Titanopsis

Group 5 Rough-Leaved Mesembs

LC Titanopsis Calcarea
LC Titanopsis Hugo-Schlechteri
NA Titanopsis Primosii
NA Titanopsis Schwantesii
 
 

Genus name. The genus name was derived from a combination of the Greek words titanos (chalk) and opsis (appearance), alluding to the raised calcium-filled warts on the leaf surfaces.

Distribution. Species of Titanopsis are distributed in three main areas of southern Africa. In southern Namibia they grow as far north as Lüderitz. To the east, the range straddles the Orange River in a broad north-south belt extending into Bushmanland. In central South Africa, the distribution extends from the Northern Cape Province into the Free State. This is an arid part of southern Africa where either winter (Lüderitz) or summer rainfall (Kimberley and surroundings) can predominate.

Sources | Mesembs of the World by Gideon Smith | iNaturalist | Wikipedia

Titanopsis Calcarea aka Titanopsis Fulleri
iNaturalist observations near Groblershoop and Britstown.
Titanopsis Hugo-Schlechteri
iNaturalist observations near Pofadder in the Northern Cape Province of South Africa.
Titanopsis Primosii
iNaturalist observations south of Vaalputs in the Northern Cape Province of South Africa.
Titanopsis Schwantesii aka Titanopsis Luderitzii
iNaturalist observations south of Aus in the Karas Region of southern Namibia.