Aloe ikiorum: A new species from Uganda

Introduction In January 2006, the author joined Gilfrid 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 Oropoi. This border post is in Turkana District, in the north west of Kenya, at the base 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. The area, because of its high altitude, receives considerably more rainfall then the arid lowland of north-west Kenya, and has lush Juniper forest on the mountain tops, interspersed, on the lower slopes, with large grassland areas dominated by tall Hyparrhenia