# Lapiedra

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{{Short description|Genus of flowering plants}}
{{Speciesbox
|image = Lapiedra_martinezii_-_Flor_de_la_estrella.jpg
|display_parents = 2
|taxon = Lapiedra martinezii
|parent_authority = [Lag.](/source/Mariano_Lagasca_y_Segura)
|authority = Lag.
|synonyms_ref = <ref name = n/>
|synonyms = 
*''Crinum martinezii'' <small>(Lag.) Spreng.</small>
*''Lapiedra placiana'' <small>Herb.</small>
}}

'''''Lapiedra''''' is a genus of Western [Mediterranean](/source/Mediterranean) plants in the [Amaryllis family](/source/Amaryllidaceae).<ref name="dianebrown">Lagasca y Segura, Mariano. 1816. Genera et species plantarum 14.</ref> It now contains only one known species, '''''Lapiedra martinezii''''',<ref name="dianebrown"/> native to [Spain](/source/Spain) and [Morocco](/source/Morocco).<ref name=n>[http://apps.kew.org/wcsp/namedetail.do?name_id=280169 Kew World Checklist of Selected Plant Families]</ref><ref>[http://www.tropicos.org/Name/40001922 Tropicos, ''Lapiedra'' Lag.]</ref><ref>Tutin, T.G. & al. (eds.) (1980). Flora Europaea 5: 1-452. Cambridge University Press.</ref><ref>Dobignard, D. & Chatelain, C. (2010). Index synonymique de la flore d'Afrique du nord 1: 1-455. Éditions des conservatoire et jardin botaniques, Genève.</ref><ref>[http://www.regmurcia.com/servlet/s.Sl?sit=c,365,m,1309&r=ReP-6700-DETALLE_REPORTAJES Region de Murcia, Flor de la estrella ''(Lapiedra martinezii)'' ] in Spanish, with photos</ref><ref>[http://www.florasilvestre.es/mediterranea/Amaryllidaceae/Lapiedra_martinezii.htm  Flora silvestre del Mediterráneo, Flor de la estrella ''(Lapiedra martinezii)''] in Spanish, with photos</ref>

Two other former species are considered members of other genera (''[Narcissus](/source/Narcissus_(plant))'' and ''[Traubia](/source/Traubia)'').<ref name=n/>
* ''Lapiedra chilensis - [Traubia modesta](/source/Traubia)'' 
* ''Lapiedra gracilis - [Narcissus cavanillesii](/source/Narcissus_cavanillesii)''

==Etymology==
The genus is named after María Josefa La Piedra (1775-1858), a Spanish botanist.<ref>{{cite journal |last1=González Bueno |first1=A. |last2=Garcia Guillén |first2=E. |title=''Lapiedra'' Lag., nuevas luces sobre un epónimo oculto. En torno a las relaciones botánicas entre María Josefa La Piedra, Simón de Rojas Clemente y Mariano La Gasca |journal=Flora Montiberica |volume=88 |pages=13–17}}</ref>

==References==
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== Bibliography ==
* [https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/23847067 Rios et al. Biogeographical patterns and phenological changes in ''Lapiedra martinezii'' Lag. related to its alkaloid diversity. 2013]
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Category:Amaryllidoideae
Category:Monotypic Amaryllidaceae genera
Category:Flora of Morocco
Category:Flora of Spain
Category:Taxa named by Mariano Lagasca

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