Aloe pulcherrima – a beautiful Ethiopian endemic
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The aloes of Ethiopia and Eritrea are moderately diverse. Edwards et al (1997) recognised 38 species, including Aloe vituensis which has yet to be located north of Ethiopia’s border with Kenya, so it is not, as yet, an Ethiopian Aloe. The most recent complete survey of aloes in Ethiopia and Eritrea (Sebsebe Demissew & Nordal, 2010) recognised 46 species, again including A. vituensis. Since that book was published (and even before), five additional species have been described from Ethiopia and Eritrea: Aloe djiboutiensis, downsiana, montis-nabro, neosteudneri and omoana. Not counting A. vituensis, the current total for Ethiopia and Eritrea is therefore 50 species, representing approximately 10% of the total for the genus, so these countries together account for a substantial number of Aloe taxa.
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