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|accepted_name=Bejaria
|accepted_authority=Mutis in C. Linnaeus
|publications={{Treatment/Publication
|title=Mant. Pl.,
|place=152, 242. 1771, orthography conserved (as Befaria) ,
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|common_names=Rose of the Andes
|basionyms=
|synonyms=
|hierarchy=Ericaceae;Ericaceae subfam. Ericoideae;Bejaria
|hierarchy_nav=<div class="higher-taxa"><div class="higher-taxon"><small>family</small>[[Ericaceae]]</div><div class="higher-taxon"><small>subfamily</small>[[Ericaceae subfam. Ericoideae]]</div><div class="higher-taxon"><small>genus</small>[[Bejaria]]</div></div>
|etymology=For José Béjar, eighteenth-century professor of surgery at Cádiz, Spain
|volume=Volume 8
|mention_page=page 370, 371, 374, 450
|treatment_page=page 449
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--><span class="statement" id="st-d0_s0" data-properties="whole_organism growth form"><b>Shrubs </b>[trees].</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s1" data-properties="stem orientation"><b>Stems </b>erect;</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s2" data-properties="twig pubescence">twigs glabrous.</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s3" data-properties="leaf duration;leaf arrangement"><b>Leaves </b>persistent, alternate, (reduced in size proximal to inflorescence);</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s4" data-properties="petiole presence">petiole present;</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s5" data-properties="blade pubescence or texture;margin architecture or shape">blade chartaceous [coriaceous], margins entire.</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s6" data-properties="inflorescence architecture;flower architecture or arrangement or growth form"><b>Inflorescences </b>terminal racemes or panicles, 2–5-flowered, sometimes flowers solitary;</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s7" data-properties="perula presence">perulae absent.</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s8" data-properties="flower reproduction;flower architecture or shape"><b>Flowers </b>bisexual, radially symmetric;</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s9" data-properties="sepal atypical quantity;sepal quantity;sepal fusion">sepals [5] 7, connate for 1/2 their lengths;</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s10" data-properties="petal atypical quantity;petal quantity;petal fusion;corolla duration;corolla shape">petals [5–] 7, distinct, (covered with sticky exudate), corolla deciduous, rotate;</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s11" data-properties="stamen atypical quantity;stamen quantity;stamen position">stamens [10] 14, included;</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s12" data-properties="anther dehiscence">anthers without awns, dehiscent by terminal pores;</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s13" data-properties="ovary architecture or structure in adjective form">ovary [5–] 7-locular;</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s14" data-properties="style position">style barely exserted;</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s15" data-properties="stigma shape">stigma 7-lobed [capitate].</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s16" data-properties="fruit architecture;fruit shape;fruit dehiscence"><b>Fruits </b>capsular, depressed-oblong, dehiscence septicidal.</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s17" data-properties="seed quantity;seed shape;tail height or length or size"><b>Seeds </b>ca. 100–300, ellipsoid [oblong], without wings, with very short tail;</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s18" data-properties="testa architecture;testa architecture or coloration or relief">testa long-celled reticulate.</span><!--

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|distribution=se United States;Mexico;West Indies (Cuba);Central America;South America
|discussion=<p>Species 15 (1 in the flora).</p><!--
--><p>Bejaria is widespread in Latin America, where it is an important component of the subparamo flora. Bejaria racemosa is placed in the monotypic section Racemosae Fendchenko & Basilevskaja because of its chartaceous leaves without prominent abaxial midveins and the inflorescence that appears stalked because of the marked reduction in leaf size below the inflorescence. The original spelling, Befaria, has been shown to be an orthographic error.</p>
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name=Bejaria
|author=Steven E. Clemants†
|authority=Mutis in C. Linnaeus
|rank=genus
|parent rank=subfamily
|synonyms=
|basionyms=
|family=Ericaceae
|distribution=se United States;Mexico;West Indies (Cuba);Central America;South America
|reference=None
|publication title=Mant. Pl.,
|publication year=
|special status=
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|subfamily=Ericaceae subfam. Ericoideae
|genus=Bejaria
|anther dehiscence=dehiscent
|blade pubescence or texture=chartaceous
|corolla duration=deciduous
|corolla shape=rotate
|flower architecture or arrangement or growth form=solitary
|flower architecture or shape=symmetric
|flower reproduction=bisexual
|fruit architecture=capsular
|fruit dehiscence=septicidal
|fruit shape=depressed-oblong
|inflorescence architecture=2-5-flowered
|leaf arrangement=alternate
|leaf duration=persistent
|margin architecture or shape=entire
|ovary architecture or structure in adjective form=[5-]7-locular
|perula presence=absent
|petal atypical quantity=5;7
|petal fusion=distinct
|petal quantity=7
|petiole presence=absent
|seed quantity=100;300
|seed shape=ellipsoid
|sepal atypical quantity=5
|sepal fusion=connate
|sepal quantity=7
|stamen atypical quantity=10
|stamen position=included
|stamen quantity=14
|stem orientation=erect
|stigma shape=7-lobed
|style position=exserted
|tail height or length or size=short
|testa architecture=long-celled
|testa architecture or coloration or relief=reticulate
|twig pubescence=glabrous
|whole_organism growth form=shrub
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