Titanopsis calcarea
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Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Eudicots |
| Order: | Caryophyllales |
| Family: | Aizoaceae |
| Genus: | Titanopsis |
| Species: | T. calcarea
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| Titanopsis calcarea | |
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Titanopsis calcarea, commonly called the jewel plant, is a species of ice plant in the genus Titanopsis, native to the Cape Provinces, Free State, and Northern Provinces of South Africa.[2] A succulent, it has gained the Royal Horticultural Society's Award of Garden Merit as an ornamental.[3]
German-South African botanist Rudolf Marloth described the species in 1926 as Mesembryanthemum calcareum, before Martin Heinrich Gustav Schwantes placed it in the genus Titanopsis.
References
[edit]- ^ Z. Sukkulentenk. 2: 178 (1926)
- ^ a b "Titanopsis calcarea (Marloth) Schwantes". Plants of the World Online. Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. 2017. Retrieved 16 March 2021.
- ^ "Titanopsis calcarea jewel plant". The Royal Horticultural Society. Retrieved 16 March 2021.
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