Urbananthus is a genus of Caribbean plants in the tribe Eupatorieae within the family Asteraceae.[ King, Robert Merrill & Robinson, Harold Ernest. 1971. Phytologia 22: -5455][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.]
The genus is named in honor of German botanist Ignatz Urban, 1848–1931.[
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Urbananthus critoniformis (Urb.) R.M.King & H.Rob. - Jamaica
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Urbananthus pluriseriatus (B.L.Rob.) R.M.King & H.Rob. - Cuba