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-
Cacti of northwestern Peru: the CSSA field trip of August 2016
James D Mauseth
Agaves of Arizona part II
Ron Parker
Texas Peyote Culture
Kevin Feeney
Agave cremnophila (Agavaceae) a new species from southeastern Oaxaca, Mexico
Greg D Starr, Julia Etter & Martin Kristen
Molecular analysis of the genus Eriosyce part III
Fred Kattermann
Pushing the limits: landscaping with cacti and succulents in cold climates #27
Leo Chance
The repeat-flowering Agave is a botanical Bigfoot
Scott Zona
Sedum lucidum (Crassulaceae) an endemic stonecrop of Veracruz, Mexico
Miguel Chazaro-basanez & Jaime Rivera-Hernandez
CSSA Seed Depot 2018 list
Sue Haffner
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Invited review: Comparative analysis of load adaptation strategies in columnar cacti and hardwood trees
Hannes Schwager
Morphology and anatomy support a reclassification of the African succulent taxa of Senecio s.l. (Asteraceae: Senecioneae)
Danielle Cicuzza, Danielle Sombra Stäheli, Reto Nyffeler and Urs Eggli
Nomenclatural proliferation and the superabundance of homotypic synonyms in Grusonia (Opuntioideae, Cactaceae)
Rolando T. Bárcenas and Julie A. Hawkins
Architectural effects on floral traits in Sedum praealtum DC. (Crassulaceae) in Mexico
Angélica María Hernández-Ramírez
Extending the natural distribution range of Astroloba herrei Uitewaal (Asphodelaceae: Alooideae): implications for its conservation status
Steven Molteno, Gideon F. Smith and Ernst van Jaarsveld
Gasteria koenii, a new Gasteria species from the Swartberg, Western-Cape, South Africa
Ernst van Jaarsveld
Bulbine dewetii, a new cliff-dwelling Bulbine species (Asphodelaceae) from the Western Cape
Ernst van Jaarsveld
Notes on Kalanchoe rotundifolia (Haw.) Haw. (Crassulaceae) in Southern Africa: the taxonomy of a species complex
Gideon F. Smith and Estrela Figuereido
The identity of Kalanchoe paniculata Harv. (Crassulaceae), a common species in southeastern and south-tropical africa
Gideon F. Smith and Estrela Figuereido
New records of Cactaceae from Gran Canaria (Canary Islands, Spain)
Filip Verloove, Águedo Marrero Rodríguez, Marcos Salas-Pascual and Alessandro Guiggi
Typification of the names Agave gustaviana J.N.Haage & E.Schmidt and A. maximiliana Baker (Asparagaceae / Agavaceae)
Gideon F. Smith
Flowering phenology and observations on the pollination biology of South American cacti. 3. Temporally robust sequential “big bang” flowering of two unrelated sympatric globular cacti in northern Argentina
Urs Eggli and Mario Giorgetta
Leipoldtia nevillei (Aizoaceae: Ruschieae), a new species from coastal Namaqualand, South Africa
Cornelia Klak and Peter V. Bruyns
Organ pipe cactus, Stenocereus thurberi, with fleshy leaves on spherical short-shoots that have indeterminate growth
Root Gorelick
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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