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Aloes and Lilies of Ethiopia and Eritrea

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Habitat <strong>and</strong><br />

distribution<br />

Aloe bertemariae<br />

Fig. 24. Aloe<br />

bertemariae,<br />

from Guddis in<br />

Harerge floristic<br />

region. Plate<br />

obtained from<br />

Kew Bulletin.<br />

ALOE<br />

57<br />

green to greenish­yellow, tomentose; outer lobes free for 14–18<br />

mm. Capsule 22–24 mm long, cylindrical.<br />

A. citrina grows in open deciduous bush l<strong>and</strong> on s<strong>and</strong>y<br />

soils from 275 to 1000 m in Sidamo region. It also occurs<br />

in Somalia <strong>and</strong> northern Kenya. The flowering is bimodal,<br />

in the rainy seasons from September to December <strong>and</strong><br />

from May to June.<br />

4. Aloe bertemariae Sebsebe & Dioli<br />

The specific epithet ‘bertemariae’ is given in honour <strong>of</strong><br />

Ms Berte Maria Ulvester, who is the wife <strong>of</strong> one <strong>of</strong> the<br />

authors <strong>of</strong> the species (Di oli), <strong>and</strong> who gave support for a<br />

botanical expedition in Ogaden. It was described in 2000<br />

with the type material collected from Guddis Village on<br />

the way to Imi in the Harerge floristic region.

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