomycetes/Pucciniales/Pucciniaceae/Puccinia vincae/	Puccinia vincae	periwinkle rust		hypophyllous		telium	Foodplant / parasite		UK and/or Eire	/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Gentianales/Apocynaceae/Vinca major/	Vinca major	greater periwinkle		live	leaf					hypophyllous telium parasitises live leaf
stem (dead, dry)		dead, dry stem is decayed by linear, in rows,covered then erumpent pycnidium of Phomopsis coelomycetous anamorph			Phomopsis lirella	a coelomycete	Diaporthales: Diaporthaceae	British Stem- and Leaf- Fungi: Coelomycetes Vol. I … Sphaeropsidales with hyaline conidia, Grove, W.B., 1935	/Fungi/Ascomycota/Sordariomycetes/Diaporthales/Diaporthaceae/Phomopsis lirella/	Phomopsis lirella	a coelomycete		linear, in rows,covered then erumpent	pycnidium	Phomopsis coelomycetous anamorph	Foodplant / saprobe		UK and/or Eire	/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Gentianales/Apocynaceae/Vinca major/	Vinca major	greater periwinkle		dead, dry	stem					linear, in rows,covered then erumpent pycnidium of Phomopsis coelomycetous anamorph is saprobic on dead, dry stem
sterile, unnaturally erect (live)		live sterile, unnaturally erect of stem is parasitised by			Puccinia vincae	Periwinkle Rust	Pucciniales: Pucciniaceae	Pests, Diseases & Disorders of Garden Plants, Buczacki, S. & Harris, K., 1998 British Rust Fungi, Wilson, M., & Henderson, D., 1966	/Fungi/Basidiomycota/Pucciniomycetes/Pucciniales/Pucciniaceae/Puccinia vincae/	Puccinia vincae	periwinkle rust					Foodplant / parasite		UK and/or Eire	/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Gentianales/Apocynaceae/Vinca major/	Vinca major	greater periwinkle		live	sterile, unnaturally erect	stem	Major			parasitises live sterile, unnaturally erect of stem

Author & Year	Title	Source
Agro, L.A., Bell, A. & Shattock, R.C., 1999	Puccinia smyrnii and P. vincae: a microscopical study of two autoecious rusts	Mycologist Vol 13 (3): 107-111.
Braun, U., 1998	Monograph of Cercosporella, Ramularia and Allied Genera - Vol II	Phytopathogenic Hyphomycetes, 2, 493pp, IHW-Verlag
Buczacki, S. & Harris, K., 1998	Pests, Diseases & Disorders of Garden Plants	Collins Photoguide, 2nd edition edition, Collins
Dennis, R.W.G., 1995	Fungi of the South East England	383pp, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew
Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1997	Microfungi on Land Plants: An Identification Handbook	2nd (New Enlarged) edition, 868pp, The Richmond Publishing Co. Ltd
Grove, W.B., 1935	British Stem- and Leaf- Fungi: Coelomycetes Vol. I … Sphaeropsidales with hyaline conidia	Vol I, 488pp, Cambridge University Press
Legon, N.W. & Henrici, A. with Roberts, P.J., Spooner, B.M. & Watling, R., 2005	Checklist of the British and Irish Basidiomycota	517pp, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew
Wilson, M., & Henderson, D., 1966	British Rust Fungi	384pp, Cambridge University Press

Vinca major (Greater Periwinkle) may also be included in 'fed on by' relations listed under the following higher taxa:

Vinca
(periwinkles)

APOCYNACEAE
(periwinkles and asclepiads)

EU-DICOTS
(dicotyledonous flowering plants)

MAGNOLIOPSIDA
(flowering plants)

TRACHEOPHYTA
(vascular plants)

PLANTAE
(plants)

Herbaceous Plants
(herbaceous plants)

Taxonomic hierarchy:

Species	Vinca major (Greater Periwinkle)
Genus	Vinca (periwinkles)
Family	APOCYNACEAE (periwinkles and asclepiads)
Order	GENTIANALES (bedstraws, gentians and periwinkles)
Subclass	EU-DICOTS (dicotyledonous flowering plants)
Class	MAGNOLIOPSIDA (flowering plants)
Phylum	TRACHEOPHYTA (vascular plants)
Kingdom	PLANTAE (plants)
Domain	Eukaryota (eukaryotes)
Life	BIOTA (living things)

Vinca major is also a member of:
Herbaceous Plants - herbaceous plants (via Apocynaceae)

NBN

NBN (data.nbn.org.uk) has a distribution map for Vinca major (Greater Periwinkle)

Vinca major (Greater Periwinkle) may be included in identification literature listed under the following higher taxa:

APOCYNACEAE
(periwinkles and asclepiads)

MAGNOLIOPSIDA
(flowering plants)

TRACHEOPHYTA
(vascular plants)

PLANTAE
(plants)

Eukaryota
(eukaryotes)

BIOTA
(living things)

Literature listed under the following higher taxa may be relevant to Vinca major (Greater Periwinkle):

APOCYNACEAE
(periwinkles and asclepiads)

MAGNOLIOPSIDA
(flowering plants)

TRACHEOPHYTA
(vascular plants)

PLANTAE
(plants)

Eukaryota
(eukaryotes)

BIOTA
(living things)

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