What is "maschalocephalus"

Maschalocephalus is a genus of plants in the family Rapateaceae first described in 1900.

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).

The genus name Maschalocephalus combines the Greek maschale (" axil") with cephalos ("head"). The specific epithet dinklagei commemorates Max Julius Dinklage (1864-1935), a German consul in Monrovia and avid botanical specimens collector.