Gossia is a genus of rainforest trees in the myrtle family first described as a genus in 2003.[2][3] It is native to northeastern Australia (Queensland and New South Wales) as well as several islands of Papuasia and New Caledonia.[4][5]
| Gossia | |
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| Shadowed Gossia bidwillii growing at Hayters Hill, near Byron Bay, Australia | |
Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Eudicots |
| Clade: | Rosids |
| Order: | Myrtales |
| Family: | Myrtaceae |
| Subfamily: | Myrtoideae |
| Tribe: | Myrteae |
| Genus: | Gossia N.Snow & Guymer[1] |
The name honours the conservation works of the former premier of Queensland, Wayne Goss.[6]
- Gossia acmenoides - Qld, NSW
- Gossia alaternoides - New Caledonia
- Gossia aphthosa - New Caledonia
- Gossia bamagensis - Qld
- Gossia bidwillii - Qld, NSW
- Gossia byrnesii - Qld
- Gossia clusioides - New Caledonia
- Gossia colnettiana - New Caledonia
- Gossia dallachyana - Qld
- Gossia diversifolia - New Caledonia
- Gossia eugenioides - W New Guinea
- Gossia floribunda - New Guinea, Qld
- Gossia fragrantissima - Qld, NSW
- Gossia gonoclada - Qld
- Gossia grayi - Qld
- Gossia hillii - Qld
- Gossia inophloia - Qld
- Gossia kuakuensis - New Caledonia
- Gossia lewisensis - Qld
- Gossia longipetiolata - Papua New Guinea
- Gossia lucida - Qld
- Gossia macilwraithensis - Qld
- Gossia myrsinocarpa - Qld
- Gossia nigripes - New Caledonia
- Gossia pancheri - New Caledonia
- Gossia pubiflora - Qld
- Gossia punctata - Qld, NSW
- Gossia randiana - New Guinea
- Gossia retusa - Qld
- Gossia salomonensis - Solomon Islands
- Gossia sankowskiorum - Qld
- Gossia scottiana - Papua New Guinea
- Gossia shepherdii - Qld
- Gossia versteeghii - New Guinea
- Gossia vieillardii - New Caledonia, Vanuatu
- Gossia virotii - New Caledonia
- Gossia yelana - Papua New Guinea
References
edit- ^ "Gossia%". Australian Plant Name Index (APNI), IBIS database. Centre for Plant Biodiversity Research, Australian Government, Canberra. Retrieved 30 July 2014.
- ^ Snow, Neil Wilton & Guymer, Gordon Paul. 2003. Systematic Botany Monographs 65: 31–32
- ^ Tropicos, Gossia N. Snow & Guymer
- ^ a b Kew World Checklist of Selected Plant Families[permanent dead link]
- ^ Govaerts, R., Sobral, N., Ashton, P., Barrie, F., Holst, B.K., Landrum, L.L., Matsumoto, K., Fernanda Mazine, F., Nic Lughadha, E., Proença, C. & al. (2008). World Checklist of Myrtaceae: 1-455. Kew Publishing, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew.
- ^ Floyd, A. G. (2008). Rainforest Trees of Mainland South-eastern Australia (2nd, Revised ed.). Lismore, New South Wales: Terania Rainforest Publishing. p. 243. ISBN 978-0-958943-67-3. Retrieved 2010-03-26.
- ^ Wilson, Peter G. (7 Oct 2003). "Gossia – New South Wales Flora Online". PlantNET – The Plant Information Network System. 2.0. Sydney, Australia: The Royal Botanic Gardens and Domain Trust. Retrieved 30 July 2014.
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