Liverworts Plants with obvious leaves Leaves not spirally arranged Leaves without ventral sacs Leaves not complicate-bilobed or folded Leaf toothed, lobed or spine-like but shape evident Underleaves present Leaves succubous Leaves toothed or lobed Leaves large enough to see with a hand lens Stems without paraphylls Leaves divided less than halfway Underleaves not joined to leaves or joined on only one side Leaves without jagged apices or a rainbow sheen Leaves never deeply 4-lobed Leaf surface smooth or papillae visible only under a microscope Sporophytes developing from a marsupium Leaves distinctly 2-lobed
University of Tasmania
