The newly proposed genus Lanugothamnus Deble is considered a synonym of Baccharis, since phylogenetic data strongly support the monophyly of Baccharis sensu lato and reject the current circumscription of Baccharis subg. Tarchonanthoides, on which the circumscription of the new genus is based. Two new combinations are proposed: Baccharis anabelae (Deble) G.Heiden and Baccharis pluricapitulata (Deble) G. Heiden, based on taxa originally described in Lanugothamnus.