Aloe welmelensis Sebsebe & Nordal

First published in Kew Bull. 66: 117 (2011)
This species is accepted
The native range of this species is Ethiopia. It grows primarily in the seasonally dry tropical biome.

Distribution

Native to:

Ethiopia

Classification

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POWO follows these authorities in accepting this name:

  • Govaerts, R., Nic Lughadha, E., Black, N., Turner, R. & Paton, A. (2021). The World Checklist of Vascular Plants, a continuously updated resource for exploring global plant diversity. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41597-021-00997-6. Scientific Data 8: 215.

Kew Bulletin

  • Anderson, W. R. (2007). Reply to van Rijckevorsel’s Proposal to Suppress Selbyana vol. 23 Supplement. Taxon 56: 615 – 616.
  • Atwood, J. T., Dalström, S. & Fernández, R. (2002). Phragmipediumkovachii. Selbyana 23 (suppl., preprint): 1 [10 June 2002].
  • Christenson, E. (2002). Phragmipediumperuvianum. Orchids 71: 620.
  • Dioli, M. & McCoy, T. (2007). Aloe elkerriana (Asphodelaceae), a new Ethiopian species from the type locality of A. jacksonii. Haseltonia 13: 34 – 37.CrossRefGoogle Scholar
  • Higgins, W. E. & Benzing, D. H. (2007). Response to: Proposal to add Selbyana vol. 23 Supplement to the “opera utiqueoppressa” by Paul van Rijckevorsel. Taxon 56: 968 – 969.CrossRefGoogle Scholar
  • Newton, L. E. (2002). A new species of Aloe on the Ethiopia-Sudan Border. Haseltonia No. 9: 14 – 16.
  • SebsebeDemissew & Dioli, M. (2000). A new Aloe (Aloaceae) species from Ogaden (Southeastern Ethiopia). Kew Bull. 55: 679 – 682.CrossRefGoogle Scholar
  • SebsebeDemissew & Gilbert, M. (1997). Aloaceae. In: S. Edwards, SebsebeDemissew & I. Hedberg (eds), Flora of Ethiopia and Eritrea, Vol. 6: 117 – 135. The National Herbarium, Addis Ababa & Uppsala.
  • SebsebeDemissew & Gilbert, M. (2000). A new species of Aloe (Aloaceae) from SW Ethiopia. Kew Bull. 55: 683 – 686.CrossRefGoogle Scholar
  • SebsebeDemissew, Nordal, I. & Stabbetorp, O. E. (2001). Endemism and patterns of distribution of the genus Aloe (Aloaceae) in the Flora of Ethiopia and Eritrea. Biol. Skr. 54: 233 – 246.
  • SebsebeDemissew, Nordal, I. & Stabbetorp, O. E. (2003). Flowers of Ethiopia and Eritrea: aloes and other lilies. Shama Books, Addis Ababa.
  • van Rijckevorsel, P. (2006). Proposal to add Selbyana vol. 23 Supplement to the “opera utiqueoppressa”. Taxon 55: 1053 – 1053.Cross RefGoogle Scholar

Kew Species Profiles

  • Demissew, S., Friis, I., Awas, T., Wilkin, P., Weber, O., Bachman, S. & Nordal, I. (2011). Four new species of Aloe (Aloaceae) from Ethiopia, with notes on the ethics of describing new taxa from foreign countries. Kew Bulletin 66: 111-121. Download article from Springerlink.

Other Data

Other Kew resources that provide information on this taxon:

Date Reference Identified As Barcode Type Status Has image?
Friis, I.; Gilbert, M.G.; Vollesen [3736] Ethiopia K000204703 Yes

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