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Thank you so much for the help so far. (tu) :grin:

These are the titles I've managed to extract from all your suggestions. I think I have got them right.

2004 Coryphantha: Cacti of Mexico and Southern USA, by R. F. Dicht and A. D. Lüthy
2008 Sulcorebutia 2008 Ladislav Horáček
2010 Sulcorebutien, Kleinode aus Bolivien, by Willi Gertel and Wolfgang Latin (in German)
2015 Austrocactus Elisabeth & Norbert Sarnes
2020 Sulcorebutia 2020 Ladislav Horáček

1946 Lithops G.C. Nel
1950 The Aloes of South Africa Gilbert Wetacott Reynolds
1954 The Aloes of Nyasaland Gilbert Wetacott Reynolds
1966 The Aloes of Tropical Africa and Madagascar Gilbert Wetacott Reynolds
1971 Genera of the Mesembryanthemaceae Hans Herre
1976 Growing the Mesembs Ed Storms
1977 Revision of the Genus Crassula in Southern Africa (2 Vols) H R Tolken
1984-1994 Strawberry Press Euphoria Journals (10 volumes)
1993 Gasteria Ernst J. Van Jaarsveld
1993 The Genus Conophytum A Conograph Steven Hammer
1998 Adromischus Pilbeam, Rogerson & Tribble
1998 Mesembs of the World Gideon Smith
2000 Vyjies Gems of the Veld Ernst J. Van Jaarsveld
2004 Pachycaul and Caudiciform Plants Philippe de Vosjoli
2004 Tylecodons and Cotyledons Ernst J. Van Jaarsveld
2005 Echeveria Cultivars Schulz and Kapitany
2005 Stapeliads of Southern Africa and Madagascar (2 Vols) Peter V. Bruyns
2007 Aeonium in Habitat and Cultivation Rudolf Schulz
2012 Agaves Living sculptures for landscapes and containers Gregg Star
2017 Soft Succulents Jeff Moore
2021 Euphorbia in Southern Africa (2 vols) Peter V Bruyns

Steven Hammer's Conophytum check list Bradleya v6 - v9

I think I've found one of these, but cannot trace the other???
Crassulaceae - Tolken's two volume Crassula and one volume SA Crassulaceae;
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1985 Flora of Southern Africa Volume 14, Crassulaceae, H R Tolken

Essentially a precis of his two volume Crassula monograph with addition of treatments of all the other SA Crassulaceae genera.

Are the Doreen Court Succulent Flora of Southern Africa books on your list? Another thought is
1983 Ceropegia, Brachystelma and Riocreuxia in Southern Africa, R. Allen Dyer


Reynolds middle name is Westacott with the s
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Might be best to note that Schulz's Aeonium book is out of print and very hard to get hold of - I am still trying if anyone finds a source!
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Anyone with an interest in Echeverias really ought to have John Pilbeam’s book.
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That's on Chris's on-line list, but there is an earlier Echeveria book by Ginns and Carruthers - is it of any use these days, it's a genus that doesn't interest me.
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Terry S. wrote: Sat Jan 23, 2021 12:08 pm That's on Chris's on-line list, but there is an earlier Echeveria book by Ginns and Carruthers - is it of any use these days, it's a genus that doesn't interest me.
That's the book that first got me into C&S about 45 years ago. My dad had a copy (I still have it) and I loved Echeverias for a while. If you're interested in Echeverias I think it's well worth finding. I haven't grown any for well over 40 years now though.
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Remarkable Agaves and Cacti by Park S. Nobel is a general book. The description says it's informative and entertaining but I'd also say quiet technical.

Echinocereus by Blum, Lange, Rischer & Rutow is a good book. English and German text. A quick search tells me it's excessively expensive now. This link popped up in my search. Might be of some help to @Chris_L as it seem to list some specific book titles in German.

https://www.kakteenweb.de/literatur-gk-05.html

Hope that is of use.
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Charles Craib's books on Bushman Candles and on Geophytic Pelargoniums are rather good.
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2014 Stapeliads (refreshed) 2nd Ed by John Pilbeam (£39 from BCSS). Definitely a recommend from me.

Is the Euphoria Journals a tale of extended peyote or kougoed use? :grin: I see the Strawberry Press do the Euphorbia Journals.

I wish I could tell you how good Ulrich Meve's Illustrated Handbook of Succulent Plants: Asclepiadaceae is at €147.79 for the ebook.
https://www.nhbs.com/3/series/illustrat ... ent-plants

The same goes for The Genus Duvalia (Stapelieae): Stem-Succulents between the Cape and Arabia (Plant Systematics and Evolution - Supplementa (10)) by Albers and Meve at £72 (or $691.99) hardback or a steal at £243.97 for the paperback. I had a Duvalia polita once. It was lovely.

I hope I will soon be able to tell you if I recommend the 2018 Handbook of Asclepiads of Thailand by Obchant Thaithong, Aroonrat Kidyoo and Manit Kidyoo.

That also goes for 2017 The Genus Ceropegia by Dennis de Kock
http://www.keithsplantbooks.co.uk/detai ... nis&prev=Y

If I had a smartphone, I would be tempted to get this Chinese one. Without the magic of translating photos that a smartphone can do, it would just be a picture book. Good price for 266 pages.
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Chris L wrote: Sat Jan 23, 2021 9:39 am 2000 Vyjies Gems of the Veld Ernst J. Van Jaarsveld
That should be "Vygies". From the Afrikaans for "little fig", like the English "fig-marigold".
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