Xerothamnella

{{short description|Genus of Acanthaceae plants}}

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|taxon = Xerothamnella

|authority = C.T.WhiteProc. Roy. Soc. Queensland 55: 72 (1944)

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Xerothamnella is a genus of flowering plants in the family Acanthaceae, native to Queensland, Australia. A molecular study shows that it is nested within Peristrophe.{{cite journal |doi=10.12705/663.8 |title=Unraveling relationships in the morphologically diverse and taxonomically challenging "justicioid" lineage (Acanthaceae: Justicieae) |year=2017 |last1=Kiel |first1=Carrie A. |last2=Daniel |first2=Thomas F. |last3=Darbyshire |first3=Iain |last4=McDade |first4=Lucinda A. |journal=Taxon |volume=66 |issue=3 |pages=645–674 }}