1	"Leaves very broadly spatulate with the broadened and rounded apex about 4 times as broad as the leaf base; margin of leaf base with long cilia"	"Oedipodium griffithianum"
1	"Leaf apex not so much broader than the base; leaf margin not at all ciliate"	2
2	"Leaf margins toothed to below the middle with at least some of the teeth multicellular"	"Splachnum ampullaceum"
2	"Leaf margins entire to dentate but with those teeth not multicellular"	3
3	"Leaves with apex rounded to obtuse at apex with costa ending before that apex; capsule erect with hypophysis more narrow than urn but as long or longer; calyptra fringed below with the individual lobes inwardly directed"	4
3	"Leaves with apex acuminate to mucronate with costa length various; capsule various; base of calyptra not inwardly directed"	6
4	"Leaves broadest near the middle, completely entire; columella exserted from mouth of urn"	"Tayloria hornschuchii"
4	"Leaves broadest above the middle, entire to bluntly serrate"	5
5	"Leaves with entire or nearly entire margins; urn above the apophysis not much longer than broad"	"Tayloria lingulata"
5	"Leaves spatulate with bluntly serrate margins near the apices; urn above the apophysis about 1.5:1"	"Tayloria serrata"
6	"Leaves lanceolate to oblanceolate abruptly contracted into a very narrow acumen; costa extending at least into the base of the acumen; hypophysis not broader than urn"	"Tetraplodon mnioides"
6	"Leaves ovate to almost orbicular with apex mucronate to short acuminate; costa ending below the base of the mucro; hypophysis usually broadened relative to urn"	7
7	"Leaf apex bluntly rounded or with a very short apiculus; margin mostly entire; hypophysis about twice as wide as urn"	"Splachnum vasculosum"
7	"Leaf apex with a short or rather long acumen; margin mostly toothed with blunt teeth; hypophysis as wide as urn"	"Splachnum sphaericum"