Guide to Liverworts of Oregon: Key to Lophozia 2

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Lophozia 1 oil bodies more than 15 per cell > Lophozia 2


2a Leaves with the lobes obtuse to rounded, bilobed; underleaves occasional, inconspicuous to laciniate-ciliate when well-developed; stems slender, more round than elliptical; gemmae rare
Lophozia obtusa


2b Leaves frequently dentate-lobed, often tri-lobed, the lobes acute; underleaves absent; stems usually fleshy, broad and flattened; gemmae abundant
(Couplet 3)


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