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2025 San Diego Talks, Convention Presentations, Presentation Recordings

Socotra: The Forgotten Island

Plant Explorer Guillermo takes us to Socotra to see the many endemic succulents the Island has to offer.

CSSA Admin
2026-03-18

2025 San Diego Talks, Convention Presentations, Presentation Recordings

Argentina Cacti: the Importance of Habitat Knowledge in Taxonomy

Plant Explorer Guillermo Rivera explains how geographic proximity and other factors can provide a framework for evaluating lumper versus splitter debates.

CSSA Admin
2026-01-28

Staples Biographies

Biography: Curt Backeberg

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.

Chuck Staples
2024-12-20