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Pardon our Dust. The archives are currently being reconstructed on this new site. In the meantime, the old archive page is still available.

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We have ambitious plans to upload historical articles from our publications to our website. Much of this section is placeholder for now, as it may take years to build out this dream. If you want to help, contact Julie Taber or Jon Schwark.

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Biographies

Celebrate the botanists, naturalists, scientists, horticulturists, historians, and botanical illustrators, who have contributed to our collective knowledge.

NOTE: The old Archives page currently contains many more biographies which we eventually hope to reformat for the main site. Both are linked for your convenience

In the meantime, here are a few resources you might enjoy:

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Journal Articles on CSSA History

Articles by L. Mittich and others covering CSSA History.

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Miscellaneous Sample Articles

Articles we thought were interesting, but don’t fit neatly into another collection.

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Journal Archives Book Review

Book Reviews from the C&S Journal

Browse 100 years of book reviews by succulent plant experts.

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Plant Care Archive

Basic plant care is a topic that never ceases to be popular. We intend to collect some of the best historical articles from our publications and make them available for free online.

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Recently Added Articles

As we take on the massive task of converting and updating our archives into this new WordPress site, new material will be highlighted here.

Biography: Curt Backeberg

2024-12-20
Backeberg, Curt (1894–1966)—author of Die Cactaceae (in six volumes 1958–62) condensed into Das Kakteenlexikon (one volume, 1966) and describer of many new cactus genera and species.

Biography: Michel Adanson

2024-09-01
Adanson, Michel (1727–1806)—colonial discoverer of the genus Adansonia, the Baobab tree, which is named in his honor and describer of the genus Kalanchoe, among others.