| CSSA VOL.84, September-October 2012 No.5 |
| Tiny Stars: four cryptic Cacti of Northern Arizona | Peter Breslin |
| How to combine responsible species description, Biodiversity protection and the activities of Amateur Botanists | Maurizio Dioli |
| The New Black and White | Irwin Lightstone |
| Euphorbia antiquorum and James Bond | Root Gorelick |
| An Unusual Epiphytic Succulent: Aichryson tortuosum | Ray Stephenson |
| Opuntia fragilis in Minnesota | Eric Ribbens & Henry Fieldseth |
| Old News from Comondu: Interesting news from Baja California | Wolfgang H. Blum & Michael J. Lange |