Key to Tasmanian Dicots
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ORCHIDACEAE

 

Monocots
Terrestrial
Herb
Not saprophytes

Perianth petaloid

Ovaries superior

Bilateral symmetry

Orchids

Terrestrial

Multiple leaves

Short leaves

Flowers not spiral
flowers with petals and upper sepals fused into a hood that is often green and translucent Pterostylis
   
flowers with five distinct sepals/petals (plus the labellum)
 
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