Key to Tasmanian Dicots
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ORCHIDACEAE

 

Monocots
Terrestrial
Herb
Not saprophytes

Perianth petaloid

Ovaries superior

Bilateral symmetry

Orchids

Terrestrial

Single leaf

Flowers right way up

Flowers large

Leaves&stems not hairy

Leaves flat & broad

Not a helmet orchid

Leaf above ground level

plants linked by fleshy roots, understorey plant of wet forest (especially Nothofagus) Townsonia
   
plants separate, dry forest species Acianthus
 
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