Pellegrinia | |
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Scientific classification
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Kingdom: | Plantae |
Clade: | Tracheophytes |
Clade: | Angiosperms |
Clade: | Eudicots |
Clade: | Asterids |
Order: | Ericales |
Family: | Ericaceae |
Genus: |
Pellegrinia Sleumer |
Pellegrinia is a genus of flowering plants belonging to the family Ericaceae. [1]
It is native to Colombia and Peru in western South America. [1]
The genus name of Pellegrinia is in honour of François Pellegrin (1881–1965), a French botanist, who specialised in the plants of tropical Africa. [2] It was first described and published in Notizbl. Bot. Gart. Berlin-Dahlem Vol.12 on page 287 in 1935. [1]
According to Kew: [1]