Rostkovia
Leaves
up to 1 mm wide, straight, stiff, acute; style 2.5–4.0 mm
1.
R.
magellanica
Leaves usually 1.2–1.7 mm wide, arcuate to circinnate, subacute-subobtuse; style 1.5–2.0 mm 2. R. tristanensis
Marsippospermum
1
Connective with a distinct apical projection at least 0.7 mm long;
overall
length of seeds less than 2.7 mm
2
Connective with an apical projection 1.8–2.0 mm long; outer
tepals 1.1–1.5
cm; leaves of sterile shoots c. 0.5 mm in diam. South
America
4.
M.
reichei
2:
Connective with an apical projection 0.7–0.9 mm long; outer
tepals 1.7–2.7
cm; leaves of sterile shoots 0.6–0.9 mm in diam. New Zealand
3.
M.
gracile
1:
Connective ±without apical projection; overall length of
seeds at least 4.0 mm
3 Outer tepals usually 3.2–4.0 cm; anthers usually 8–10 mm long; capsule 1.7–2.5 cm long; overall seed length 5.0–6.5 mm
1.
M.
grandiflorum
3: Outer tepals usually 1.6–2.3 cm; anthers usually 4–7 mm long; capsule 1.1–1.5 cm long; overall seed length 4.0–5.0 mm
2.
M.
philippii
Oxychloe
1 Leaf blade 40–60
mm long 5.
O.
mendocina
1:
Leaf blade 10–30 mm long
2 Leaf blade up to 20 mm long
3 Perianth c. 7–8
mm long, capsule 4–5 mm long, shorter
than perianth; all flowers unisexual, pistillate and staminate flowers
on
different shoots
3.
O. castellanosii
3:
Perianth to 5 mm long, capsule 8–10 mm long, exceeding
perianth; hermaphrodite
and unisexual flowers on different shoots
4.
O.
haumaniana
2:
Leaf blade 20–30 mm long
4
Capsule 8–10 mm long, longer than perianth, seeds
1.0–1.3 mm long; all
flowers unisexual, pistillate and staminate flowers on different shoots
1.
O.
andina
4:
Capsule c. 6 mm long, ±equalling perianth, seeds
0.6–0.8 mm long;
hermaphrodite and unisexual flowers on different shoots
2.
O.
bisexualis
Patosia
1.
P.
clandestina
Distichia
1
Leaf apex bluntly acute, without hair-like
extension
1.
D.
muscoides
1:
Leaf apex with hair-like extension or long acuminate
2
Leaf
blade gradually tapering to the tip; auricles absent
2.
D.
filamentosa
2:
Leaf blade linear, tip long acuminate; auricles present
3.
D. acicularis