Betonica Explained

Betonica is a genus of the plants in the family Lamiaceae.

Betonica was until recently usually included in the genus Stachys as a subgenus Stachys subg. Betonica (L.) Bhattacharjee, but was separated at genus rank from Stachys when a detailed morphological examination showed clear consistent differences in both the foliage and flowers, valid at a higher rank than the previous treatment as just a subgenus.^[1] This has been confirmed by genetic study, which shows Betonica is separate from Stachys and more closely related to the hemp-nettles Galeopsis.^[2]

Species

Species include:

• Betonica alopecuros L.
• Betonica betoniciflora (Rupr. ex O.Fedtsch. & B.Fedtsch.) Sennikov
• Betonica brantii (Benth.) Boiss.
• Betonica bulgarica Degen & Nejceff
• Betonica hirsuta L.
• Betonica macrantha K.Koch
• Betonica nivea Steven
• Betonica officinalis L.
• Betonica orientalis L.
• Betonica scardica Griseb.

Notes and References

1. Giuliani . C. . Maleci Bini . L. . Glandular trichomes as further differential characters between Stachys subgenus Betonica (L.) Bhattacharjee and Stachys subgenus Stachys . Plant Biosystems . 2012 . 146 . supplement 1 . 1–8 . 10.1080/11263504.2012.663810 . 2012PBios.146S...1G . 2024-07-20.
2. Bendiksby . Mika . Thorbek . Lisbeth . Scheen . Anne-Cathrine . Lindqvist . Charlotte . Ryding . Olof . An updated phylogeny and classification of Lamiaceae subfamily Lamioideae . Taxon . 2011 . 60 . 2 . 471–484. 10.1002/tax.602015 .