Sympetalandra Stapf in Hook., Icon. Pl. IV, 8 (1901) t. 2721; Van Steenis, Blumea 22 (1975) 162; Polhill & J.E. Vidal in Polhill & Raven (eds.), Adv. Leg. Syst. 1 (1981) 95; Watson & Dallwitz, Gen. Leg.-Caesalp. (1983) 55; Hou, Larsen & Larsen, Fl. Malesiana 12 (1996) 709.
Type species: Sympetalandra borneensis Stapf.