Key to Tasmanian Dicots
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Liverworts
Plants with obvious leaves
Leaves not spirally arranged
Leaves without ventral sacs
Leaves not complcate-bilobed or folded
Leaf toothed, lobed or spine-like but shape evident
Underleaves absent
Stems without papillae
Leaves round or lobed
Leaves lobed, toothed or with spine-like hairs
Leaves margins without teeth, or teeth not spine-like
Plant not thread-like
Leaf cells not bulging in a dome-like fashion
Oil bodies not dark brown
Leaves bilobed or with two large teeth or entire
Leaves tightly pressed against stem

 

Plants very dark green to blackish; leaves very small and widely spaced thereby giving the stems a leafless appearance; on rocks in flowing water Cephalomitrion  
Plants greyish; with obvious overlapping leaves hiding stems from view; soil dwelling Gymnomitrion
     
   
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