{{Short description|Genus of flowering plants}} {{Automatic taxobox |image=Betonica officinalis.jpg |image_caption=''Betonica officinalis'' |taxon=Betonica |authority=L. }} '''''Betonica''''' is a genus of the plants in the family Lamiaceae.<ref name=powo/>
''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.<ref name="Giuliani">{{cite journal |last1=Giuliani |first1=C. |last2=Maleci Bini |first2=L. |title=Glandular trichomes as further differential characters between ''Stachys'' subgenus ''Betonica'' (L.) Bhattacharjee and ''Stachys'' subgenus ''Stachys'' |journal=Plant Biosystems |date=2012 |volume=146 |issue=supplement 1 |page=1–8 |doi=10.1080/11263504.2012.663810 |bibcode=2012PBios.146S...1G |url=https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/11263504.2012.663810 |access-date=2024-07-20|url-access=subscription }}</ref> This has been confirmed by genetic study, which shows ''Betonica'' is separate from ''Stachys'' and more closely related to the hemp-nettles ''Galeopsis''.<ref name="Bendiksby">{{cite journal |last1=Bendiksby |first1=Mika |last2=Thorbek |first2=Lisbeth |last3=Scheen |first3=Anne-Cathrine |last4=Lindqvist |first4=Charlotte |last5=Ryding |first5=Olof |title=An updated phylogeny and classification of Lamiaceae subfamily Lamioideae |journal=Taxon |date=2011 |volume=60 |issue=2 |pages=471–484|doi=10.1002/tax.602015 }}</ref>
==Species== Species include:<ref name=powo/> * ''Betonica alopecuros'' <small>L.</small> * ''Betonica betoniciflora'' <small>(Rupr. ex O.Fedtsch. & B.Fedtsch.) Sennikov</small> * ''Betonica brantii'' <small>(Benth.) Boiss.</small> * ''Betonica bulgarica'' <small>Degen & Nejceff</small> * ''Betonica hirsuta'' <small>L.</small> * ''Betonica macrantha'' <small>K.Koch</small> * ''Betonica nivea'' <small>Steven</small> * ''Betonica officinalis'' <small>L.</small> * ''Betonica orientalis'' <small>L.</small> * ''Betonica scardica'' <small>Griseb.</small>
==References== {{Reflist|refs= <ref name=powo>{{cite web |title=''Betonica'' L. |url=https://powo.science.kew.org/taxon/urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:20689-1 |website=Plants of the World Online |publisher=Royal Botanical Gardens Kew |access-date=21 December 2019}}</ref> }}
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Category:Lamiaceae Category:Lamiaceae genera
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