CSSG Members

Leadership

  • Bárbara Goettsch, Co-Chair and Focal Point for Conservation Planning

    Independent Researcher

    Cactaceae

  • Lucas Majure, Co-Chair

    Curator of the Herbarium - University of Florida

    Cactaceae

  • Wendy Hodgson, Deputy Chair

    Research Botanist - Desert Botanical Garden

    Cactaceae, Asparagaceae

Red List Authority Coordinators

  • Raul Puente-Martinez

    Curator of Living Collections, Research Botanist - Desert Botanical Garden

    Cactaceae, Asparagaceae

  • Craig Hilton-Taylor

    Head - IUCN Red List Unit

    Old World succulents: Aizoaceae, Apocynaceae, Asphodelaceae, Asteraceae, Crassulaceae and Euphorbiaceae

Program Officer

  • Michiel Pillet

    Researcher - Desert Botanical Garden, The University of Arizona

    Cactaceae

Focal Point for Sustainable Use

  • Carly Cowell

    Director of Conservation - Botanic Gardens Conservation International

Cactaceae Reassessment Task Force


Focal points

  • Mónica Arakaki

    Professor and researcher - Museum of Natural History - San Marcos University

    Cactaceae of Peru

  • Duniel Barrios Valdés

    Researcher - University of Havana

    Cactaceae of Cuba

  • Yuley Encarnación Piñeyro

    Researcher - University of Florida

    Cactaceae of Hispaniola

  • Pablo Guerrero

    Biological Sciences Doctorate Director - University of Concepción

    Cactaceae of Chile

  • José Luis Leon de la Luz

    Researcher - Northwest Biological Research Center

    Cactaceae of the Baja California peninsula

  • Lucas Majure

    Curator of the Herbarium - University of Florida

    Cactaceae of the Caribbean

Supporting institutions

  • Cadereyta Regional Botanical Garden

  • National Commission for the Knowledge and Use of Biodiversity

  • The Huntington Library, Art Museum, and Botanical Gardens

Members

  • María Magdalena Ayala Hernández

    Professor - National Autonomous University of Mexico

    Asparagaceae

  • José Alberto Búrquez Montijo

    Researcher - National Autonomous University of Mexico

    Cactaceae

  • Alice Calvente

    Professor - Federal University of Rio Grande do Norte

    Cactaceae

  • Keron Campbell

    Botanist - The Institute of Jamaica

    Cactaceae

  • Alejandro Casas

    Researcher - National Autonomous University of Mexico

    Ethnobotany and sustainable management

  • Andrea Cattabriga

    Horticulturist - Mondocactus

    Cactaceae

  • José Gabriel Cerén López

    Researcher - Museum of Natural History of El Salvador

    Cactaceae

  • Karen Husum Clary

    Researcher - University of Texas at Austin

    Asparagaceae

  • Hugo Cota-Sánchez

    Professor - University of Saskatchewan

    Cactaceae

  • Pablo Demaio

    Professor - National University of Catamarca

    Cactaceae

  • Shannon Fehlberg

    Conservation Biologist - Desert Botanical Garden

    Cactaceae

  • Usama Ghazali

    Wildlife Ecology Manager - Prince Mohammed bin Salman Royal Reserve

    Asparagaceae - Dracaena

  • Martha González Elizondo

    Researcher - National Polytechnic Institute

    Asparagaceae and Cactaceae of northern Mexico

  • Diego Ezequiel Gurvich

    Researcher - National University of Cordoba

    Cactaceae

  • Tania Hernández-Hernández

    Researcher - Desert Botanical Garden

    Cactaceae

  • Héctor Hernández Macías

    Researcher - National Autonomous University of Mexico

    Cactaceae

  • Matias Köhler

    Researcher - Federal University of São Carlos

    Cactaceae

  • João Larocca

    Consultant - Austroflora

    Cactaceae

  • Sigrid Liede-Schumann

    Professor - University of Bayreuth

    Apocynaceae

  • Jared Margulies

    Professor - University of Alabama

    Illegal trade

  • Kimberlie McCue

    Chief Science Officer - Desert Botanical Garden

    Cactaceae

  • Detlev Metzing

    Researcher - German Federal Agency for Nature Conservation

    Cactaceae

  • Jafet Nassar

    Researcher - Venezuelan Institute for Scientific Research

    Cactaceae

  • Ana Novoa

    Researcher - Czech Academy of Sciences

    Invasive species

  • Luis Jorge Oakley

    Researcher - National University of Rosario

    Cactaceae

  • Sara Oldfield

    Biodiversity Consultant

    Conservation biology

  • Carol Peña

    Researcher - University of Concepción

    Cactaceae

  • Domenico Prisa

    Researcher - Council for Agriculture Research and Economics

    Cactaceae

  • Maurizio Sajeva

    Professor - University of Palermo

    Succulents

  • Patricio Saldivia

    Researcher - University of Otago

    Cactaceae

  • Andrew Salywon

    Herbarium Curator, Research Botanist - Desert Botanical Garden

    Cactaceae, Asparagaceae

  • Emiliano Sánchez Martínez

    Director - Cadereyta Regional Botanical Garden

    Cactaceae, Asparagaceae

  • Jane Smart

    Global Director - IUCN Biodiversity Conservation Group

    Policy

  • Joachim Thiede

    Researcher

    Asparagaceae

  • Ignacio Torres García

    Professor - National Autonomous University of Mexico

    Asparagaceae

  • Christian Torres-Santana

    Consultant - Coccoloba AgroEnvironmental

    Cactaceae

  • Daniela Zappi

    Professor - University of Brasília

    Cactaceae

  • Alejandro Zavala

    Professor - Autonomous Metropolitan University Iztapalapa Unit

    Cactaceae