Aloes and Lilies of Ethiopia and Eritrea

Professor Sebsebe Demissew
(Leader of the Ethiopian Flora
Project & Keeper of the National
Herbarium, Biology Department,
Science Faculty, Addis Ababa
University, Addis Ababa), was born
in Shewa in 1953. He obtained his
BSc. and MSc. degrees from the
University of Addis Ababa in 1978
and 1980 respectively, and his
PhD degree from the University
of Uppsala, Sweden, in 1985. He
is one of the leading experts in
the flora of the region, and he is
also the author of many scientific
articles in the field.
Professor Inger Nordal (staff
member of the Department
of Biology, University of Oslo,
Norway) was born in Oslo in
1944. She obtained her BSc. and
MSc. degrees from the University
of Oslo in 1967 and 1969,
respectively, and her PhD degree
from the University of Uppsala,
Sweden, in 1977. She is a leading
expert of systematics within lilies
in the wide sense, and she has
contributed to several regional
floras in Tropical Africa.