Biology:Pellegrinia

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Short description: Genus of plants

Pellegrinia
Scientific classification e
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

Wikidata ☰ Q250857 entry