QUEPO 20 - 2006 Contents:

• 1.1 Glossary "U" and "V". Latinlover. Cacti and succulents genera and species beginning with the letters "U" and "V" and related words are shown here.
• 1.2 Ethnobotany. San Joaquin market, Bahia, Brasil. O. Pardo. The author visited this market in Bahía, Brasil, searching for cacti and succulents and reports how some of them are used by the people there.
• 1.3 Ecology. Cactus and Butterflies. R. Eastwood & R. Vila. The authors reported the butterfly Strymon jaqueline visiting the extrafloral nectaries of Neoraimondia arequipensis ssp roseiflora in northern Perú.
• 1.4 Ecology. Cacti and Insects II. S. Novoa. This is the second part of an article devoted to insects related to cacti. It deals with the benefic insects like: bees, ants and moths.
• 2.1 Art. Rufino Tamayo. Craso. In 1947 this great Mexican artist painted "The angry dog", now in the Art Museum of Philadelphia, USA. Back from the dog we can see a huge pirckly-pear, with fruits.
• 2.2 Literature. Yolanda Westphalen. Craso. Mariano Iberico. R. O. Granda. On Quepo Vol 4, 1990, we published a fragment of the poem "el cactus" by Y. Westphalen, that now we are publishing it complete. The water-colour, as usual, belongs to Carmen R. Avendaño. O. Granda sent us a note called "el cactus", written by M. Iberico, 30 years ago.
• 2.3 Philately. Epiphyllum, Cactaceae. "Cactofílico". This cactus genus has been the theme of postal stamps in several countries around the world. Cactofílico shows some examples here.
• 2.4 News from Malta. J. Grixti. In the Maltese Islands there are two crafts related to cacti. One is a liquor made with Opuntia fruits. The other one is the assembly of Christmas cribs with the dried cladodes of opuntias.
• 3.1 Succulents. Echeveria chiclensis, Peruvian succulent and varieties. G. Pino. The author makes a revision of Echeveria chiclensis and var. backegergii, Crassulaceae, analyzing its macro and microscopic morphology.
• 3.2 Cacti of northern and central Perú 3. N. Calderón. This is the last part of a 3 weeks trip through eight Departments in northern and central Perú, with many cacti species. It goes in Spanish and English.
• 3.3 Cactus. Opuntias in Maldonado, Uruguay. F. Muñoz, U. Eggli & R. Nyffeler. The authors give a complete description of Opuntia megapotamica and Opuntia arechavaletae, from Piriápolis, Dept. Maldonado, Uruguay.
• 3.4 Cactus. Cactaceae of Yarabamba, Arequipa, Perú. F. Cáceres, L. Mariño & R. Aguilar. The authors report 6 genera and 9 cacti species from this area in Arequipa Province and Department.
• 4.1 Confidential. "Specstador". Specs' main activities during the second semester of last year and the first months of this year are reported here.
• 4.3 Book Reviews. Carmen Rosa. Two recent books "San Pedro & related Trichocereus species" by K. Trout and "100 Cactus Argentinos" by R. Kiesling & O. Ferrari, are commented here.