“Cactus and Succulent Journal” – Volume 97-1

C&SJ 2025 Vol. 97-1 will be mailed in February 2025. Notable themes in this issue include Mojave Desert Land Trust, a trip to the Big Bend region of Texas, Oddballs: an ongoing study in unusual plant populations, and much more ...

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In this issue

  • Editorial
    Peter Breslin
  • Mojave Desert Land Trust: saving and restoring the desert landscape
    Ann Hopkinson
  • Eriosyce tuberculosa (Cactaceae), a new species from the Atacama Region, Chile
    Stefan Campbell
  • Twins: an unexpected reproductive strategy in genus Operculicarya
    Daniel Houston and Joseph Stead
  • A memorable trip to the Big Bend region of West Texas, featuring the flowering Ariocarpus fissuratus and other local flora
    Echo Pang
  • Illustrating Cactaceae: capturing wild beauty in a troubled world
    Marc Nevsky
  • Looking for Crassulaceae in La Gomera, Canary Islands, Spain
    Marco Cristini
  • Oddballs: an ongoing study in unusual plant populations
    Ron Parker
  • Book Reviews
    by Gerhard Bock and Peter Breslin

Cactus and Succulent Journal
97-1 Spring 2025

The Cactus & Succulent Journal has been published continually by the CSSA since 1929.

Admiring a very graceful Glandulicactus wrightii (Engelm.) D.J.Ferguson with my camera near Ruidosa, TX.

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Front cover: A remarkable illustration of the federally-listed endangered species, Escobaria (Pelecyphora) robbinsorum, by Marc Nevsky.