{{Short description|Genus of flowering plants}} {{Automatic taxobox |image = |image_caption = |taxon = Synaptolepis |authority = Oliv. (1870) }}
'''''Synaptolepis''''' is a genus of flowering plants belonging to the family Thymelaeaceae.<ref name="POWO">{{cite web |title=''Synaptolepis'' Oliv. {{!}} Plants of the World Online {{!}} Kew Science |url=https://powo.science.kew.org/taxon/urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:39333-1 |website=Plants of the World Online |access-date=19 March 2021 |language=en}}</ref>
Its native range is tropical and southern Africa and Madagascar.<ref name="POWO" />
==Species== Five species are accepted.<ref name="POWO" /> *''Synaptolepis alternifolia'' {{small|Oliv.}} *''Synaptolepis kirkii'' {{small|Oliv.}} *''Synaptolepis oliveriana'' {{small|Gilg}} *''Synaptolepis perrieri'' {{small|Leandri}} *''Synaptolepis retusa'' {{small|H.Pearson}}
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Category:Thymelaeaceae Category:Thymelaeaceae genera Category:Flora of the Afrotropical realm Category:Taxa described in 1870 Category:Taxa named by Daniel Oliver