A new classification system and taxonomic synopsis for Malpighiaceae (Malpighiales, Rosids) based on molecular phylogenetics, morphology, palynology, and chemistry Author de Almeida, Rafael F. 0000-0002-9562-9287 Universidade Estadual de Goiás, Campus Sudoeste, Quirinópolis, Goiás, Brazil & Royal Botanical Gardens, Kew, Richmond, UK Author de Morais, Isa L. 0000-0001-8748-9723 Universidade Estadual de Goiás, Campus Sudoeste, Quirinópolis, Goiás, Brazil Author Alves-Silva, Thais https://orcid.org/0009-0001-0760-6019 Universidade Estadual de Goiás, Campus Sudoeste, Quirinópolis, Goiás, Brazil Author Antonio-Domingues, Higor 0000-0001-9405-1930 Royal Botanical Gardens, Kew, Richmond, UK Author Pellegrini, Marco O. O. 0000-0002-8783-1362 Royal Botanical Gardens, Kew, Richmond, UK text PhytoKeys 2024 2024-05-22 242 69 138 journal article 10.3897/phytokeys.242.117469 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 ).