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Aloe jucunda Reynolds (1953:21)

 

 

Taxonomy & Nomenclature

 

 

Conservation Status

Last wild record: 1953 (Johnson, 1982:12-13)

Rediscovered in the wild on: 10 February 1982 (Johnson, 1982:12-13)

IUCN RedList status: Critically Endangered

 

"Our destination, after going to Burao for petrol, was the rest-house and so-called Forest Reserve at Gaan Libah on the edge of a steep mountain escarpment. In this area Peter Bally had discovered one of the most attractive small Aloes, Aloe jucunda, which readily reproduces vegetatively and is now common in cultivation. Several botanists had searched the area since 1953 when Peter Bally first collected the species, but with no success, and so the species had been feared extinct in the wild. We were therefore delighted, when, on February 10th, with the aid of a local Somali who spoke a little English, we found numerous plants growing under Box scrub (Buxus hildebrandtii) along the edge of the escarpment."

(Johnson, 1982:12-13)

 

Distribution & Habitat

Somalia

 

Biology & Ecology

 

 

Hypodigm

 

 

Media

 

 

References

Carter, S., Lavranos, J. J., Newton, L. E. and Walker, C. C. (2011). Aloes. The definitive guide: 1-720. Kew Publishing, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew.

Govaerts, R. (1995). World Checklist of Seed Plants 1(1, 2): 1-483, 1-529. MIM, Deurne.

Johnson, Margaret. (1982). Camel's Milk and Aloes: The travels of a Kew Expedition to Somalia. The Cactus and Succulent Journal of Great Britain 44(1): 9-16. https://www.jstor.org/stable/42786452

Jonkers, Bert. (2021). Extrafloral nectaries in Aloe – the sequel (CactusTalk section). CactusWorld 39(1): 75.

Oldfield, S. (1997). Tropical Africa (Chapter 3 in part). Cactus and Succulent Plants: Status Survey and Conservation Action Plan, pp. 52-59. IUCN, Gland, Switzerland and Cambridge, UK.

POWO. (2025). Plants of the World Online (online resource). Facilitated by the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew, United Kingdom. Available at: https://powo.science.kew.org/ [Accessed 24 July 2025]

Thulin, M. (ed.). (1995). Flora of Somalia 4: 1-298. The Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew, Richmond.

Weber, O. (2013). Aloe jucunda. The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2013: e.T201368A2702781. https://dx.doi.org/10.2305/IUCN.UK.2013-2.RLTS.T201368A2702781.en. Accessed on 24 July 2025.

 

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