''Gossia floribunda'' or Cape ironwood species of plant in the

Myrtaceae Myrtaceae (), the myrtle family, is a family of dicotyledonous plants placed within the order Myrtales. Myrtle, pōhutukawa, bay rum tree, clove, guava, acca (feijoa), allspice, and eucalyptus are some notable members of this group. All ...

family. It is a understorey plant growing to a height of . Found in

Cape York Peninsula The Cape York Peninsula is a peninsula located in Far North Queensland, Australia. It is the largest wilderness in northern Australia.Mittermeier, R.E. et al. (2002). Wilderness: Earth's last wild places. Mexico City: Agrupación Sierra Madre, ...

Australia and also in

New Guinea New Guinea (; Hiri Motu: ''Niu Gini''; , fossilized , also known as Papua or historically ) is the List of islands by area, world's second-largest island, with an area of . Located in Melanesia in the southwestern Pacific Ocean, the island is ...

. Small white flowers form in abundance. The species was first described as ''Backhousia floribunda'' in 1984 by Andrew John Scott. In 2003 Neil Snow, Gordon Guymer and G. Sawvel re-assigned to the genus, ''

Gossia ''Gossia'' is a genus of rainforest trees in the Myrtaceae, myrtle family first described as a genus in 2003 by Neil Wilton Snow, Neil Snow and Gordon P. Guymer, Gordon Guymer. It is native to northeastern Australia (Queensland and New South Wal ...

'', to give its currently accepted name, ''Gossia floribunda''.

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floribunda Flora of Queensland Flora of New Guinea Taxa named by Gordon P. Guymer Taxa named by Andrew John Scott (botanist) Plants described in 1984 {{Myrtaceae-stub