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Aloes and Lilies of Ethiopia and Eritrea

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90 ALOACEAE<br />

Fig. 47. Aloe<br />

camperi,<br />

cultivated<br />

material, original<br />

specimen<br />

collected from<br />

near Kombolcha,<br />

Welo floristic<br />

region.<br />

based on the type material collected near Ghinda in<br />

<strong>Eritrea</strong>. It is also known by other names, such as A. eru<br />

described by Berger in 1908, <strong>and</strong> as A. abyssinica in the<br />

sense <strong>of</strong> Salm Dyck, not in the sense <strong>of</strong> Lamarck (1783).<br />

A. camperi belongs to a group <strong>of</strong> cau lescent aloes<br />

(numbers 31–41) mainly characterised by erect,<br />

ascending or spraw ling stems that are more than 5 cm in<br />

diameter. There is a clear geographical separation <strong>of</strong> the<br />

caulescent group <strong>of</strong> aloes into two subgroups. Species <strong>of</strong><br />

the first subgroup (including A. adigratana, A. cam peri,<br />

A. schelpei, <strong>and</strong> A. sinana) occur from northern Shewa<br />

towards <strong>Eritrea</strong>, while species in the second subgroup<br />

(including A. calidophila, A. gilbertii, A. megal acantha,<br />

<strong>and</strong> A. yavel lana) occur from southern Shewa <strong>and</strong><br />

extending to Eastern <strong>and</strong> Southern <strong>Ethiopia</strong>. Thus the<br />

distinctive characters will be mentioned only in relation

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