| 1 | Plants densely villous or strigose | 2 |
| Plants nearly smooth | 4 | |
| 2 | Rays of umbel almost draw from the base, extremely elongated | L. hispida |
| Plants compound umbels with long pedicels, umbrella not elongated | 3 | |
| 3 | Bracts well developed, 2-pinnately divided | L. involucratum |
| Bracts caducous, 1-pinnately divided | L. capillaceum | |
| 4 | Umbels predominantly simple, rays drawn from base very unequal | L. litangensis |
| Compound umbels, rays subequal | 5 | |
| 5 | Basal leaves and lower stem leaves are 1-pinnately compound | L. integrifolia |
| Basal leaves and lower stem leaves are 2–4-pinnately compound | 6 | |
| 6 | Calyx teeth inconspicuous | 7 |
| Calyx teeth prominent | 8 | |
| 7 | Bracteoles margin not membranous | L. modesta |
| Bracteoles with white membranous margin | L. oliverianum | |
| 8 | Stems unbranched, scapiform, cauline leaves usually absent | L. scapiforme |
| Stems simple or branched, cauline leaves present | 9 | |
| 9 | Calyx teeth linear | 10 |
| Calyx teeth subulate | 11 | |
| 10 | Bracteoles with broad white membranous margins | L. wallichiana |
| Bracteoles without white membranous margins | L. brachyloba | |
| 11 | Leaf blade 1-2-pinnate, ultimate segments ovate to oblong-ovate | L. rechingeriana |
| Leaf blade 3-4-pinnate, ultimate segments linear | L. dielsiana |