Litothamnus

{{Short description|Genus of flowering plants}}

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| image = Litothamnus nitidus (DC.) W.C.Holmes (7011899059).jpg

| image_caption = Litothamnus nitidus

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| taxon = Litothamnus

| authority = R.M.King & H.Rob.

| type_species = Litothamnus ellipticus

| type_species_authority = R.M.King & H.Rob.

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Litothamnus is a genus of Brazilian flowering plants in the tribe Eupatorieae within the family Asteraceae.D.J.N.Hind & H.E.Robinson. 2007. Tribe Eupatorieae In: The Families and Genera of Vascular Plants vol.VIII. (Joachim W.Kadereit & Charles Jeffrey, volume editors. Klaus Kubitzky, general editor). Springer-Verlag. Berlin, Heidelberg.[https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/13044740#page/89/mode/1up King, Robert Merrill & Robinson, Harold Ernest. 1979. Phytologia 44: 79-83] description in Latin, commentary in English, location of type collection in Portuguese[http://www.tropicos.org/Name/40007909 Tropicos, Litothamnus R.M. King & H. Rob.]

; Species[http://dixon.iplantcollaborative.org/CompositaeWeb/Default.aspx?Page=NameSearch&searchText=Litothamnus&searchField=NameFull Flann, C (ed) 2009+ Global Compositae Checklist ] {{webarchive|url=https://archive.today/20141217143842/http://dixon.iplantcollaborative.org/CompositaeWeb/Default.aspx?Page=NameSearch&searchText=Litothamnus&searchField=NameFull |date=2014-12-17 }}

• Litothamnus ellipticus R.M.King & H.Rob. - Bahia
• Litothamnus nitidus (DC.) W.C.Holmes - Bahia