Gossia floribunda or Cape ironwood species of plant in the Myrtaceae family. It is a understorey plant growing to a height of . Found in Cape York Peninsula Australia and also in New Guinea. Small white flowers form in abundance.
The species was first described as Backhousia floribunda in 1984 by Andrew John Scott.[1] In 2003 Neil Snow, Gordon Guymer and G. Sawvel re-assigned to the genus, Gossia, to give its currently accepted name, Gossia floribunda.[2]