Bradleya 29

[Colin Walker]

Hi Folks,

I've been away, during which time Bradleya 29 has been published. This is a bumper edition with 18 articles plus book reviews and a grand total of 184 pp. - the second largest issue ever. Contents are as follows:

• The identity of Drosanthemum micans (Aizoaceae) by H.E.K. Hartmann
• Diversity and distribution of Cactaceae in Ceará state, north-eastern Brazil by Marcelo O. T. Menezes, Nigel P. Taylor, Marlon C. Machado, Paulo J. A. Coelho and Diva Correia
• Esterhuysenia grahambeckii, a new rare species in the Aizoaceae (Mesembryanthema, Ruschioideae) from the Rooiberg, Western Cape, South Africa by Ernst J. van Jaarsveld
• Crassula fragarioides, a new sandstone outcrop species from the Bokkeveld Escarpment, Northern Cape, South Africa by Ernst J. van Jaarsveld, Nick Helme and Derek Tribble
• Two new species of Aloe in Kenya by Leonard E. Newton
• Provenance of the material on which the name Aloe mendesii Reynolds (Asphodelaceae), a cliff-dwelling species from Angola, is based by Gideon F. Smith and Estrela Figueiredo
• Agave americana L. (subsp. americana) var. expansa (Jacobi) Gentry (Agavaceae) naturalized in South Africa by Gideon F. Smith and Estrela Figueiredo
• South Africa’s ongoing Opuntia Mill. (Cactaceae) problem: the case of Opuntia microdasys (Lehm.) Pfeiff. by Gideon F. Smith, Estrela Figueiredo, James S. Boatwright and Neil R. Crouch
• The genus Cyphostemma (Planch.) Alston (Vitaceae) in Angola by Filipe de Sousa, Estrela Figueiredo and Gideon F. Smith
• The rough and the smooth: a reassessment of Conophytum reconditum by Andrew J. Young, Chris Rodgerson and Steven A. Hammer
• Genetic diversity among South African cactus pear genebank accessions using AFLP markers by Barbara K. Mashope, Liezel Herselman and Maryke T. Labuschagne
• Aloe sharoniae N.R.Crouch & Gideon F.Sm. (Asphodelaceae): species rank for a leptoaloe from southern Africa by Neil R. Crouch and Gideon F. Smith
• Who’s in a name: eponymy of the name Aloe thompsoniae Groenew., with notes on naming species after people by Estrela Figueiredo and Gideon F. Smith
• Reinstatement of Aloe graciliflora Groenew. (Asphodelaceae: Alooideae), a maculate aloe from north-east South Africa by Ronell R. Klopper, Olwen M. Grace, Gideon F. Smith and Estrela Figueiredo
• A new species of Pilosocereus subgenus Gounellea, P. frewenii, from SE Brazil by Daniela Zappi and Nigel Taylor
• South Africa’s succulents under threat by Janine E. Victor and Lufuno E. Makwarela
• Drosanthemum subgenus Speciosa (Aizoaceae): towards a revision of the plants with black staminodes by H.E.K. Hartmann and A. Le Roux
• What’s in a name: an update on epithets used in Aloe L. (Asphodelaceae) by Gideon F. Smith, Colin C. Walker and Estrela Figueiredo
Book reviews by Colin C. Walker