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|accepted_name=Bernardia
|accepted_authority=Houstoun ex Miller
|publications={{Treatment/Publication
|title=Gard. Dict. Abr. ed.
|place=4, vol. 1. 1754
|year=1754
}}
|common_names=Myrtlecroton;oreja de raton
|basionyms=
|synonyms=
|hierarchy=Euphorbiaceae;Bernardia
|hierarchy_nav=<div class="higher-taxa"><div class="higher-taxon"><small>family</small>[[Euphorbiaceae]]</div><div class="higher-taxon"><small>genus</small>[[Bernardia]]</div></div>
|etymology=Probably for Bernard de Jussieu, 1699–1777, French botanist
|volume=Volume 12
|mention_page=page 157, 158, 184
|treatment_page=page 182
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--><span class="statement" id="st-undefined" data-properties=""><b>Shrubs </b>[herbs or subshrubs], dioecious [monoecious]; hairs stellate [unbranched or absent]; latex absent. <b>Leaves</b> persistent, alternate, simple; stipules present, persistent or caducous; petiole present [absent], glands absent; blade unlobed, margins coarsely crenate to crenate-serrate [serrate or entire], laminar glands usually abaxial, proximal, crateriform, occasionally absent on some leaves [absent]; venation pinnate (with strong secondary veins ascending from base). <b>Inflorescences</b> unisexual, axillary, often on short, lateral shoots; staminate spicate thyrses, pistillate flowers solitary [terminal spikes]; glands subtending bracts 0. <b>Pedicels</b>: staminate present, pistillate absent [present]. <b>Staminate</b> flowers: sepals 3(–4), valvate, distinct; petals 0; nectary intrastaminal, 1 to several glands; stamens 3–15(–20)[–50], ± straight in bud, distinct; pistillode absent. <b>Pistillate</b> flowers: sepals 3–5, distinct; petals 0; nectary absent [present]; pistil 2–3-carpellate; styles 2–3, distinct, 2-fid, branches flattened, adaxial surface stigmatic. <b>Fruits</b> capsules. <b>Seeds</b> subglobose; caruncle absent. <b>x</b> = 13.</span><!--

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|distribution=sw;sc United States;Mexico;West Indies;Central America;South America.
|discussion=<p>Species ca. 70 (3 in the flora).</p><!--
--><p>The species that occur in the flora area are distinct from most species of the genus in being shrubs with relatively small leaves and stellate vestiture; most <i>Bernardia</i> species are perennial herbs or subshrubs. The rounded shrubs native to the flora area grow well in cultivation and would make attractive native borders within their range.</p>
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==Key==
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{| class="wikitable fna-keytable"
|-id=key-0-1
|1
|Leaf blade abaxial surfaces green, sparsely spreading stellate-pubescent, veins not prominent abaxially; pistils 2-carpellate.
|[[Bernardia obovata|Bernardia obovata]]
|-id=key-0-1
|1
|Leaf blade abaxial surfaces grayish white, densely appressed and/or spreading stellate-pubescent, veins prominent abaxially; pistils 3-carpellate.
|[[#key-0-2| > 2]]
|-id=key-0-2
|2
|Stipules persistent, yellowish brown to black, bases thickened, with dark resinous exudate; stamens (3–)5–7.
|[[Bernardia incana|Bernardia incana]]
|-id=key-0-2
|2
|Stipules caducous, green to straw colored, bases not thickened, without dark resinous exudate; stamens (10–)12–15(–20).
|[[Bernardia myricifolia|Bernardia myricifolia]]
|}
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-->{{#Taxon:
name=Bernardia
|author=Mark H. Mayfield
|authority=Houstoun ex Miller
|rank=genus
|parent rank=family
|synonyms=
|basionyms=
|family=Euphorbiaceae
|distribution=sw;sc United States;Mexico;West Indies;Central America;South America.
|reference=None
|publication title=Gard. Dict. Abr. ed.
|publication year=1754
|special status=
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|genus=Bernardia
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