1	"Leaves distichous, well-spaced, not sheathing at the base"	"Geitonoplesium {Geitonoplesium cymosum}"
1	"Leaves sheathing, crowded, more or less basal"	2
2	"Flowers red, curved-tubular, on a stout, erect, branched inflorescence to 5 m high"	"Phormium {Phormium tenax}"
2	"Flowers neither red nor curved-tubular; inflorescence usually < 1 m"	3
3	"Stamens 3, with or without 3 staminodes"	4
3	"Stamens 6, occasionally 7, 8 or 10-14"	8
4	"Perianth twisted after flowering"	"Hodgsoniola {Hodgsoniola junciformis}"
4	"Perianth not twisted after flowering"	5
5	"Perianth segments free to base or only shortly fused"	6
5	"Perianth segments fused into a conspicuous tube"	7
6	"Spikes globular; bracts 1-3 mm long; flowers exceeding bracts; leaves terete, sheathing at base"	Stawellia
6	"Spikes elongate; bracts 3-24 mm long; flowers shorter than and concealed by bracts; leaves flat, equitant at base"	Johnsonia
7	"Flowers on a peduncle covered in pungent bracts; involucral bracts fawn or brown; pedicels 0.5-2 mm long; perianth segments 3-5-nerved, pale cream or pale yellow"	Hensmania
7	"Flowers on a smooth scape; involucral bracts greenish, pinkish, red or white; pedicels absent or less than 0.5 mm long; perianth segments 1-nerved, purple, white, pink or green"	Johnsonia
8	"Fruit a berry"	Dianella
8	"Fruit a capsule, schizocarp or indehiscent nutlet"	9
9	"Filaments all hairy or 3 hairy, 3 glabrous"	10
9	"Filaments all glabrous, or scabrous, puberulous or papillulose"	12
10	"Flowers yellow"	Tricoryne
10	"Flowers blue, mauve or white"	11
11	"Flowers nodding; anther filaments distally hairy"	Stypandra
11	"Flowers erect; anther filaments barbellate except at base and apex"	Thelionema
12	"Perianth not twisted after flowering"	"Herpolirion {Herpolirion novae-zelandiae}"
12	"Perianth twisted after flowering"	13
13	"Glandular bristles present on upper axes of inflorescence and abaxial surface of sepals; anthers dehiscing by pores"	Agrostocrinum
13	"Plants lacking glandular bristles; anthers dehiscing by slits"	14
14	"Flowers sessile; inflorescence a compressed spike; perianth segments joined at base to form tube 6-7 mm long"	Arnocrinum
14	"Flowers pedicellate (sometimes shortly so); inflorescence paniculate; perianth segments free or only shortly connate at base"	15
15	"Leaves all radical; inflorescence annual; pedicels to 15 mm long; Stamens of two lengths; capsule t 3-lobed; seed ± globose"	Caesia
15	"Leaves radical and cauline; inflorescence perennating; pedicels to 3.5 mm long; stamens of equal length; capsule not lobed; seed ellipsoidal"	Corynotheca