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Gossia
Sign in to saveGossia is a genus of rainforest trees in the myrtle family first described as a genus in 2003 by Neil Snow and Gordon Guymer. It is native to northeastern Australia (Queensland and New South Wales) as well as several islands of Papuasia and New Caledonia.
Species
Genus
- PhylumAnnelida
- ClassPolychaeta
- OrderPhyllodocida
- FamilySyllidae
General: or C-shaped embryo. The 4-merous species of Gossia may
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Museum specimens
- Specimen records
- 66
- With media
- 31
- Family
- Myrtaceae
- Collections
- MEL, MO, BPBM, EIU, MNHN
- Recorded in
- Australia, New Caledonia, Papua New Guinea, Nouvelle-CaléDonie
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Gossia is a genus of rainforest trees in the myrtle family first described as a genus in 2003 by Neil Snow and Gordon Guymer. It is native to northeastern Australia (Queensland and New South Wales) as well as several islands of Papuasia and New Caledonia.
==Description== Species of Gossia are shrubs or trees to about , and may be single- or multi-stemmed. Stipules are scale- or hair-like, the leaves are leathery and opposite or (rarely) sub-opposite, and they have pinnate venation.
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