The Cactus and Succulent Society of America (CSSA), founded in 1929, is a worldwide community of avid gardeners, hobby and commercial horticulturists, nurserymen, and professional scientists who all share an appreciation for cacti and other types of succulent plants.
The objectives of the Society are reflected in our Mission Statement-
A new, arborescent species of Dracaena from Saudi Arabia
John J Lavranos
The Great Escape
Graham Williamson
Sedum sinforosanum (Crassulaceae) a new species from the state of Chihuahua, Mexico
Jeronimo Reyes Santiago, Julia Etter & Martin Kristen
Pushing the limits: landscaping with cacti and succulents in cold climates #25
Leo Chance
A new species of Puya (Bromeliaceae) from coastal Peru
Zlatko Janeba
Opuntia fragilis in the San Juan Islands
Root Gorelick
The Crassulaceae of Cusco, Peru Part II: subfamily Sedoidae
Guillermo Pino, Washington Galiano, Percy Nunez Vargas & Ben Kamm
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Instructions for Authors -
Host response and endophyte structure of the mistletoe Ligaria cuneifolia (Loranthaceae) parasitizing Corryocactus brevistylus (Cactaceae)
James D. Mauseth, Stephen Benigno, Fátima Cáceres Huamani, and Carlos Ostolaza
Symptomatology of infestation by Hypogeococcus pungens: contrasts between host species
Roberto Carrera-Martínez, Laura Aponte-Díaz, Jorge Ruiz-Arocho and David A. Jenkins
Flowering phenology and observations on the pollination biology of South American cacti. 2. Cereus aethiops
Urs Eggli and Mario Giorgetta
Succulents and their adaptation to mega-herbivores in the Gonarezhou National Park (Eastern Zimbabwe) and the first records in Zimbabwe of the succulent twiner Tinospora fragosa and a succulent mistletoe, Agelanthus crassifolius
Ernst J. van Jaarsveld
On the ancestry of the tetraploid shrubby aloes in Kenya
A.M. Uleh, L.E. Newton, P. K. Mbuga and G. W. Gatheri
Notes on Ruschia dichroa (Aizoaceae): an endemic to the arid mountain fynbos of the Western Cape, South Africa
C. Klak and P.V. Bruyns
Aloe scorpioides; a new range extension to the Sierra Das Neves, south-west Angola
Ernst J. van Jaarsveld
Notes on Aloe ×nobilis Haw. (Asphodelaceae: Alooideae)
Gideon F. Smith and Estrela Figueiredo
Cotyledon woodii subsp. cremnophila, a new cliff dwelling taxon from the Kei river, Eastern Cape, Republic of South Africa
Ernst J. van Jaarsveld
Four new taxa of the genus Echeveria from the state of Oaxaca, Mexico
Jerónimo Reyes Santiago, Christian Brachet Ize, Omar González Zorzano, Angeles Islas Luna and Lilian López Chávez
Cotyledon lutea, a new species from the Western Cape, Republic of South Africa
Ernst J. van Jaarsveld
Sedum ×estrelae (Gideon F.Sm. & R.Stephenson) Gideon F.Sm. (Crassulaceae): a new combination for a natural hybrid in Sedum series Rupestria A.Berger (= Petrosedum Grulich) from Portugal
Gideon F. Smith
Crassula montana subsp. borealis, a new cliff-dwelling species from Namaqualand, Northern Cape, Republic of South Africa
Ernst J. van Jaarsveld
Annotated bibliography for the Colorado Hookless Cactus (Sclerocactus glaucus)
Nancy D. Riley
Published research in Cacti and Succulents, 2014–June 2015: a (briefly) annotated, selected bibliography
Peter B. Breslin
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Instructions for Authors
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Contents
President’s Message
William Francis Maddams
2015 Seed Depot
2015 Calendar of Events
CSSA Election Results
Beginner’s Guide to Succulent Pelargoniums
Pushing the Limits with Cacti and Succulents in
Cold Climates
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100 pages with 77 color photos. Topics covered include Haworthia, Gasteria, Agave, Dyckia, Hechtia, Drimiopsis, and more. 
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New CSSA Publication
Beginner’s Guide to Haworthia, Agave and other Succulent Monocots by Tom Glavich Topics covered include Haworthia, Gasteria, Agave, Dyckia, Hechtia, Drimiopsis, and more.
Time to renew those memberships
Its that time of year again, the time of year where a majority of our members renew their CSSA memberships.
In memory of Gerald S. Barad (1923—2016)
Download Gerald’s Bio