Key to Tasmanian Dicots
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Liverworts
Plants thallose
Plant body not leafy
Thallus more than one cell thick

 

Cells with 1 or 2 chloroplasts each; thallus with large cavities containing Nostoc cyanobacteria. Capsules needle-like.

-HORNWORTS

     
Numerous chloroplast per cell; Nostoc cavities absent. Capsules never needle-like
     
   
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