Titanopsis calcarea
In bloom
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Order: Caryophyllales
Family: Aizoaceae
Genus: Titanopsis
Species:
T. calcarea
Binomial name
Titanopsis calcarea
Synonyms[2]
  • Mesembryanthemum calcareum Marloth

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

  1. ↑ Z. Sukkulentenk. 2: 178 (1926)
  2. 1 2 "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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