Pellegrinia

Short description: Genus of plants

Pellegrinia

Scientific classification
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]

## Known species

According to Kew:[1]

* Pellegrinia coccinea (Hoerold) Sleumer
* Pellegrinia grandiflora (Ruiz & Pav.) Sleumer
* Pellegrinia harmsiana (Hoerold) Sleumer
* Pellegrinia hirsuta (Ruiz & Pav.) Sleumer

## References

1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 "Pellegrinia Sleumer | Plants of the World Online | Kew Science" (in en). https://powo.science.kew.org/taxon/urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:296851-2.
2. ↑ Burkhardt, Lotte (2018) (in German) (pdf). Verzeichnis eponymischer Pflanzennamen – Erweiterte Edition. Berlin: Botanic Garden and Botanical Museum, Freie Universität Berlin. doi:10.3372/epolist2018. ISBN 978-3-946292-26-5. https://doi.org/10.3372/epolist2018. Retrieved 1 January 2021.

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