1	"Ovary inferior or half-inferior"	2
1	"Ovary superior"	15
2	"Plants dioecious; inflorescence umbellate; petioles commonly subtended by tendrils; stems twining, usually bearing prickles; leaves broad, with conspicuous reticulate venation; climber of rainforests in far east"	"Smilacaceae {Smilax}"
2	"Plants not combining the above features"	3
3	"Stamens 1 or 3"	4
3	"Stamens 6"	5
4	"Stamens 3, free from style"	Iridaceae
4	"Stamen solitary, united with style distal to stigma"	Orchidaceae
5	"Flowers with a corona"	6
5	"Flowers without a corona"	7
6	"Corona not extending beyond the floral tube, formed from expanded stamen filaments"	"Amaryllidaceae {Calostemma}"
6	"Corona yellow, extending beyond the floral tube, distinct from the filaments"	"Amaryllidaceae {Narcissus}"
7	"Leaves basal, massive, fleshy, up to 2 m long or more, with marginal and terminal spines; inflorescence a panicle on a stout, fleshy scape 3–6 m high"	"Asparagaceae {Agave}"
7	"Plants not combining the above features"	8
8	"Inflorescence corymbose; flowers zygomorphic; tepals free; rootstock a rhizome"	"Alstroemeriaceae {Alstroemeria}"
8	"Inflorescence cymose racemes or panicles, umbels, or flowers solitary; flowers ± actinomorphic; tepals united or free; rootstock a bulb"	9
9	"Inflorescence otherwise"	10
9	"Inflorescence an umbel"	12
10	"Flowers subtended by spathe; tepals equal, white, slightly spreading"	"Amaryllidaceae {Zephyranthes}"
10	"Flowers without spathe; sepals and petals unequal, usually yellow, widely spreading"	11
11	"Plant with hairs on leaves and/or scape"	"Hypoxidaceae {Hypoxis}"
11	"Plant glabrous, sometimes with a few hairs along leaf margin"	"Hypoxidaceae {Pauridia}"
12	"Leaves absent at anthesis"	"Amaryllidaceae {Amaryllis}"
12	"Plants leafy at anthesis"	13
13	"Flowers slightly zygomorphic; perianth segments free for much of their length, margins wavy, pink or white; stamens deflexed"	"Amaryllidaceae {Nerine}"
13	"plants not containing the above features"	14
14	"Inflorescence subtended by a large spathe; tepals white with green tips, less than 4 cm long; leaves erect to spreading"	"Amaryllidaceae {Leucojum}"
14	"Inflorescence subtended by 2 spathe-like bracts; tepals uniformly white, more than 4 cm long; leaves flaccid"	"Amaryllidaceae {Crinum}"
15	"Inflorescence an umbel"	16
15	"Inflorescence otherwise or flowers solitary"	22
16	"Buds enclosed by 2 inflated bracts"	17
16	"Buds not enclosed by 2 inflated bracts"	19
17	"Rootstock a thick creeping rhizome; flowers more than 2.5 cm long; tepals united basally"	"Amaryllidaceae {Agapanthus}"
17	"Rootstock a bulb; flowers less than 2.5 cm long; tepals free or shortly united at base"	18
18	"Plant without milky-yellow sap; onion-odoured"	"Amaryllidaceae {Allium}"
18	"Plant with milky-yellow sap; not onion-odoured"	"Amaryllidaceae {Nothoscordum}"
19	"Leaves herbaceous, basal; flowers on scapes mostly 30 cm high or more"	20
19	"Leaves rigid, somewhat pungent, borne on branching stems; flowers sessile or on scapes mostly less than 30 cm high"	21
20	"Flowers white or tinged pink; stamens 6; seeds brown; widespread throughout lowlands"	"Colchicaceae {Burchardia}"
20	"Flowers bright pink to mauve; stamens 3; seeds black; plant of damp lowland heaths in east"	"Asparagaceae {Sowerbaea}"
21	"Tepals fused into a distinct basal tube; stems rather stout, covered by sheathing bases of fallen leaves, lacking aerial stilt-roots; extremely rare plant of Grampians"	"Boryaceae {Borya}"
21	"Tepals free; stems slender, wiry, often stilt-rooted; leaves persistent; scattered, mostly in lowland heaths"	"Asparagaceae {Laxmannia}"
22	"Plants with or without a distinct trunk, leaves tufted, wiry, at least 50 cm long; inflorescence an erect spike of 100s of flowers on a woody axis usually much exceeding leaves"	"Asphodelaceae {Xanthorrhoea}"
22	"Plants not as above"	23
23	"Rootstock a bulb or corm"	24
23	"Rootstock otherwise"	34
24	"Flowers single in leaf axils"	"Amaryllidaceae {Ipheion}"
24	"Inflorescence racemose"	25
25	"Flowers ebracteate"	26
25	"Flowers subtended by bracts"	28
26	"Flowers sessile"	"Colchicaceae {Wurmbea}"
26	"Flowers pedicellate"	27
27	"Pedicle glabrous; styles 3"	"Colchicaceae {Baeometra}"
27	"Pedicle usually pilose-hairy; style 1"	"Liliaceae {Gagea}"
28	"Stamen filaments bearded; flowers yellow"	"Asphodelaceae {Bulbine}"
28	"Stamen filaments not bearded; flowers white or bluish"	29
29	"Scape leafy; flowers more than 5 cm long"	"Liliaceae {Lilium}"
29	"Scape leafless; flowers less than 5 cm long"	30
30	"Petals and sepals fused for c. half their length or more"	"Asparagaceae {Muscari}"
30	"Petals and sepals free or shortly fused at the base"	31
31	"Flowers blue or mauve {rarely white}, perianth deciduous"	32
31	"Flowers white {sometimes with green medial stripe}, perianth persisting in fruit"	33
32	"Inflorescence racemose, usually secund; flowers often pendulous, subtended by 2 membranous bracts; petals fused at base"	"Asparagaceae {Hyacinthoides}"
32	"Inflorescence in a raceme or corymb, or flowers solitary; flowers usually pendent or erect, subtended by a membranous bract or ebracteate; petals free"	"Asparagaceae {Scilla}"
33	"Tepals thick-textured, ± oblong, white or yellow with a distinct green or brown stipe associated with a network of 3–5 veins"	"Asparagaceae {Albuca}"
33	"Tepals thick- or thin-textured, ovate or lanceolate, unicoloured or with a narrow green or brown stripe not associated with a network of nerves"	"Asparagaceae {Ornithogalum}"
34	"Petals and sepals spirally twisting after anthesis"	35
34	"Petals and sepals not twisting"	39
35	"Stamen filaments bearded"	36
35	"Stamen filaments not bearded"	37
36	"Inflorescence racemose; leaves basal; stems unbranched"	"Asphodelaceae {Bulbine}"
36	"Flowers clustered in bract axils; leaves bract-like on erect, branched stems"	"Asphodelaceae {Tricoryne}"
37	"Scape widely branched; leaves shining, often absent at time of flowering; rare lily of sandhills in far north-west"	"Asphodelaceae {Corynotheca}"
37	"Scape unbranched or with few, ascending branches; leaves dull, present at time of flowering; widespread, but not in far north-west"	38
38	"Inflorescence racemose; ovules 1 or 2 per locule"	"Asphodelaceae {Caesia}"
38	"Inflorescence corymbose; ovules several per locule"	"Asparagaceae {Chamaescilla}"
39	"Plants dioecious, male and female inflorescences usually markedly dissimilar; leaves basal, harsh-textured, isolateral, usually exceeding inflorescence"	"Asparagaceae {Lomandra}"
39	"Flowers bisexual, or if ever dioecious, male and female inflorescences similar; plants not otherwise as above"	40
40	"Stamens bearded, or with filament swellings or anther appendages"	41
40	"Stamens without appendages or hairs, filaments rarely sparsely puberulent"	45
41	"Filaments glabrous, with conspicuous swelling; fruit a berry"	"Asphodelaceae {Dianella}"
41	"Filaments bearded or anthers with papillate appendages; fruit a capsule"	42
42	"Leaves not distichous, encircling the scape"	43
42	"Leaves strongly distichous with overlapping bases"	44
43	"Flowers purple, white or pink; leaves flat or channelled"	"Asparagaceae {Arthropodium}"
43	"Flowers yellow; leaves terete or subterete"	"Asphodelaceae {Bulbine}"
44	"Leaves arranged along erect aerial stems"	"Asphodelaceae {Stypandra}"
44	"Leaves basal"	"Asphodelaceae {Thelionema}"
45	"Leaves reduced to scale-like bracts subtending filiform or ovate, leaf-like cladodes; flowers small, unisexual, pale, solitary or paired, on decurved pedicels; fruit a red or black berry; plants escaped from cultivation"	"Asparagaceae {Asparagus}"
45	"Cladodes absent; leaves not scale-like; if fruit berry-like, then inflorescence a raceme, cyme or panicle"	46
46	"Erect to arching rhizomatous herbs; stems unbranched; inflorescence axillary, in raceme-like clusters; perianth fused into tube"	"Asparagaceae {Polygonatum}"
46	"Perianth free or shortly united basally, if fused into tube, then inflorescence a terminal raceme and otherwise not as above"	47
47	"Scandent vines or sub-shrubs of eastern rainforests and moist lowland forests; fruit a fleshy capsule or berry"	48
47	"Not as above"	50
48	"Anthers dehiscing via lateral slits; leaves often more or less ternate, with distinct secondary lateral or reticulate venation; inflorescence spicate; weakly scandent subshrub"	"Ripogonaceae {Ripogonum}"
48	"Anthers dehiscing via apical pores; leaves alternate, lacking obvious lateral venation; inflorescence a cyme, sometimes reduced to a single flower; twiners"	49
49	"Leaves ovate to lanceolate, mostly wider than 10 mm, not resupinate; petals with fringed margins; fruit and orange fleshy capsule"	"Asparagaceae {Eustrephus}"
49	"Leaves linear, mostly less than 8 mm wide, resupinate; petal margins entire; fruit a black berry"	"Asphodelaceae {Geitonoplesium}"
50	"Inflorescence racemose, cymose or paniculate"	51
50	"Flowers borne singly or several in leaf axils"	62
51	"Perianth segments fused or connivent for most of their length, forming a distinct tube"	52
51	"Perianth segments free or very shortly united near base"	55
52	"Leaves not succulent; margins and midrib scabrous but not spinose"	"Asphodelaceae {Kniphofia}"
52	"Leaves succulent, margins smooth to spinose, midrib smooth"	53
53	"Rosetted herbs; leaves tuberculate"	"Asphodelaceae {Haworthia}"
53	"Rosetted herbs or shrubs; leaves smooth, margins often bearing spines"	54
54	"Rosetted herbs or shrubs; leaves not sheathing the stem; perianth segments free or united, with distinct swelling above the ovary"	"Asphodelaceae {Aloe}"
54	"Plants scrambling; leaves stem-sheathing; perianth segments united into tube, without distinct swelling above the ovary"	"Asphodelaceae {Aloiampelos}"
55	"Plant developing a woody trunk, often several metres tall; inflorescence a panicle; garden-escaped"	56
55	"Plant, if ever with trunk, not or hardly woody; inflorescence racemose or cymose"	57
56	"Perianth spreading, up to 1 cm long (Victoria only); leaves harsh-textured, tufted at ends of branches, apex not spine-tipped"	"Asparagaceae {Cordyline}"
56	"Perianth campanulate, 4–5 cm long (Victoria only); leaves tufted at ends of branches or basal, often sheading elongate fibres at margin, apex usually spine-tipped"	"Asparagaceae {Yucca}"
57	"Flowers unisexual; leaves 1 cm or more wide, appressed-silky beneath; fruit a red or orange berry"	"Asteliaceae {Astelia}"
57	"Flowers bisexual; leaves usually less than 1 cm wide, glabrous; fruit a capsule"	58
58	"Petals with fringed margins, broader than sepals"	"Asparagaceae {Thysanotus}"
58	"Petals with entire margins, equal or subequal to sepals"	59
59	"Plants rhizomatous; leaves perennial, usually more than 1 cm wide, green or varigated"	60
59	"Roots fibrous, sometimes tuberous; leaves annual, less than 1 cm wide, green, often glaucous"	61
60	"Inflorescence divaricately branched, base stout; coastal weed now extinct in Victoria"	"Asphodelaceae {Trachyandra}"
60	"Inflorescence racemose, without thick base; house plant often naturalised around Melbourne"	"Asparagaceae {Chlorophytum}"
61	"Leaves terete or subterete; inflorescence exceeding leaves; flowers pale pink; weed of agriculture, particularly in the north and west"	"Asphodelaceae {Asphodelus}"
61	"Leaves flat or channelled; inflorescence shorter than leaves; flowers tiny, greenish; uncommon plant of damp alpine grasslands"	"Asphodelaceae {Caesia}"
62	"Sub-shrubs; leaves ericoid, cauline, stem sheathing; flowers shining metallic blue or purple; lowland sandy heaths of western Victoria"	"Dasypogonaceae {Calectasia}"
62	"Habit not as above; leaves herbaceous; mostly eastern Victoria, but occasionally moist forests in the west"	63
63	"Flowers pendent, single to several in leaf axils; leaves twisted through 180° at base"	"Asparagaceae {Drymophila}"
63	"Flowers erect, solitary and terminal; leaves not twisted at base"	64
64	"Plant a small tufted alpine herb; flowers sessile, white or pale bluish; leaves grass-like"	"Asphodelaceae {Herpolirion}"
64	"Plant a semi-prostrate herb of lowland forests in the east; flowers pedicellate, pink; leaves ovate, with undulate margins"	"Colchicaceae {Schelhammera}"