Macvaughiella is a genus of 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.][ King, Robert Merrill & Robinson, Harold Ernest. 1968. Sida 3(4): 282][ Tropicos, Macvaughiella R.M. King & H. Rob][Robinson, H. 1991. A review of the genus Macvaughiella (Eupatorieae: Asteraceae) with two new species. Systematic Botany 16(4): 639–643]
The genus is named in honor of the American botanist Rogers McVaugh (1909-2009) formerly of the University of Michigan.