Hectorella is a genus of flowering plants belonging to the family Montiaceae.

[1] It is monotypic, being represented by the single species Hectorella caespitosa.

[2] The genus name of Hectorella is in honour of James Hector (1834–1907), a Scottish-New Zealand geologist, naturalist and surgeon.

[3] The Latin specific epithet of caespitosa refers to caespitose meaning tufted or turf-like, from caespes or Cf.

[4] Hectorella caespitosa was first described and published in Handb.