Lauterbachia is a monotypic genus of flowering plants belonging to the family Monimiaceae.

[1] The only species is Lauterbachia novoguineensis Perkins.

[2] The genus name of Lauterbachia is in honour of Carl Adolf Georg Lauterbach (1864–1937), a German explorer and botanist.

[3] The Latin specific epithet of novoguineensis means from New Guinea (where the plant was found).

[4] Both genus and species were first described and published in K.M.Schumann & C.A.G.Lauterbach, Fl.