Recent activities

Ahmed and Faisal gave a presentation on Introduction to the Plants of Somaliland (see April) and Faisal presented a poster on work he, Helen Pickering, and Ahmed had done on "The history tree of Ina Guuxa".

Prepared photographs of Ziziphus species for use in a documentation challenge and met with representatives of Amoud University, the University of Burao, and the Somaliland Biodiversity Research Institute.

Introduction to the plants of Central Somaliland, ed. 2 published. The new edition is bilingual (English and Somali) has improved color, a stronger binding, a brief explanation of why names change, and correction of some errors in the first edition.

Aloe kaysei formally named and described. The name honors Kayse Ali, the pastoralist who first noticed it.