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 spreading from stem
Leaves transversely or succubously attached
Plants not aquatic
 

Plants medium sized to large (leaves over 1.5 mm) and robust; leaves clearly succubous Plagiochila  
Plants minute to small (leaves mostly below 1mm long); leaves transversely attached to stem or only slightly succubous
     
   
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