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 not appressed to stem
Stolons absent
Plants never in low turfs
 
Leaves yellowish, green or greenish-brown green; margins usually with teeth; habitats various but usually lowland to sub-alpine Plagiochila spp.  
Leaves green; margins without teeth; habitats various but usually lowland to sub-alpine
 (Calyptrocolea occlusa/C.gemmipara)		 Calyptrocolea
     
Leaves black, brown or dark green; margins not toothed; mostly in subalpine to alpine areas near water  Cryptochila
     
   
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