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Titanopsis calcarea (Marloth) Schwant.

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 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

  1. ^ Z. Sukkulentenk. 2: 178 (1926)
  2. ^ 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.
  3. ^ "Titanopsis calcarea jewel plant". The Royal Horticultural Society. Retrieved 16 March 2021.
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Titanopsis calcarea: Brief Summary

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Titanopsis calcarea, commonly called the jewel plant, is a species of ice plant in the genus Titanopsis, native to South Africa. A succulent, it has gained the Royal Horticultural Society's Award of Garden Merit as an ornamental.

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.

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