Aloes and Lilies of Ethiopia and Eritrea

ALOE
- Bracts 3—6 mm long; perianth 17—22 mm long 40
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39. Racemes 12—22 cm long; bracts 9—12 × 2.5—4 mm 32. A. adigratana
- Racemes 5.5—8.5(—14) cm long; bracts 7—8 × 2 mm 33. A. sinana
40. Leaves up to 60 cm long, often less, green, spotted whitish at least near base (in
Eritrea, Tigray and Welo) 31. A. camperi
- Leaves ca. 80 cm long, uniformly grey green, not spotted (in Gamo Gofa and
Sidamo) 34. A. calidophila
41. Inflorescences with 4 or more racemes 42
- Inflorescence with up to 3 racemes; restricted to parts of the Blue Nile gorge
system, near Debre Llibanos 37. A. schelpei.
42. Dwarf plant ca. 30 cm long; leaves up to 18 cm long; marginal teeth hooked and
pointing to leaf apex; restricted to SW Kefa bordering the Elimi triangle bordering
Sudan 39. A. clarkei
- Plant scandent, if erect more than 40 cm long; leaves > 25 mm long; marginal
teeth absent to 2 mm long or if > 3 mm long, spreading, not hooked; widespread
in central, southern and eastern Ethiopia 43
43. Flowers arranged to one side (secund) or almost so; pedicel 5—8 mm long 44
- Flowers arranged in all sides; pedicel 10—17 mm long 45
44. Stems stout 5—7 cm wide; leaves 5—10 cm wide; marginal teeth 3 mm long, white
with brownish tip 38. A. ghibensis
- Stems slender, 1.8—2 cm wide; leaves 2—4 cm wide; marginl teeth < 1 mm long
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45. Flowers arranged all to one side (secund); perianth pink, outer lobes open for
10—12 mm long 42. A. welmelensis
- Flowers mostly arranged to one side, not all (subsecund); perianth yellow, outer
lobes open for 5-6 mm long 40. A. friisii
46. Perianth 20—22 mm long; pedicel 8—12 mm long 47
- Perianth 25—28 mm long; pedicel up to 17 mm long 48
47. Stem diameter 0.5—1 cm wide; leaf teeth 0.5—1 mm long; racemes 3—4; flowers
lax 1—3 flowers per cm 43. A. tewoldei
- Stem diameter 3—4 cm wide; leaf teeth ca. 3 mm long; racemes 8—10; flowers
dense 6—10 flowers per cm 41. A. yavellana
48. Stems scandent, slender 3—5 m long, 1—2 cm wide; leaf teeth 1—2 mm long,
whitish-pink; inflorescence with 4—5 racemes 44. A. elkerriana
- Stems stout, mostly erect 50 cm to 2 m long, 5—7 cm wide; leaf teeth 3—6 mm
long, pinkish to brownish; inflorescence with 6—25 racemes 49