Gossia

Gossia
Shadowed Gossia bidwillii growing at Hayters Hill, near Byron Bay, Australia
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Rosids
Order: Myrtales
Family: Myrtaceae
Subfamily: Myrtoideae
Tribe: Myrteae
Genus: Gossia
N.Snow & Guymer[1]

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]

The name honours the conservation works of the former premier of Queensland, Wayne Goss.[6]

species[4][7]
  1. Gossia acmenoides - Qld, NSW
  2. Gossia alaternoides - New Caledonia
  3. Gossia aphthosa - New Caledonia
  4. Gossia bamagensis - Qld
  5. Gossia bidwillii - Qld, NSW
  6. Gossia byrnesii - Qld
  7. Gossia clusioides - New Caledonia
  8. Gossia colnettiana - New Caledonia
  9. Gossia dallachyana - Qld
  10. Gossia diversifolia - New Caledonia
  11. Gossia eugenioides - W New Guinea
  12. Gossia floribunda - New Guinea, Qld
  13. Gossia fragrantissima - Qld, NSW
  14. Gossia gonoclada - Qld
  15. Gossia grayi - Qld
  16. Gossia hillii - Qld
  17. Gossia inophloia - Qld
  18. Gossia kuakuensis - New Caledonia
  19. Gossia lewisensis - Qld
  20. Gossia longipetiolata - Papua New Guinea
  21. Gossia lucida - Qld
  22. Gossia macilwraithensis - Qld
  23. Gossia myrsinocarpa - Qld
  24. Gossia nigripes - New Caledonia
  25. Gossia pancheri - New Caledonia
  26. Gossia pubiflora - Qld
  27. Gossia punctata - Qld, NSW
  28. Gossia randiana - New Guinea
  29. Gossia retusa - Qld
  30. Gossia salomonensis - Solomon Islands
  31. Gossia sankowskiorum - Qld
  32. Gossia scottiana - Papua New Guinea
  33. Gossia shepherdii - Qld
  34. Gossia versteeghii - New Guinea
  35. Gossia vieillardii - New Caledonia, Vanuatu
  36. Gossia virotii - New Caledonia
  37. Gossia yelana - Papua New Guinea
  1. ^ "Gossia%". Australian Plant Name Index (APNI), IBIS database. Centre for Plant Biodiversity Research, Australian Government, Canberra. Retrieved 30 July 2014.
  2. ^ Snow, Neil Wilton & Guymer, Gordon Paul. 2003. Systematic Botany Monographs 65: 31–32
  3. ^ Tropicos, Gossia N. Snow & Guymer
  4. ^ a b Kew World Checklist of Selected Plant Families[permanent dead link]
  5. ^ 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.
  6. ^ 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.
  7. ^ 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.