Bartsia is a genus of flowering plants in the family Orobanchaceae.
Etymology
Bartsia was named after Johann Bartsch (Latinized as Johannes Bartsius, 1709-1738), a botanist of Königsberg. The plant was named for him by his associate Carl Linnaeus, and the genus has been sometimes spelt as Bartschia.
Starbia, an anagram of Bartsia, is another genus of Orobanchaceae, synonym of Alectra.
Phylogeny
The phylogeny of the genera of Rhinantheae has been explored using molecular characters. Bartsia belongs to the core Rhinantheae. Bartsia sensu stricto (e.g. B. alpina) is the sister genus to Odontites, Bellardia, Tozzia, Hedbergia, and Euphrasia.
Genus-level cladogram of tribe Rhinantheae.
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Rhinantheae
Melampyrum
Rhynchocorys
Lathraea
Rhinanthus
Core Rhinantheae
Bartsia sensu stricto (Bartsia alpina)
Euphrasia
Hedbergia (including Bartsia decurva + B. longiflora)
Tozzia
Odontites sensu lato (including Bartsiella and Bornmuellerantha)
