Wendlandia psychotrioides is a species of shrubs or small trees, constituting part of the plant family Rubiaceae.

It was scientifically described in 1889 and 1892 by Ferdinand von Mueller, notable colonial Melbourne Herbarium botanist.

William A. Sayer,[7][8] botanical collector associate of Mueller, collected specimens of it about "Mt Bellenden Ker" in 1887 as recorded on the "9/87" label written by Ferdinand von Mueller on his herbarium specimen sent on 15 March 1892 to Kew Royal Botanic Gardens, UK.

[9] "On the Russell River; W. Sayers [sic]", is its location and collector recorded in Ferdinand von Mueller’s 1889 published original botanical description of this species.

Mueller’s 1889 original botanical description of the species was under the name Oldenlandia psychotrioides.