1	"Inflorescence a spike"	2
1	"Inflorescence a head or head-like"	4
2	"Leaves spiral (sometimes sub-opposite)"	"Beaufortia sparsa"
2	"Leaves opposite and decussate"	3
3	"Staminal filaments 3–5 per bundle. Infructescence with constituent fruits closely packed and not retaining a separate identity"	"Beaufortia orbifolia"
3	"Staminal filaments 6–9 per bundle. Infructescence not closely packed, the constituent fruits ‘peg-like’ and retaining a significant separate identity"	"Beaufortia decussata"
4	"Staminal bundles very unequal in length"	"Beaufortia anisandra"
4	"Staminal bundles ± equal in length"	5
5	"Staminal bundles with free filaments noticeably shorter than claw (usually c. 1/4–1/2 as long)"	6
5	"Staminal bundles with free filaments longer than or ± equal to the claw"	11
6	"Staminal bundles glabrous"	7
6	"Staminal bundles with claw hairy, at least at base of inner surface"	8
7	"Flowers markedly two-coloured: yellow-orange and red (Badgingarra area)"	"Beaufortia bicolor"
7	"Flowers not or only slightly two-coloured (Alexander Morrison NP to near Busselton)"	"Beaufortia squarrosa"
8	"Leaves terete, 0.2–0.4 mm wide. Staminal bundles scarlet or deep red proximally and pale green or pink distally"	"Beaufortia burbidgeae"
8	"Leaves not terete, 0.5–5 mm wide. Staminal bundles not coloured as above"	9
9	"Shrub commonly lignotuberous, with mature leaves >9 mm long"	"Beaufortia macrostemon"
9	"Shrub non-lignotuberous, with mature leaves <9 mm long"	10
10	"Sepals hairy. Leaves hairy, greyish green, grey or bluish grey"	"Beaufortia incana"
10	"Sepals ciliate. Leaves ciliate or glabrous, medium to dark green"	"Beaufortia cyrtodonta"
11	"Staminal bundles with free filaments noticeably longer than the claw (usually c. twice as long)"	12
11	"Staminal bundles with free filaments ± equal in length to claw"	14
12	"Leaves ± appressed, 1–2 mm long"	"Beaufortia micrantha"
12	"Leaves not appressed, (1.5–)2–5.5 mm long"	13
13	"Staminal bundles pink, with base of claw and tip of filaments red; claw partly hairy"	"Beaufortia schaueri"
13	"Staminal bundles pink to red or mauve; claw glabrous"	"Beaufortia elegans"
14	"Staminal bundles with 7–10 filaments"	"Beaufortia sprengelioides"
14	"Staminal bundles mostly with 3–6 filaments (occasional bundles may have 7)"	15
15	"Staminal bundles glabrous"	16
15	"Staminal bundles hairy on inside of claw (rarely glabrous in B. puberula)"	17
16	"Leaves 3–7 mm wide, 5–7-veined. Staminal bundles >14 mm long"	"Beaufortia aestiva"
16	"Leaves 1–3 mm wide, 1–3-veined. Staminal bundles <12 mm long"	"Beaufortia elegans"
17	"Leaves typically spreading at 30º–70º from stem, 1.5–2.5(–3) mm long"	"Beaufortia empetrifolia"
17	"Leaves spreading at less than 30º from stem, (2.5–)3–11 mm long in most species but down to 1.5 mm long in B. puberula"	18
18	"Leaves glabrous"	19
18	"Leaves ciliate to hairy or glabrescent"	21
19	"Petals yellow to orange (occurs in northern kwongkan)"	"Beaufortia kwongkanicola"
19	"Petals pink-brown to deep red"	20
20	"Leaves 2.5–4 mm long. Bracts and bracteoles 2.5–4 mm long (occurs in Wheatbelt)"	"Beaufortia bracteosa"
20	"Leaves (3–)6–11 mm long. Bracts and bracteoles 4.5–9 mm long (occurs in Darling Range near Perth)"	"Beaufortia purpurea"
21	"Leaves 1.5–4 mm long"	"Beaufortia puberula"
21	"Leaves 5–10 mm long"	22
22	"Bracts pinkish green to red, 5-veined (occurs mainly N of Perth)"	"Beaufortia eriocephala"
22	"Bracts brown, 1-veined (occurs far E of Perth, on Russell Range)"	"Beaufortia raggedensis"