| Name | Lepidanthus Nuttall |
| Authorship | Nuttall |
| Rank | Genus |
| NomenclaturalStatus | LaterHomonym |
| Placed in | Euphorbiaceae |
| Contains | Lepidanthus phyllanthoides Nuttall |
| Remarks | later homonym (non Nees 1830). Type: L. phyllanthoides Nutt. |
| Citation | 1835 Trans. Amer. Philos. Soc. ser. 2, 5: 175 |