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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-undefined" data-properties=""><b>Shrubs </b>[trees]. <b>Stems</b> erect; twigs glabrous. <b>Leaves</b> persistent, alternate, (reduced in size proximal to inflorescence); petiole present; blade chartaceous [coriaceous], margins entire. <b>Inflorescences</b> terminal racemes or panicles, 2–5-flowered, sometimes flowers solitary; perulae absent. <b>Flowers</b> bisexual, radially symmetric; sepals [5] 7, connate for 1/2 their lengths; petals [5–]7, distinct, (covered with sticky exudate), corolla deciduous, rotate; stamens [10] 14, included; anthers without awns, dehiscent by terminal pores; ovary [5–]7-locular; style barely exserted; stigma 7-lobed [capitate]. <b>Fruits</b> capsular, depressed-oblong, dehiscence septicidal. <b>Seeds</b> ca. 100–300, ellipsoid [oblong], without wings, with very short tail; 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><i>Bejaria</i> is widespread in Latin America, where it is an important component of the subparamo flora. <i>Bejaria racemosa</i> 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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|references={{Treatment/Reference
|id=clemants1995a
|text=Clemants, S. E. 1995. Bejaria. In: Organization for Flora Neotropica. 1968+. Flora Neotropica. 98+ nos. New York. No. 66, pp. 54–106.
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|id=fedtschenko1928a
|text=Fedtschenko, B. A. and N. A. Basilevskaja. 1928. Revision of the genus Bejaria Mutis. Bot. Gaz. 85: 299–322.
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|id=mansfeld1935a
|text=Mansfeld, R. and H. Sleumer. 1935. Revision der Gattung Befaria Mutis. Notizbl. Bot. Gart. Berlin-Dahlem 12: 235–276.
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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=clemants1995a;fedtschenko1928a;mansfeld1935a
|publication title=Mant. Pl.,
|publication year=
|special status=
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|subfamily=Ericaceae subfam. Ericoideae
|genus=Bejaria
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