Key to Tasmanian Dicots
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Blepharidophyllum (Blepharidophyllaceae)  
     
Blepharidophyllum is a genus leafy liverworts and in Tasmania is represented by 1 species, B. vertebrale.

B. vertebrale is an uncommon liverwort of subalpine to alpine habitats. The overall color of plants are yellow-green to orange-brown. The leaves are sharply keeled. The leaf apices have two lobes, each lobe being further divided into two (a condition known as bis-bifid).

 
 
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