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.
Berlin-Dahlem Vol.12 on page 287 in 1935.