2.8. 13. Sphedamnocarpus Planch. ex Benth. & Hook. f., Gen. Pl. 1: 256. 1862.

= Tricomariopsis Dubard, Compt. Rend. Hebd. Séances Acad. Sci. 145: 1190. 1907. Type species: Tricomariopsis madagascariensis Dubard (= Sphedamnocarpus dubardii R. Vig. & Humbert ex Arènes).

= Banisterioides Dubard & Dop, Rev. Gén. Bot. 20: 356. 1908. Type species: Banisterioides madagascariensis (Baker) Dubard & Dop (= Sphedamnocarpus multiflorus Nied.).

Type species.

Sphedamnocarpus angolensis (A. Juss.) Oliv.

Notes.

Sphedamnocarpus comprises ten currently accepted species (nine threatened species; Suppl. material 1) of shrubs or lianas endemic to savannas of Angola, Madagascar, Malawi, Mozambique, Namibia, South Africa, Swaziland, Zambia, and Zimbabwe, Africa (POWO 2024). For an identification key for all species of Sphedamnocarpus, see Arènes (1943 b).