Gossia Explained

Gossia is a genus of rainforest trees in the myrtle family first described as a genus in 2003.^{[1] [2]} It is native to northeastern Australia (Queensland and New South Wales) as well as several islands of Papuasia and New Caledonia.^{[3] [4]}

The name honours the conservation works of the former premier of Queensland, Wayne Goss.^[5]

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Notes and References

1. Snow, Neil Wilton & Guymer, Gordon Paul. 2003. Systematic Botany Monographs 65: 31–32
2. http://www.tropicos.org/Name/50238660 Tropicos, Gossia N. Snow & Guymer
3. http://apps.kew.org/wcsp/namedetail.do?name_id=216902 Kew World Checklist of Selected Plant Families
4. 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.
5. Book: Floyd, A. G. . Rainforest Trees of Mainland South-eastern Australia . Alexander Floyd . Terania Rainforest Publishing . . 2008 . 2nd, Revised . 978-0-958943-67-3 . 243 . 2010-03-26.
6. Web site: Gossia – New South Wales Flora Online . Wilson . Peter G. . 7 Oct 2003 . PlantNET – The Plant Information Network System . Sydney, Australia . The Royal Botanic Gardens and Domain Trust . 2.0 . 30 July 2014 .