Key to Tasmanian Dicots
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LEPTODONTACEAE
       
In Tasmania, the Leptodontaceae is represented by a single taxon, Forsstroemia producta.

F. producta is an uncommon epiphyte. Plants are irregularly branched. The stems leaves and branch leaves are of different sizes. When dry, the stem leaves are densely overlapping or tightly adpressed but when wet, the leaves spread widely. Leaves are ovate-lanceolate to ovate-linear and recurved at the margins. The nerve is usually single and ends before the leaf apex. Capsules are c. 1.2-2mm and are borne on a stalk about the same length or slightly shorter.

 
 
 
 
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