Key to Tasmanian Dicots
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ORCHIDACEAE

 

Monocots
Terrestrial
Herb
Not saprophytes

Perianth petaloid

Ovaries superior

Bilateral symmetry

Orchids

Terrestrial

Multiple leaves

Long leaves
perianth parts inconspicuous apart from the hood-like upper sepal, flowers closely packed in dense spike-like inflorescences Disa
   
lateral sepals (and sometimes other parts) conspicuous, flowers widely spaced
 
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