{{Short description|Genus of flowering plants}} {{Speciesbox |image = Lapiedra_martinezii_-_Flor_de_la_estrella.jpg |display_parents = 2 |taxon = Lapiedra martinezii |parent_authority = Lag. |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 plants in the Amaryllis family.<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 and 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'' and ''Traubia'').<ref name=n/> * ''Lapiedra chilensis - Traubia modesta'' * ''Lapiedra gracilis - 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== {{Reflist|30em}}
== 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] {{Taxonbar|from1=Q10316281|from2=Q15519513}}
Category:Amaryllidoideae Category:Monotypic Amaryllidaceae genera Category:Flora of Morocco Category:Flora of Spain Category:Taxa named by Mariano Lagasca