| Name | Maschalanthus Nuttall |
| Authorship | Nuttall |
| Rank | Genus |
| NomenclaturalStatus | LaterHomonym |
| Placed in | Euphorbiaceae |
| Contains | Maschalanthus obovatus Nutt. Maschalanthus polygonoides Nutt. |
| Remarks | later homonym (non K. P. J. Sprengel ex Schultz 1806); Type: M. obovatus Nutt. |
| GUID | urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:15635-1 |
| Citation | 1835 Trans. Amer. Philos. Soc. 5: 175 |