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Gossia
Genus of flowering plants in the family Myrtaceae / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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]
Quick Facts Gossia, Scientific classification ...
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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[1] |
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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