# Gossia

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{{Short description|Genus of flowering plants}}
{{Automatic taxobox
|image = Gossia bidwillii flower and foliage.jpg
|image_caption = [Gossia bidwillii](/source/Gossia_bidwillii)
|display_parents = 2
|taxon = Gossia
|authority = [N.Snow](/source/Neil_Wilton_Snow) & [Guymer](/source/Gordon_P._Guymer){{R|APNI|POWO}}
|subdivision_ranks = Species
|subdivision = 
|type_species = Gossia retusa
|type_species_authority = N.Snow & Guymer{{R|APNI|SNOW&GUYMER}}
}}

'''''Gossia''''' is a genus of [rainforest](/source/rainforest) trees in the [myrtle family](/source/Myrtaceae) first described as a genus in 2003  by [Neil Snow](/source/Neil_Wilton_Snow) and [Gordon Guymer](/source/Gordon_P._Guymer).{{R|APNI|SNOW&GUYMER}} It is native to northeastern [Australia](/source/Australia) ([Queensland](/source/Queensland) and [New South Wales](/source/New_South_Wales)) as well as several islands of [Papuasia](/source/Papuasia) and [New Caledonia](/source/New_Caledonia).{{R|POWO}}

==Description==
Species of ''Gossia'' are shrubs or trees to about {{cvt|20|m}}, and may be single- or multi-stemmed. [Stipule](/source/Stipule)s are scale- or hair-like, the leaves are leathery and [opposite](/source/Phyllotaxis) or (rarely) sub-opposite, and they have [pinnate](/source/Pinnation) venation.{{R|SNOW&GUYMER|TONG}}

The inflorescences are produced at the end of the branchlets or in the {{botanygloss|axil|leaf axils}}, and may be solitary, paired or clustered, and they may bear single flowers or multiple flowers in [raceme](/source/raceme)s or [panicle](/source/panicle)s.{{R|SNOW&GUYMER|TONG}}

The flowers usually have four or five partially fused, green [sepal](/source/sepal)s which are often persistent at the apex of the fruit. There are four or five white or yellowish concave petals and numerous [stamen](/source/stamen)s. The [styles](/source/Stigma_(botany)) are straight, the [stigmas](/source/Stigma_(botany)) are [terete](/source/terete) and only slightly wider than the style. The ovary has two locules with up to 30 [ovule](/source/ovule)s per placenta.{{R|SNOW&GUYMER|TONG}}

The fruits are, in botanical terms, [berries](/source/berry_(botany)) which range in colour from orange to red to, most commonly, dark purple or black. They contain up to 10 seeds.{{R|SNOW&GUYMER|TONG}}

==Taxonomy==
The type species is ''Gossia retusa.'' The name honours the conservation works of the former [premier](/source/Premiers_of_the_Australian_states) of [Queensland](/source/Queensland), [Wayne Goss](/source/Wayne_Goss).{{R|APNI|SNOW&GUYMER}}
<ref>{{cite book |url=http://rainforestpublishing.com.au/shop/rainforest-trees-of-south-eastern-australia/ |title=Rainforest Trees of Mainland South-eastern Australia |first=A. G. |last=Floyd |author-link=Alexander Floyd |publisher=Terania Rainforest Publishing |location=[Lismore, New South Wales](/source/Lismore%2C_New_South_Wales) |year=2008 |edition=2nd, Revised |isbn=978-0-958943-67-3 |page=243 |access-date=26 March 2010}}</ref>

==Species==
{{As of|2025|3}}, [Plants of the World Online](/source/Plants_of_the_World_Online) accepts the following 47 species:{{R|POWO}}

{{columns-list|colwidth=22em|
* ''[Gossia acmenoides](/source/Gossia_acmenoides)'' {{small|(F.Muell.) N.Snow & Guymer}}
* ''[Gossia alaternoides](/source/Gossia_alaternoides)'' {{small|(Brongn. & Gris) N.Snow}}
* ''[Gossia angustifolia](/source/Gossia_angustifolia)'' {{small|N.Snow}}
* ''[Gossia aphthosa](/source/Gossia_aphthosa)'' {{small|(Vieill. ex Brongn. & Gris) N.Snow}}
* ''[Gossia bamagensis](/source/Gossia_bamagensis)'' {{small|N.Snow & Guymer}}
* ''[Gossia bidwillii](/source/Gossia_bidwillii)'' {{small|(Benth.) N.Snow & Guymer}}
* ''[Gossia bourailensis](/source/Gossia_bourailensis)'' {{small|N.Snow}}
* ''[Gossia byrnesii](/source/Gossia_byrnesii)'' {{small|N.Snow & Guymer}}
* ''[Gossia clusioides](/source/Gossia_clusioides)'' {{small|(Brongn. & Gris) N.Snow}}
* ''[Gossia colnettiana](/source/Gossia_colnettiana)'' {{small|(Guillaumin) N.Snow}}
* ''[Gossia conduplicata](/source/Gossia_conduplicata)'' {{small|N.Snow}}
* ''[Gossia conspicua](/source/Gossia_conspicua)'' {{small|(Vieill. ex Guillaumin) N.Snow}}
* ''[Gossia dallachyana](/source/Gossia_dallachyana)'' {{small|(F.Muell. ex Benth.) N.Snow & Guymer}}
* ''[Gossia diversifolia](/source/Gossia_diversifolia)'' {{small|(Brongn. & Gris) N.Snow}}
* ''[Gossia eugenioides](/source/Gossia_eugenioides)'' {{small|(A.J.Scott) N.Snow}}
* ''[Gossia floribunda](/source/Gossia_floribunda)'' {{small|(A.J.Scott) N.Snow & Guymer}}
* ''[Gossia fragrantissima](/source/Gossia_fragrantissima)'' {{small|(F.Muell. ex Benth.) N.Snow & Guymer}}
* ''[Gossia gonoclada](/source/Gossia_gonoclada)'' {{small|(F.Muell. ex Benth.) N.Snow & Guymer}}
* ''[Gossia grayi](/source/Gossia_grayi)'' {{small|N.Snow & Guymer}}
* ''[Gossia hillii](/source/Gossia_hillii)'' {{small|(Benth.) N.Snow & Guymer}}
* ''[Gossia inophloia](/source/Gossia_inophloia)'' {{small|(J.F.Bailey & C.T.White) N.Snow & Guymer}}
* ''[Gossia kaalaensis](/source/Gossia_kaalaensis)'' {{small|N.Snow}}
* ''[Gossia katepahiensis](/source/Gossia_katepahiensis)'' {{small|N.Snow}}
* ''[Gossia kuakuensis](/source/Gossia_kuakuensis)'' {{small|(Baker f.) N.Snow}}
* ''[Gossia lewisensis](/source/Gossia_lewisensis)'' {{small|N.Snow & Guymer}}
* ''[Gossia longipetiolata](/source/Gossia_longipetiolata)'' {{small|N.Snow}}
* ''[Gossia lucida](/source/Gossia_lucida)'' {{small|(Gaertn.) N.Snow & Guymer}}
* ''[Gossia macilwraithensis](/source/Gossia_macilwraithensis)'' {{small|N.Snow & Guymer}}
* ''[Gossia mandjeliaensis](/source/Gossia_mandjeliaensis)'' {{small|N.Snow}}
* ''[Gossia myrsinocarpa](/source/Gossia_myrsinocarpa)'' {{small|(F.Muell.) N.Snow & Guymer}}
* ''[Gossia ngaensis](/source/Gossia_ngaensis)'' {{small|N.Snow}}
* ''[Gossia nigripes](/source/Gossia_nigripes)'' {{small|(Guillaumin) N.Snow}}
* ''[Gossia ouazangouensis](/source/Gossia_ouazangouensis)'' {{small|N.Snow}}
* ''[Gossia pancheri](/source/Gossia_pancheri)'' {{small|(Brongn. & Gris) N.Snow}}
* ''[Gossia pubiflora](/source/Gossia_pubiflora)'' {{small|(C.T.White) N.Snow & Guymer}}
* ''[Gossia punctata](/source/Gossia_punctata)'' {{small|N.Snow & Guymer}}
* ''[Gossia ramiflora](/source/Gossia_ramiflora)'' {{small|N.Snow}}
* ''[Gossia randiana](/source/Gossia_randiana)'' {{small|(Merr. & L.M.Perry) N.Snow}}
* ''[Gossia retusa](/source/Gossia_retusa)'' {{small|N.Snow & Guymer}}
* ''[Gossia salomonensis](/source/Gossia_salomonensis)'' {{small|(A.J.Scott) N.Snow}}
* ''[Gossia sankowskyorum](/source/Gossia_sankowskyorum)'' {{small|N.Snow & Guymer}}
* ''[Gossia scottiana](/source/Gossia_scottiana)'' {{small|N.Snow}}
* ''[Gossia shepherdii](/source/Gossia_shepherdii)'' {{small|(F.Muell.) N.Snow & Guymer}}
* ''[Gossia versteeghii](/source/Gossia_versteeghii)'' {{small|(Merr. & L.M.Perry) N.Snow}}
* ''[Gossia vieillardii](/source/Gossia_vieillardii)'' {{small|(Brongn. & Gris) N.Snow}}
* ''[Gossia virotii](/source/Gossia_virotii)'' {{small|(Guillaumin) N.Snow}}
* ''[Gossia yelana](/source/Gossia_yelana)'' {{small|N.Snow & Peter G.Wilson}}
}}

==References==
{{Reflist|refs=
<ref name="POWO">{{cite web |url=https://powo.science.kew.org/taxon/urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:70027623-1 |title=''Gossia'' N.Snow & Guymer |website=Plants of the World Online |publisher=[Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew](/source/Royal_Botanic_Gardens%2C_Kew) |year=2025 |access-date=28 March 2025}}</ref>

<ref name="APNI">{{cite web |url=https://biodiversity.org.au/nsl/services/rest/name/apni/161062 |title=''Gossia'' |website=[Australian Plant Name Index](/source/Australian_Plant_Name_Index) (APNI) |publisher=Centre for Australian National Biodiversity Research, [Australian Government](/source/Australian_Government) |access-date=28 March 2025}}</ref>

<ref name="SNOW&GUYMER">{{cite journal |last1=Snow |first1=Neil |last2=Guymer |first2=Gordon P. |last3=Sawvel |first3=G. |title=Systematics of ''Austromyrtus'', ''Lenwebbia'', and the Australian Species of ''Gossia'' (Myrtaceae) |journal=Systematic Botany Monographs |date=2003 |volume=65 |pages=31–32 |doi=10.2307/25027907 |jstor=25027907 }}</ref>

<ref name="TONG">{{cite book |last1=Jennings |first1=Laura V. S. |editor1-last=Utteridge |editor1-first=Timothy M. A. |editor2-last=Jennings |editor2-first=Laura V. S. |title=Trees of New Guinea |date=2021 |publisher=Kew Publishing |location=Richmond, Surrey |isbn=978-1-84246-750-3 |page=326 |chapter=Myrtales}}</ref>
}}

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Category:Gossia
Category:Flora of Papuasia
Category:Flora of New Caledonia
Category:Flora of Vanuatu
Category:Flora of Queensland
Category:Flora of New South Wales
Category:Taxa named by Neil Wilton Snow
Category:Taxa named by Gordon P. Guymer
Category:Plants described in 2003
Category:Myrtaceae genera

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