Biology:Gossia

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Short description: Genus of flowering plants in the family Myrtaceae

Gossia
Gossia bidwillii - Hayters Hill July 19, 2000.jpg
Shadowed Gossia bidwillii growing at Hayters Hill, near Byron Bay, Australia
Scientific classification e
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]


References

  1. "Gossia%". Australian Plant Name Index (APNI), IBIS database. Centre for Plant Biodiversity Research, Australian Government, Canberra. http://www.anbg.gov.au/cgi-bin/apni?TAXON_NAME=Gossia%. 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. Jump up to: 4.0 4.1 Kew World Checklist of Selected Plant Families
  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. http://rainforestpublishing.com.au/shop/rainforest-trees-of-south-eastern-australia/. Retrieved 2010-03-26. 
  7. Wilson, Peter G. (7 Oct 2003). "Gossia – New South Wales Flora Online". PlantNET – The Plant Information Network System. Sydney, Australia: The Royal Botanic Gardens and Domain Trust. http://plantnet.rbgsyd.nsw.gov.au/cgi-bin/NSWfl.pl?page=nswfl&lvl=gn&name=Gossia. Retrieved 30 July 2014. 

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