Gossia

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

Gossia is a genus of rainforest trees in the myrtle family first described as a genus in 2003. It is native to northeastern Australia (Queensland and New South Wales) as well as several islands of Papuasia and New Caledonia.

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

species
  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
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