1	"Leaves lacking a border"	"Distichophyllum microcarpum"
1	"Leaves with a border of elongate cells"	2
2	"Leaf apices rounded"	"Distichophyllum pulchellum"
2	"Leaf apices acute"	3
3	"Leaf margin entire; leaves 1.1–2.4 mm long"	"Distichophyllum crispulum"
3	"Leaf margin denticulate in apical half, rarely entire; leaves 0.7–1.2 mm long"	"Distichophyllum rotundifolium"