Maschalocephalus is a genus of plants in the family Rapateaceae first described in 1900.Gilg, Ernest Friedrich & Schumann, Karl Moritz. 1900. Botanische Jahrbücher für Systematik, Pflanzengeschichte und Pflanzengeographie 28: 148Tropicos, Maschalocephalus Gilg & K.Schum.
As a disjunct, it is the only genus of the family outside of South America, as the genus's only known species is Maschalocephalus dinklagei, native to West Africa (Guinea, Ivory Coast, Liberia, Sierra Leone).Kew World Checklist of Selected Plant Families
The genus name Maschalocephalus combines the Greek μασχάλη, maschalē ("axil") with κεφαλή, kephalē ("head"). The specific epithet dinklagei commemorates (1864-1935), a German consul in Monrovia and avid botanical specimens collector.
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