''Krubera peregrina'' is a species of plants in the family

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. It is the only species in the genus ''Krubera''.

Taxonomy

The genus name of ''Krubera'' is in honour of Johann Julius Kruber (d. 1826), a doctor and botanist in

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, Russia. The Latin

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of ''peregrina'' is derived from Latin Peregrinus'', is a name originally meaning "one from abroad", that is, a foreigner, traveller, or pilgrim. It was first described and published in Gen. Pl. Umbell. on page 103 in 1814. Then the species was published in Man. Fl. Madeira Vol.1 on page 361 in 1864.

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