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 Phyllotaxis#Leaf arrangement, opposite or (rarely) sub-opposite, and they have Pinnation#Number_of_divisions, pinnate venation. The inflorescences are produced at the end of the branchlets or in the , and may be solitary, paired or clustered, and they may bear single flowers or multiple flowers in racemes or panicles. The flowers usually have four or five partially fused, green sepals which are often persistent at the apex of the fruit. There are four or five white or yellowish concave petals and numerous stamens. The Stigma (botany)#Style, styles are straight, the Stigma (botany), stigmas are terete and only slightly wider than the style. The ovary has two locules with up to 30 ovules per placenta. The fruits are, in botanical terms, berry (botany), berries which range in colour from orange to red to, most commonly, dark purple or black. They contain up to 10 seeds.Taxonomy
The type species is ''Gossia retusa.'' The name honours the conservation works of the former Premiers of the Australian states, premier of Queensland, Wayne Goss.Species
, Plants of the World Online accepts the following 47 species:References
Gossia, Flora of Papuasia Flora of New Caledonia Flora of Vanuatu Flora of Queensland Flora of New South Wales Taxa named by Neil Wilton Snow Taxa named by Gordon P. Guymer Plants described in 2003 Myrtaceae genera {{Myrtaceae-stub