1	"Leaf tips with 2 to 4 teeth (1-) 5-15 (-30) mm long; flowering and fruiting inflorescences with numerous spinose bracts mostly 10-20 mm long (3-8 times longer than flower or fruit)"	2
1	"Leaf tips entire, obtuse to acute, or with 2 or 3 minute teeth less than 1 mm long (usually 0.1-0.5 mm); flowering and fruiting inflorescences bracts usually shorter than flowers or fruits, or rarely with a few stiff bracts 5-10 mm long (1-3 times longer than flower or fruit,)"	6
2	"Leaves less than 3 mm wide (usually 0.5-2.5 mm wide)"	3
2	"Leaves more than 3 mm wide (usually 4-12 mm wide)"	4
3	"Stem elongated, less than 4 mm diameter, leaves 3.5-25 cm long, old leaves curled back on stem"	"Lomandra confertifolia subsp. confertifolia"
3	"Stem short, largely concealed by the leaves, or elongated, more than 4.5 mm diameter, leaves usually 30-70 cm long, old leaves rarely curled back on stem"	"Lomandra confertifolia subsp. pallida"
4	"Leaf apex usually with two small lateral teeth 1-2 mm long; inflorescence spicate or rarely with 1-3 short branches at base"	"Lomandra spicata"
4	"Leaf apex with 2-4 irregular teeth 5-15 (-30) mm long; inflorescence paniculate with many branches"	5
5	"Primary branches of inflorescence usually 4 per node; secondary branches numerous"	"Lomandra hystrix"
5	"Primary branches of inflorescence usually 2 per node; secondary branches absent or few"	"Lomandra longifolia"
6	"Male inflorescence a long cylindrical crowded raceme 20-30 cm long, greenish-purple to dark brown"	"Lomandra teres"
6	"Inflorescence an open panicle with branches whorled or alternate, or unbranched with a few flowers grouped together along rachis (loose raceme), or spike-like spherical to cylindrical 1-10 cm long, white, yellow or orange and/or tinged with purple"	7
7	"Flower-subtending bracts finely divided forming a mass of crinkly hairs"	8
7	"Flower-subtending bracts entire or slightly split"	9
8	"Female inflorescence usually globose; plant slender, often less than 40 cm high, leaf sheath long-decurrent; male inflorescence usually with 1-3 clusters; scape minutely hirsute"	"Lomandra leucocephala subsp. leucocephala"
8	"Female inflorescence cylindrical; plant generally robust, often 40–60 cm high, leaf sheath short; male inflorescence usually with more than 3 clusters; scape glabrous"	"Lomandra leucocephala subsp. robusta"
9	"Plant shrub-like; leaf blades disarticulating readily near their base; seeds orange-red"	"Lomandra banksii"
9	"Plant tufted; leaf blades not disarticulating from the base; seeds brown or creamy"	10
10	"Male inflorescence spike-like (unbranched) or with a few branches at base, 2-10 (-15) cm long with 3-20 globular clusters along rachis; each cluster less than 1 cm diameter (usually 0.5-0.7 cm); sepals and petals of male flowers fused into a tube in the lower half; female inflorescence in terminal globular cluster 0.5-1.5 cm diameter"	11
10	"Male inflorescence an open panicle with branches whorled or alternate, usually 20-100 cm long with more than 20 clusters, or 1-3 flower groups along rachis; each cluster more than 1 cm diameter (usually 1.5-2.0 cm); female inflorescence branched or unbranched, or rarely in a single terminal cylindrical cluster more than 2 cm across, sepals and petals of male and female flowers free to base, at least at their margins"	13
11	"Leaves mostly 2-9 cm long; leaf sheath auriculate at top, usually intact"	"Lomandra obliqua"
11	"Leaves usually 10-40 cm long; leaf sheath abruptly narrowed at top, lacerated"	12
12	"Leaves flat or slightly concave, 10–20 (-30) cm long; male inflorescence branched or occasionally unbranched, 10-15 cm long"	"Lomandra glauca"
12	"Leaves plano-convex to semi-terete, 30–40 (-70) cm long; male inflorescence unbranched, usually 5–8 cm long"	"Lomandra elongata"
13	"Flowers grouped in distinct whorls, arranged in panicles or single long spike"	14
13	"Flowers separate or up to 3 together, arranged in racemes or panicles"	16
14	"Inflorescence simple or few-branched; scape not flattened; pedicel 4-8 mm long"	"Lomandra multiflora subsp. multiflora"
14	"Inflorescence (at least male) much-branched, scape usually flattened; male flowers usually on a pedicel less than 4 mm long (usually 1-3.5 mm)"	15
15	"Inflorescences shorter than the longest leaves; male flowers globular to shortly campanulate, 1-1.2 mm long"	"Lomandra decomposita"
15	"Inflorescences longer than the longest leaves, male flowers ellipsoid to campanulate, 2.3-2.9 mm long"	"Lomandra ramosissima"
16	"Plants decumbent or erect, leaves usually dark green, leaf tips rounded or truncate, branches of female inflorescence predominately opposite or whorled, scape smooth to scabrid"	"Lomandra laxa"
16	"Plants usually erect, leaves light-green to yellow brown, leaf tips with 1-3 teeth usually 0.1-0.5 mm long or acuminate, branches of male inflorescence alternate or occasionally some whorled or opposite, female usually unbranched, scape weakly to strongly warty/papillose"	"Lomandra filiformis"