1	"Flowers nearly always 4-merous; corolla ± scarious, persistent; leaves opposite or whorled"	Erica
1	"Flowers rarely 4-merous; corolla not scarious; leaves usually spiral"	2
2	"Ovules several to numerous per locule; fruit a capsule; leaves sheathing, or if not (Lysinema) then filaments free from corolla"	3
2	"Ovules 1 per locule; fruit a fleshy or ± dry  drupe; leaves not sheathing, filaments always adnate to the corolla tube"	6
3	"Stems with annular leaf scars; corolla lobes white, broadly obovate, adaxial surface with a well-defined, medial ridge towards the base (Richeeae)"	Sphenotoma
3	"Stems without annular leaf scars; corolla lobes pink, red, blue or if white or cream, then not obovate, adaxial surface without well-defined medial ridge towards the base"	4
4	"Corolla red, glabrous throughout; filaments adnate to the corolla (Cosmelieae)"	"Cosmelia: Cosmelia rubra"
4	"Corolla usually pink, white, cream or blue but if red then lobes hairy; filaments free from corolla tube"	5
5	"Leaves not sheathing; corolla white or cream, tube not fully connate below the lobes, partially split and 5-partite for some of its length (Epacrideae)"	Lysinema
5	"Leaves sheathing; corolla pink, white, cream, blue or red, tube fully connate below the lobes (Cosmelieae)"	Andersonia
6	"Corolla tube conical towards the apex, the visible portion pink or purple, the lobes small, erect or slightly spreading; filaments flat or compressed; inflorescence axis terminating in a flower, no bud rudiment present (Styphelieae)"	Conostephium
6	"Corolla tube never conical, other characters never in the above combination"	7
7	"Corolla lobes glabrous, papillose, or if partially hairy, the hairs short and inconspicuous (< 0.4 mm long), and restricted either to a central longitudinal band, an adaxial keel or a small basal or apical tuft; corolla sometimes not opening at anthesis"	8
7	"Corolla lobes manifestly hairy, hairs usually evenly distributed across the width of the lobes (concentrated towards the margins in Styphelia quartzitica), although sometimes restricted to a transverse subapical band (Acrotriche), usually much longer than 0.4 mm; corolla always open at anthesis"	19
8	"Stamens inserted in the lower half of the corolla tube"	9
8	"Stamens inserted at the top of the corolla tube"	10
9	"Corolla lobes uniformly flat throughout, with an abruptly narrowed, inflexed tip; hair tufts lacking at base of tube (Oligarrheneae)"	"Needhamiella: Needhamiella pumilio"
9	"Corolla lobes keeled adaxially in the upper half, without an inflexed tip; hair tufts alternating with stamens at base of tube (Styphelieae)"	Melichrus
10	"Corolla lobes 4; stamens 2 (Oligarrheneae)"	"Oligarrhena: Oligarrhena micrantha"
10	"Corolla lobes 5; stamens 5"	11
11	"Corolla white, greenish-white or cream"	12
11	"Corolla pink, red, purple or greenish flushed purple"	15
12	"Corolla lobes narrowly triangular, distinctly keeled and papillose adaxially in the upper half; reflexed tufts of hairs in the throat; ovary 3-locular (Styphelieae)"	"Brachyloma: Brachyloma stenolobum"
12	"Corolla lobes ovate or triangular, adaxial surface ± flat, lacking a keel, glabrous or with an inconspicuous hair tuft towards the base; the throat glabrous; ovary 1- or 2-locular"	13
13	"Ovary 1-locular; leaf margins recurved or revolute, apex sharply mucronate (Styphelieae)"	"Monotoca: Monotoca aristata"
13	"Ovary 2-locular; leaves flat or adaxially concave, apex not mucronate"	14
14	"Leaves readily abscising from dried specimens, ± sessile, the base cuneate or attenuate; stigma prominently 2-lobed; nectary partite (Oligarrheneae)"	Dielsiodoxa
14	"Leaves usually persistent on dried specimens, long-petiolate, the base cordate; stigma not lobed; nectary annular, lobed (Styphelieae)"	"Leucopogon: Leucopogon extremus"
15	"Inflorescence terminal or both terminal and upper axillary, more than 2-flowered"	16
15	"Inflorescence strictly axillary, 1 or 2-flowered"	17
16	"Inflorescence ± pendulous; corolla not opening at anthesis; leaves linear with revolute margins, apex sharply mucronate (Styphelieae)"	"Lissanthe: Lissanthe synandra"
16	"Inflorescence erect; corolla opening fully at anthesis; leaves ovate or narrowly ovate, margins not revolute, adaxially concave, apex not mucronate (Styphelieae)"	"Leucopogon: Leucopogon extremus"
17	"Corolla tube > 10 mm long, with a glabrous throat, and with 5 hairy appendages close to the base; corolla lobes distinctly keeled towards the apex on adaxial surface, shortly and inconspicuously hairy about the keel (Styphelieae)"	"Brachyloma: Brachyloma baxteri"
17	"Corolla tube < 5 mm long, with hair tufts, or hairy appendages in the throat but never close to the base; adaxial surface of corolla lobes ± flat"	18
18	"Corolla red or pink; lobes imbricate in bud (Styphelieae)"	Brachyloma
18	"Corolla deep purple; lobes valvate in bud (Styphelieae)"	"Acrotriche: Acrotriche sp. Israelite Bay (M. Hislop & F.Hort MH 2630)"
19	"Inflorescence terminal, and usually also, upper-axillary"	20
19	"Inflorescence not terminal, strictly axillary"	21
20	"Leaves with revolute margins abutting the midvein and completely obscuring the abaxial surface, the apex often sharply mucronate; anthers lacking a sterile tip (Styphelieae)"	Lissanthe
20	"Leaf curvature variable, but if margins revolute then some portion (whether towards the apex or base) of the abaxial surface remaining visible, the apex although often acute, never sharply mucronate; anthers usually with a sterile tip (Styphelieae)"	Leucopogon
21	"Corolla green or yellow-green, sometimes suffused purple on the tube; lobes usually with hairs confined to a transverse, subapical band, occasionally with very sparse, long hairs scattered across the surface; tube densely hairy in the throat (Styphelieae)"	Acrotriche
21	"Corolla variously coloured, rarely green or yellow-green, but if so, then corolla hairs not distributed as above"	22
22	"Inflorescence axis terminating in a flower, no bud rudiment present (few Styphelia spp. but all Stenanthera have this combination)"	23
22	"Inflorescence axis extending above the uppermost floral node and terminating in a bud rudiment (most Styphelia spp. have this combination)"	24
23	"Corolla white; fleshy appendages absent from base of corolla tube; leaf curvature variable (Styphelieae)"	Styphelia
23	"Corolla red; fleshy appendages present at base of corolla tube; leaf margins revolute (Styphelieae)"	Stenanthera
24	"Corolla lobe hairs interspersed with numerous papillae (Styphelieae)"	"Acrotriche: Acrotriche dura"
24	"Corolla lobe hairs not interspersed with papillae (Styphelieae)"	Styphelia