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 rounded or crenulate
Shoots prostrate
Leaves papillose
 
Leaves clearly transversely inserted onto stem; epiphyte of wet forest to rainforest or rock dwelling in alpine-subalpine areas; leaves papillose throughout (Jamesoniella colorata) -Jamesoniella  
Leaves clearly succubous; never epiphytic; terrestrial in wet or shaded spots in otherwise dry habitats; leaves papillose only towards apex -Lethocolea
     
   
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