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 attached to substrate at base
 

Leaves tightly appressed to stem; small alpine to subalpine plants; usually rock dwelling  
Leaves spreading from stem; small to robust plants of various habitats, occupying a variety of substrates
     
   
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