Llavea

Llavea is a monotypic genus of fern in the family Pteridaceae. The sole species is Llavea cordifolia. It is often cultivated as an ornamental foliage plant. The genus was named in honour of Pablo de La Llave, a Mexican naturalist.

Llavea
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Plantae
Clade:	Tracheophytes
Division:	Polypodiophyta
Class:	Polypodiopsida
Order:	Polypodiales
Family:	Pteridaceae
Subfamily:	Cryptogrammoideae
Genus:	Llavea Lag.
Type species
Llavea cordifolia Lag.
Species
L. cordifolia
Synonyms
Botryogramme Fée 1852 Ceratodactylis Smith 1839 ex Hooker 1840

Recent cladistic studies have shown that this genus forms a natural group with Cryptogramma and Coniogramme, a group that is sister to all the other pteridoid ferns.^[1][2] This group has been published as the Cryptogrammoideae, one of five subfamilies of the Pteridaceae.^[3]