The new dwarf highly succulent Euphorbia aenigmatica of Euphorbia sect. Euphorbia is described from Somaliland. It is closely allied to E. phillipsioides S.Carter and E. phillipsiae N.E.Br., which are also endemic to Somaliland.

An in-depth study of Beschorneria in central Veracruz, Puebla, and Oaxaca revealed significant morphological differences among various populations of purported Beschorneria calcicola. Analysis of morphology, ecology, and distribution demonstrated that the populations restricted to low-lying semi-isolated limestone hills of central Veracruz and adjacent Puebla are significantly distinct from Beschorneria calcicola and are described as a new species.

Un estudio exhaustivo de Beschorneria en el centro de Veracruz, Puebla y Oaxaca mostró diferencias morfológicas significativas entre varias poblaciones de lo que hasta ahora ha sido considerada como Beschorneria calcicola. El análisis de la morfología, ecología y distribución demostró que las poblaciónes restringidas a los cerros calizos semiaislados del centro de Veracruz y la adyacente Puebla son significativamente distintas de Beschorneria calcicola y se describen como una nueva especie.

The taxonomic status of Astroloba pentagona (Asphodelaceae subfam. Alooideae) and the author attribution of this name are revisited. The name is applied to an accepted species, the type of which is the type of the genus name Astroloba, which is a small genus endemic to southwestern and southeastern South Africa. In the past the authorship of the name Astroloba pentagona was sometimes in error given as “(Haw.) Uitewaal”. It is shown that when, for nomenclatural accuracy, the name A. pentagona is cited with its author attribution, it is correctly A. pentagona (Aiton) Uitewaal. Taxonomically, A. pentagona previously had been regarded as a synonym of A. spiralis, a classification that is no longer followed.