''Llavea'' is a

monotypic In biology, a monotypic taxon is a taxonomic group (taxon) that contains only one immediately subordinate taxon. A monotypic species is one that does not include subspecies or smaller, infraspecific taxa. In the case of genera, the term "unispec ...

genus of fern in the family

Pteridaceae Pteridaceae is a family of ferns in the order Polypodiales, including some 1150 known species in ca 45 genera (depending on taxonomic opinions), divided over five subfamilies. The family includes four groups of genera that are sometimes recogni ...

. 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 Dr. Pablo de la Llave (1773–1833) was a Mexican Roman Catholic, Catholic Priest#Catholic .26 Orthodox, priest, politician, and natural history, naturalist. He was born to a wealthy family and grew up in Córdoba, Veracruz. After a brillian ...

, a Mexican naturalist. Recent cladistic studies have shown that this genus forms a natural group with '' Cryptogramma'' and ''

Coniogramme ''Coniogramme'' is one of three genera in the subfamily Cryptogrammoideae of the fern family Pteridaceae. A cultivated species, '' Coniogramme pilosa'', is known as "bamboo fern." Species *'' Coniogramme affinis'' ( C. Presl) Wall. ex Hieron ...

'', a group that is sister to all the other pteridoid ferns. This group has been published as the Cryptogrammoideae, one of five subfamilies of the

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* Pteridaceae Monotypic fern genera {{Pteridaceae-stub