Vinca minor L.
(Lesser Periwinkle)

Interactions where Vinca minor 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').

Filters:

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
(dead)		dead is decayed by			Phacidium vincae	a discomycete	Helotiales: Phacidiaceae	British Stem- and Leaf- Fungi: Coelomycetes Vol. I … Sphaeropsidales with hyaline conidia, Grove, W.B., 1935	/Fungi/Ascomycota/Leotiomycetes/Helotiales/Phacidiaceae/Phacidium vincae/	Phacidium vincae	a discomycete					Foodplant / saprobe			/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Gentianales/Apocynaceae/Vinca minor/	Vinca minor	lesser periwinkle		dead						is saprobic on dead
leaf (dead)		dead leaf is decayed by amphigenous, scattered, abundant pycnidium of Macrophoma coelomycetous anamorph			Macrophoma vincae	a coelomycete	Botryosphaeriales: Botryosphaeriaceae	British Stem- and Leaf- Fungi: Coelomycetes Vol. I … Sphaeropsidales with hyaline conidia, Grove, W.B., 1935	/Fungi/Ascomycota/Dothideomycetes/Botryosphaeriales/Botryosphaeriaceae/Macrophoma vincae/	Macrophoma vincae	a coelomycete		amphigenous, scattered, abundant	pycnidium	Macrophoma coelomycetous anamorph	Foodplant / saprobe		UK and/or Eire	/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Gentianales/Apocynaceae/Vinca minor/	Vinca minor	lesser periwinkle		dead	leaf		Sole			amphigenous, scattered, abundant pycnidium of Macrophoma coelomycetous anamorph is saprobic on dead leaf
leaf (dead)		dead leaf is foodplant of amphigenous, scattered, immersed, then erumpent, dimorphic conidioma of Ceuthospora coelomycetous anamorph			Ceuthospora feurichii	a stromatic coelomycete	Helotiales: Phacidiaceae	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/Leotiomycetes/Helotiales/Phacidiaceae/Ceuthospora feurichii/	Ceuthospora feurichii	a stromatic coelomycete		amphigenous, scattered, immersed, then erumpent, dimorphic	conidioma	Ceuthospora coelomycetous anamorph	Foodplant / feeds on		UK and/or Eire	/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Gentianales/Apocynaceae/Vinca minor/	Vinca minor	lesser periwinkle		dead	leaf				(2-6)	amphigenous, scattered, immersed, then erumpent, dimorphic conidioma of Ceuthospora coelomycetous anamorph feeds on dead 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	/Fungi/Ascomycota/Dothideomycetes/Pleosporales/Ascochyta vincae/	Ascochyta vincae	a coelomycete		few, mostly central, mostly epiphyllous, immersed, black	pycnidium	Ascochyta coelomycetous anamorph	Foodplant / spot causer			/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Gentianales/Apocynaceae/Vinca minor/	Vinca minor	lesser periwinkle		live	leaf				(3-5)	few, mostly central, mostly epiphyllous, immersed, black pycnidium of Ascochyta coelomycetous anamorph causes spots on live leaf
leaf (moribund)		moribund leaf is foodplant of amphigenous, scattered, immersed, then erumpent, dimorphic conidioma of Ceuthospora coelomycetous anamorph			Ceuthospora feurichii	a stromatic coelomycete	Helotiales: Phacidiaceae	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/Leotiomycetes/Helotiales/Phacidiaceae/Ceuthospora feurichii/	Ceuthospora feurichii	a stromatic coelomycete		amphigenous, scattered, immersed, then erumpent, dimorphic	conidioma	Ceuthospora coelomycetous anamorph	Foodplant / feeds on		UK and/or Eire	/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Gentianales/Apocynaceae/Vinca minor/	Vinca minor	lesser periwinkle		moribund	leaf				(2-6)	amphigenous, scattered, immersed, then erumpent, dimorphic conidioma of Ceuthospora coelomycetous anamorph feeds on moribund 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 minor/	Vinca minor	lesser periwinkle		dead, dry	stem					linear, in rows,covered then erumpent pycnidium of Phomopsis coelomycetous anamorph is saprobic on dead, dry stem
stem (dead, fallen)		dead, fallen stem is foodplant of scattered, immersed, then erumpent, dimorphic conidioma of Ceuthospora coelomycetous anamorph			Ceuthospora feurichii	a stromatic coelomycete	Helotiales: Phacidiaceae	Fungi of the South East England, Dennis, R.W.G., 1995 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/Leotiomycetes/Helotiales/Phacidiaceae/Ceuthospora feurichii/	Ceuthospora feurichii	a stromatic coelomycete		scattered, immersed, then erumpent, dimorphic	conidioma	Ceuthospora coelomycetous anamorph	Foodplant / feeds on		UK and/or Eire	/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Gentianales/Apocynaceae/Vinca minor/	Vinca minor	lesser periwinkle		dead, fallen	stem		Major		(2-6)	scattered, immersed, then erumpent, dimorphic conidioma of Ceuthospora coelomycetous anamorph feeds on dead, fallen 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 Fungal foes in your garden no 60: Periwinkle Rust, Fox, R., 2005	/Fungi/Basidiomycota/Pucciniomycetes/Pucciniales/Pucciniaceae/Puccinia vincae/	Puccinia vincae	periwinkle rust					Foodplant / parasite			/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Gentianales/Apocynaceae/Vinca minor/	Vinca minor	lesser periwinkle		live	sterile, unnaturally erect	stem	Rare			parasitises live sterile, unnaturally erect of stem

Author & Year	Title	Source
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
Fox, R., 2005	Fungal foes in your garden no 60: Periwinkle Rust	Mycologist Vol 19 (2): 72-73.
Grove, W.B., 1935	British Stem- and Leaf- Fungi: Coelomycetes Vol. I … Sphaeropsidales with hyaline conidia	Vol I, 488pp, Cambridge University Press

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

NBN

NBN (data.nbn.org.uk) has a distribution map for Vinca minor (Lesser Periwinkle)

Vinca minor (Lesser 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 minor (Lesser Periwinkle):

APOCYNACEAE
(periwinkles and asclepiads)

MAGNOLIOPSIDA
(flowering plants)

TRACHEOPHYTA
(vascular plants)

PLANTAE
(plants)

Eukaryota
(eukaryotes)

BIOTA
(living things)

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