''Krubera peregrina'' is a species of plants in the family
Apiaceae
Apiaceae () or Umbelliferae is a family of mostly aromatic flowering plants named after the type genus ''Apium,'' and commonly known as the celery, carrot, or parsley family, or simply as umbellifers. It is the 16th-largest family of flowering p ...
. 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
Moscow
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, Russia. The Latin
specific epithet
In Taxonomy (biology), taxonomy, binomial nomenclature ("two-term naming system"), also called binary nomenclature, is a formal system of naming species of living things by giving each a name composed of two parts, both of which use Latin gramm ...
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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References
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Apioideae
Flora of Malta