Aloe ikiorum: A new species from Uganda

摘要

In January 2006, the author joined Gil frid Powys on a road trip from Kenya to north east Uganda to visit Kidepo National Park. To shorten the journey it was decided to cross to Uganda via the seldom used Kenyan border post of Oro-poi. This border post is in Turkana District, in the north west of Kenya, at the of the Rift Valley directly facing the Ugandan escarpment and south of Kidepo National Park. In our haste to reach Kidepo, no time was spent on the escarpment. However, on the way back it was decided to explore the top of the steep Ugandan escarpment overlooking the Kenyan plain.