taxonID	type	description	language	source
67621F13FFD5F50F1E6D3B93FACD41E9.taxon	distribution	DISTRIBUTION. — Gossia is widespread across Grande Terre in New Caledonia and occasional on adjoining islands, but so far is unreported for the Loyalty Islands; mostly in maquis or more mesic forests and species rarely occurring in dense or extensive populations; near sea level to 1500 m.	en	Snow, Neil (2020): A revision of New Caledonian Gossia N. Snow & Guymer (Myrtaceae). Adansonia (3) 42 (7): 131-177, DOI: 10.5252/adansonia2020v42a7
67621F13FFD5F50F1E6D3B93FACD41E9.taxon	description	GENERIC DESCRIPTION OF GOSSIA Plants Shrubs to large trees, (0.2 -) 0.5 - 18 m. Branchlets Terete, compressed, or rarely 4 - angled. Colleters Absent to obscure, reddish and hair-like if present. Leaves 2 (- 3 - 4) per node, pedicellate or sometimes sessile, venation brochidodromous, thinly to thickly coriaceous, blades flat or bullate. Inflorescence Axillary, terminal or ramiflorus, of monads, racemes, or panicles, solitary, paired, or fascicled; extrafloral bracts absent, scale-like or sometimes leafy. Bracteoles 2, sometimes early caducous. Hypanthium Campanulate, cupulate, obconic, or urceolate, not prolonged beyond ovary apex, smooth or sometimes ribbed or rugose; ovary apex glabrous to hairy. Flowers 4 - 5 (- 8) - merous. Locules (1 -) 2 (- 3), placentation axile (or basal in G. angustifolia sp. nov.). Stamens numerous; filaments dorsifixed or subdorsifixed. Stigma apex terete, narrow to slightly globular. Fruit Baccate, green (immature) to yellow-orange or red but usually purplish-black at maturity. Seeds 1 - 4 (- 12), testa hard, irregularly rounded and typically somewhat compressed with some angular edges; embryo coiled or less commonly C-shaped. Chromosome numbers unknown.	en	Snow, Neil (2020): A revision of New Caledonian Gossia N. Snow & Guymer (Myrtaceae). Adansonia (3) 42 (7): 131-177, DOI: 10.5252/adansonia2020v42a7
67621F13FFD7F5001FA83AF1FE91438E.taxon	description	(Figs 1 - 3)	en	Snow, Neil (2020): A revision of New Caledonian Gossia N. Snow & Guymer (Myrtaceae). Adansonia (3) 42 (7): 131-177, DOI: 10.5252/adansonia2020v42a7
67621F13FFD7F5001FA83AF1FE91438E.taxon	materials_examined	— Typus: New Caledonia. Grande Terre, South Prov., Montagnes de Balade, 1855 - 1860, E. Vieillard 495 (holo-, P [P 00602575]). Gossia alaternoides (Brongn. & Gris) N. Snow var. pulchrifolius (Guillaumin) N. Snow, Austrobaileya 8: 180 (2010). — Myrtus pulchrifolius Guillaumin, Mémoires du Muséum national d’Histoire naturelle, Paris, sér. B., Botanique 8: 144 (1959); Mémoires du Muséum national d’Histoire naturelle, Paris, sér. B., Botanique 8: 289 (1962) (as M. pulchrefolius).	en	Snow, Neil (2020): A revision of New Caledonian Gossia N. Snow & Guymer (Myrtaceae). Adansonia (3) 42 (7): 131-177, DOI: 10.5252/adansonia2020v42a7
67621F13FFD7F5001FA83AF1FE91438E.taxon	materials_examined	— Typus: New Caledonia. Grande Terre, South Prov., au-dessus du campement de Bernier, Montagne des Sources, 3. X. 1951, Hürlimann 3021 (holo-, P [P 00751827]; iso-, A [A 00255461], NY, US, Z [Z- 000050850]).	en	Snow, Neil (2020): A revision of New Caledonian Gossia N. Snow & Guymer (Myrtaceae). Adansonia (3) 42 (7): 131-177, DOI: 10.5252/adansonia2020v42a7
67621F13FFD7F5001FA83AF1FE91438E.taxon	etymology	ETYMOLOGY. — Possibly from a superficial resemblance to the Mediterranean species Rhamnus alaternus L., but its exact application here uncertain.	en	Snow, Neil (2020): A revision of New Caledonian Gossia N. Snow & Guymer (Myrtaceae). Adansonia (3) 42 (7): 131-177, DOI: 10.5252/adansonia2020v42a7
67621F13FFD7F5001FA83AF1FE91438E.taxon	distribution	DISTRIBUTION, HABITAT AND PHENOLOGY. — Across much of Grande Terre (Fig. 3) but most common in the South Province; in maquis including over ultramafics, 100 - 700 m. Flowering November through May; in fruit yearround but evidently peaking in April and May.	en	Snow, Neil (2020): A revision of New Caledonian Gossia N. Snow & Guymer (Myrtaceae). Adansonia (3) 42 (7): 131-177, DOI: 10.5252/adansonia2020v42a7
67621F13FFD7F5001FA83AF1FE91438E.taxon	materials_examined	SPECIMENS EXAMINED. — New Caledonia. Grande Terre, North Prov., au-dessus d’Ouroué à l’embouchure du Dotio, I. 1872, Balansa 3398 (P [P 00459516]); Goro-Nickel, relevé 37 - 38, 20. VI. 2002, Dagostini 525 (NOU); Fetscherin s. n., 1910, entre Thio et Houaïlou (P [P 00459523]); Route de Houaïlou à Kouaoua, vers 400 m, 7. V. 1969, Jaffré 231, (BISH [fragment], NOU [NOU 053232], P [P 00462828]); Boulinda, 100 m, 9. XI. 1971, Jaffré 480 (NOU [NOU 028887], P [P 00462829]); Massif du Boulinda, 530 m, 12. X. 1972, Jaffré 973 (NOU [NOU 028885], P [P 00462831]); Au pied du Massif du Boulinda, 110 m, 10. X. 1972, Jaffré 1030 (NOU [NOU 028853]); Plaine des Gaiacs, 10. XII. 1977, Jaffré 2018 (NOU [NOU 028886]); Massif du Boulinda, col de Nékoro, 11. X. 1972, Jaffré 2203 (NOU [NOU 028884]); Massif du Boulinda, 23. II. 1978, Jaffré 2367 (NOU [NOU 028852], P [P 00462833]); Koniambo, 534 m, 26. X. 2000, Jaffré 3452 (NOU [NOU 028919], P [P 00316477]); Mt. Koniambo, vers 400 m, 5. I. 1961, MacKee 7965 (CANB, P [P 00462840], US); Boulinda, 10. XI. 1977, Morat 5705 (NOU [NOU 028876], P [P 00462843]); Dothio: le fort américain, [21 ° 35 ’ 30.00 ” S, 166 ° 08 ’ 09.99 E], 17. XII. 1981, Veillon 4767 (NOU [NOU 030916], P [P 00462845], WELTU). — South Prov., Col de Vulcain, 900 m, 11. XI. 1950, Baumann-Bodenheim 8120 (A, P [P 00459518]); Sommet W du Mt. Humboldt, 21. IX. 1951, Baumann-Bodenheim 15430 (A, BRI, P [P 00459521], US, Z); Mine Pin-Pin, 21 ° 22 ’ 57.00 ” S, 165 ° 16 ’ 00.00 ” E, 677 m, 20. XI. 2015, Callmander 1273 (G [images of living material seen], MO n. v., NOU n. v., P n. v.); Massif du Kouakoué sur la crête, VII. 1955, Chevalier 6 (NOU [NOU 028915, NOU 028921]); Goro-Nickel relevé 37 - 38, 20. VI. 2002, Dagostini 525 (NOU [NOU 028874]); Prony, bords de la Yaté, Franc 1787 (P [P 00459524], [P 00459525]; ibid. loco, Franc 1787 a (P [P 00459526, P 00462814, P 00462815]); Prony, 20. XII. 1914, Franc 1901 a (A, BRI, P); Hürlimann 597 (P [P 00462820]); Vallée de la Fausse Yaté, 12. I. 1951, Hürlimann 669 (A, P [P 00462821], RSA, US, Z); Pic 576 au-dessus de la vallée de Boulari, 30. I. 1951, Hürlimann 799 (A, NY, P [P 00462822], US, Z); Pic 576 au-dessus de la vallée de Boulari, 30. I. 1951, Hürlimann 802 (P [P 00462823]); Pente nord du Pic du Casse-Cou, 3. III. 1951, Hürlimann 1016 (P [P 00462825]); Route de Yaté, 10. I. 1969, Jaffré 141 (NOU [NOU 053233], P [P 00462826, P 00462827]); Kouaoua, 7. V. 1969, Jaffré 231 (P [P 00462828]); Route de Yaté, 20. I. 1978, Jaffré 2254 (CANB n. v., L n. v., MO [MO- 5813358], NOU [NOU 028883], P [P 00462832]); Vallée de la Riv. Ouha-Tontouta, 2. XI. 1995, Jaffré 3275 (BISH [fragment], NOU [NOU 053039]), P [P 00462834]); N. Dumbéa valley between the 1 st and 4 th bunkers of abandoned mine, 13. XI. 1955, MacKee 3337 (P [P 00462837, P 00462838]); Plaine des Lacs: NE Grand Lac, 30. XII. 1978, Mac-Kee 36304 (NOU [NOU 028854]); Yaté, 250 m, 18. XII. 1985, MacKee 42946 (MO [MO- 6751083], NOU [NOU 028879], P [P 02089890]); 5 km en aval de la Chute de la Rivière des Lacs, 200 m, 9. XI. 1989, MacKee 43339 (BRI, NOU [NOU 028875], P [P 02089861] + spirits); Rivière des Lacs, 5 km en aval de la chute, 200 m, 5. IV. 1987, MacKee 43489 (MO [MO- 6751077], NOU [NOU 028887], P [P 02089889]); Yaté, Barrage, 150 m, 25. V. 1987, MacKee 43555 (P [P 02089859]); Rivière des Lacs, 220 m, 19. XI. 1987, MacKee 43776 (P [P 02089860]); Grand Lac, 250 m, 29. XII. 1989, MacKee 44239 (BRI, NOU [NOU 028878], P [02089887] + spirits); Grand Lac, 250 m, 29. XII. 1988, Mac-Kee 44240 (BRI, MO [MO- 6751071], NOU [NOU 028855], P [P 02089888] + spirits); Port Bouquet, Rivière Koum, au bout de la piste longeant la rivière, berge ouest, 105 m, 24. XI. 2001, Munzinger 1019 (MO [MO- 04771341], NOU [NOU 028880]); Dothio: le fort Américain, 17. XII. 1981, Veillon 4767 (NOU, P [P 00462845]); Tontouta, rive gauche du creek Wanewano entre 20 - 30 m, 26. III. 1993, Veillon 7917 (NOU [NOU 028920]); Baie de Prony, Vieillard 2618 (P [P 00462847]); Entre Goro et la Grand Lac, 29. III. 1942, 230 m, Virot 680 (P [P 00462851]); Riv. des Lacs near beginning of Route de Carenage, 22.10 ° S, 166.50 ° E, 150 m, 11. XII. 1973, Webster 19208 (DAV, P [P 00462852]). — Ab. loco: Le Rat & Le Rat 768 (P [P 00462835]). REPRESENTATIVE HERBARIUM SPECIMEN. — P 00751827.	en	Snow, Neil (2020): A revision of New Caledonian Gossia N. Snow & Guymer (Myrtaceae). Adansonia (3) 42 (7): 131-177, DOI: 10.5252/adansonia2020v42a7
67621F13FFD7F5001FA83AF1FE91438E.taxon	description	DESCRIPTION Shrubs 0.5 - 3 m. Branchlets Terete, emerging densely lanate to glabrous; internodes at branch tips mostly> 5 mm. Leaves Stiffly coriaceous, 2 - 3 (- 4) per node; petioles 1.5 - 2.5 mm, slightly sulcate distally; blades 1.5 - 5.7 × (0.6 -) 1.2 - 2.5 cm, narrowly obovate (or rarely obovate [e. g., Vieillard 2618]) to narrowly elliptic or elliptic, base cuneate to attenuate, surface flat in center but margin typically recurved (often strongly) throughout, apex prominently retuse or less often obtuse, midnerve slightly sulcate proximally becoming more or less flush, secondary veins invisible above, oil glands below (when not obscured by indumentum on branchlets) common to dense but often indistinct. Inflorescence 2 - 4 cm, of monads, triads or few-flowered cymes, terminal or (mostly) axillary, pedicels 0 - 6 mm; extrafloral bracts typically at base of inflorescence branches. Bracteoles 0.6 - 1.2 mm (occasionally two pairs in decussate arrangement below solitary flowers), very narrowly obovate, glabrous to densely lanate. Hypanthium 2.0 - 3.0 mm, cupulate, smooth to slightly ribbed, glabrous to densely lanate; ovary apex densely hairy. Calyx Lobes 5, (0.6 -) 1 - 2 mm, narrowly obovate to narrowly oblong, glabrous to velutinous above and below. Petals (1.4 -) 2 - 4 × 2.5 - 3.5 mm, glabrous to densely hairy above and below, white to maroon. Filaments 2 - 3 mm, white; anther sacs (0.1 -) 0.3 - 0.7 mm, stramineous. Style 4 - 5 mm, sometimes hairy proximally, whitish. Fruits c. 4.0 - 5.5 × 4 mm, globose to subcylindrical, yellow-green maturing dark bluish-black. Seeds Two.	en	Snow, Neil (2020): A revision of New Caledonian Gossia N. Snow & Guymer (Myrtaceae). Adansonia (3) 42 (7): 131-177, DOI: 10.5252/adansonia2020v42a7
67621F13FFD7F5001FA83AF1FE91438E.taxon	discussion	REMARKS The indumentum on the emerging branchlets, young leaves, and floral parts varies considerably; in many specimens most or all of it falls away with age. Three or sometimes four leaves per node often occur on this generally sparsely-branched shrub. The apex of the bracteoles in some specimens exceeds the base of the calyx lobes, but this character is inconsistent. The dried immature fruits can appear to be almost capsular and only slightly fleshy. Additional research is needed to test the distinctness of G. alaternoides, G. conspicua comb. nov., and G. virotii. One focal area in particular for additional collections should be near Tontouta, an area from which specimens can be challenging to attribute to these three species. Previously (in ms.), I recognized up to four infraspecific taxa of this species, but further study only corroborated the distinctness of Gossia conspicua comb. nov., in contrast to tentatively having recognized G. a. subsp. pulchrefolius and earlier tentative names of Gossia alaternoides vars. “ tomentosa ” and “ velutinosa ”. Many specimens bear annotations of those tentative names between 2004 and 2017. Sterile specimens of G. alaternoides can resemble Uromyrtus emarginata (Pancher ex Brongn. & Gris) Burret, but that species has pendulous solitary flowers. The leaves also can resemble Eugenia stricta Pancher ex Brongn. & Gris, but its vegetative and reproductive parts are glabrous and the embryos are globular and lack the hardened testa characteristic of Gossia.	en	Snow, Neil (2020): A revision of New Caledonian Gossia N. Snow & Guymer (Myrtaceae). Adansonia (3) 42 (7): 131-177, DOI: 10.5252/adansonia2020v42a7
67621F13FFD8F5031CCC3FFCFE70438E.taxon	description	(Figs 3; 4 A-C)	en	Snow, Neil (2020): A revision of New Caledonian Gossia N. Snow & Guymer (Myrtaceae). Adansonia (3) 42 (7): 131-177, DOI: 10.5252/adansonia2020v42a7
67621F13FFD8F5031CCC3FFCFE70438E.taxon	diagnosis	Leaves narrowly elliptic, cuneate at base, the margin slightly sinuous, about three times longer than broad, abaxial surface glands dense, placentation basal.	en	Snow, Neil (2020): A revision of New Caledonian Gossia N. Snow & Guymer (Myrtaceae). Adansonia (3) 42 (7): 131-177, DOI: 10.5252/adansonia2020v42a7
67621F13FFD8F5031CCC3FFCFE70438E.taxon	materials_examined	TYPUS. — New Caledonia. Grande Terre, North Prov. Entre Tao et Ouaième: Vallée Pouai, 20 ° 35 ’ 33.00 ” S, 164 ° 49 ’ 12.00 ” E, 11. IX. 1961, MacKee 15612 (holo-, NOU [NOU 053037]; iso-, BISH [leaf fragment], MO [MO- 5906585]). PARATYPI. — New Caledonia. Grande Terre, Haute Diahot, Paala, 600 m, 15. VII. 1977, MacKee 33461 (BISH [fragment], NOU [NOU 053245]); Col d’Amos, 20 ° 17 ’ 60 ” S, 164 ° 25 ’ 42 ” E, 13. X. 2002, Munzinger 1489 et al. (MO [MO- 5841144], NOU [NOU 002733], P [P 00354502]); Col d’Amoss, 20 ° 18 ’ 22 ” S, 164 ° 23 ’ 48 ” E, 14. X. 2002, Tronchet 387 (K n. v., MO [MO- 5906585], NOU [NOU 003170], P [P 00354930]); Vallée de Néouna (Goapin), entre Aoupinié NW et Forêt plate, 165 ° 13 ’ 35.1 ” S, 21 ° 8 ’ 38.3 ” E, 31. VII. 2012, Vandrot 597 & Chambrey (MO, n. v., MPU [MPU 028535], P [P 02089718]).	en	Snow, Neil (2020): A revision of New Caledonian Gossia N. Snow & Guymer (Myrtaceae). Adansonia (3) 42 (7): 131-177, DOI: 10.5252/adansonia2020v42a7
67621F13FFD8F5031CCC3FFCFE70438E.taxon	etymology	ETYMOLOGY. — In reference to the relatively narrow leaves, compared to most congenerics in New Caledonia.	en	Snow, Neil (2020): A revision of New Caledonian Gossia N. Snow & Guymer (Myrtaceae). Adansonia (3) 42 (7): 131-177, DOI: 10.5252/adansonia2020v42a7
67621F13FFD8F5031CCC3FFCFE70438E.taxon	materials_examined	REPRESENTATIVE HERBARIUM SPECIMEN. — P 00354930.	en	Snow, Neil (2020): A revision of New Caledonian Gossia N. Snow & Guymer (Myrtaceae). Adansonia (3) 42 (7): 131-177, DOI: 10.5252/adansonia2020v42a7
67621F13FFD8F5031CCC3FFCFE70438E.taxon	distribution	DISTRIBUTION, HABITAT AND PHENOLOGY. — Gossia angustifolia sp. nov. occurs on the edge of the Massif du Panié and at Col d’Amoss (Fig. 3), sometimes common locally; in gallery forests over micaschistes, c. 100 - 600 m altitude. Flowering November (material scant); fruiting July through October.	en	Snow, Neil (2020): A revision of New Caledonian Gossia N. Snow & Guymer (Myrtaceae). Adansonia (3) 42 (7): 131-177, DOI: 10.5252/adansonia2020v42a7
67621F13FFD8F5031CCC3FFCFE70438E.taxon	description	DESCRIPTION Shrubs or trees 3 - 8 m, sometimes densely branched. Bark Brownish and somewhat rough. Branchlets Terete to laterally compressed; internodes> 5 mm., emerging reddish. Leaves Coriaceous, 2 per node; petioles 1.2 - 3.5 mm, terete; blades 5.0 - 9.0 × 1.9 - 3.3 cm, narrowly elliptic, base cuneate, surface flat, margin flat to slightly wavy, apex acute, midnerve above sulcate, secondary veins slightly raised above, oil glands of lower surface dense but faint. Inflorescence 2 - 2.5 cm, of few-flowered racemes or panicles, terminal and axillary; pedicels 0.3 - 1.4 cm; extrafloral bracts lacking or scale-like. Bracteoles 1.5 - 2 mm, narrowly oblanceolate, sparsely sericeous. Hypanthium 2.5 - 3.5 mm, campanulate or urceolate, width in flower unknown, surface smooth, sparsely sericeous; ovary apex glabrous. Calyx Lobes 5, 1.2 - 1.5 mm, broadly rounded, glabrous above, sparsely sericeous below, greenish. Petals stamens and style Unknown. Berry 6 - 8 × c. 7 mm, globular, base rounded, whitish to reddish; seeds 2.	en	Snow, Neil (2020): A revision of New Caledonian Gossia N. Snow & Guymer (Myrtaceae). Adansonia (3) 42 (7): 131-177, DOI: 10.5252/adansonia2020v42a7
67621F13FFD8F5031CCC3FFCFE70438E.taxon	discussion	REMARKS Gossia angustifolia sp. nov. is recognized by its narrowly elliptic leaves with slightly undulate (in sicco) margins and (usually) dense but small oil glands on the lower surface. It can resemble G. ramiflora sp. nov. based on the slightly undulate leaf margins and their overall shape, but the margins of G. ramiflora sp. nov. typically are significantly more undulate. It also can resemble G. vieillardii, but that species has fewer oil glands on the lower leaf surface. Preliminary results suggest this species is atypical in the genus by virtue of its basal placentation in a single locule (Fig. 4 C). The laminar oil glands are less dense on one specimen (Vandrot 597).	en	Snow, Neil (2020): A revision of New Caledonian Gossia N. Snow & Guymer (Myrtaceae). Adansonia (3) 42 (7): 131-177, DOI: 10.5252/adansonia2020v42a7
67621F13FFDBF5021C3B3A90FACC41B4.taxon	description	(Figs 4 D-G; 5; 13 E-I)	en	Snow, Neil (2020): A revision of New Caledonian Gossia N. Snow & Guymer (Myrtaceae). Adansonia (3) 42 (7): 131-177, DOI: 10.5252/adansonia2020v42a7
67621F13FFDBF5021C3B3A90FACC41B4.taxon	etymology	ETYMOLOGY. — Likely from the Greek aphtha, which is a reference to thrush (= mouth ulcers), coupled with the Latin suffix osa (“ full of ”). Aphthosa thus presumably refers to the ring of corky tissue at the base of the petioles.	en	Snow, Neil (2020): A revision of New Caledonian Gossia N. Snow & Guymer (Myrtaceae). Adansonia (3) 42 (7): 131-177, DOI: 10.5252/adansonia2020v42a7
67621F13FFDBF5021C3B3A90FACC41B4.taxon	distribution	DISTRIBUTION, HABITAT AND PHENOLOGY. — In three distinct regions areas on Grande Terre (Fig. 5); in gallery forests and other humid to wet forests over ultramafics, schists, micaschists, and gneiss, 250 - 500 m. Flowering August through February; fruiting September through June.	en	Snow, Neil (2020): A revision of New Caledonian Gossia N. Snow & Guymer (Myrtaceae). Adansonia (3) 42 (7): 131-177, DOI: 10.5252/adansonia2020v42a7
67621F13FFDBF5021C3B3A90FACC41B4.taxon	description	DESCRIPTION Trees or shrubs 2 - 8 m. Branchlets Terete to compressed; internodes> 5 mm. Leaves Coriaceous, 2 per node; petioles 2 - 4.8 mm, flat to terete; blades (8.5 -) 12.0 - 24.0 × (3.5 -) 6.6 - 13.0 cm, elliptic to broadly elliptic, base cordate (and sometimes amplexicaulous) to broadly rounded, surface flat, margin flat to somewhat revolute at edges, apex obtuse to somewhat acute, midnerve above sulcate, secondary veins flush above, oil glands of lower surface dense but indistinct. Inflorescence 1.5 - 6 cm, of monads, triads, or few-flowered racemes, axillary or clustered on naked branches; pedicels 0.3 - 1.5 cm; extrafloral bracts lacking or scale-like. Bracteoles (1.5 -) 3 - 4 mm, very narrowly ovate or elliptic to very narrowly obovate, sparsely sericeous. Hypanthium c. 1.5 × 1.5 mm, campanulate, surface smooth, glabrous to densely sericeous; ovary apex glabrous. Calyx Lobes 4 or 5, 1 - 2 mm, broadly triangular, sparsely sericeous above, glabrous to sparsely sericeous below, green. Petals c. 5 × c. 4 mm, glabrous above and below, ciliate on margins. Filaments 5 - 8 mm; anther sacs 0.4 - 0.5 mm. Style 6 - 7 mm, glabrous to sparsely sericeous at base. Berry 8 - 9 × 8 - 9 mm, globular, base rounded, green maturing becoming dark purplish to blackish; seed number unknown.	en	Snow, Neil (2020): A revision of New Caledonian Gossia N. Snow & Guymer (Myrtaceae). Adansonia (3) 42 (7): 131-177, DOI: 10.5252/adansonia2020v42a7
67621F13FFDBF5021C3B3A90FACC41B4.taxon	discussion	REMARKS Gossia aphthosa can be distinguished among New Caledonian congeners by its relatively large, flat, and broadly rounded to cordate leaf bases and frequently cauliflorous inflorescences. The nominal subspecies has a prominent ring of corky tissue at the base of the petioles, which is unique in the genus (e. g., Snow et al. 2003). The three subspecies are based on differences in eco-geography and non-fixed, but mostly consistent differences in morphology. The inflorescence branches are said to be reddish on some specimens (e. g., MacKee 13229) and the leaves are said to emerge pinkish (MacKee 4427).	en	Snow, Neil (2020): A revision of New Caledonian Gossia N. Snow & Guymer (Myrtaceae). Adansonia (3) 42 (7): 131-177, DOI: 10.5252/adansonia2020v42a7
67621F13FFDAF5021E773931FC4742AF.taxon	description	(Figs 4 D-G; 5)	en	Snow, Neil (2020): A revision of New Caledonian Gossia N. Snow & Guymer (Myrtaceae). Adansonia (3) 42 (7): 131-177, DOI: 10.5252/adansonia2020v42a7
67621F13FFDAF5021E773931FC4742AF.taxon	materials_examined	SPECIMENS EXAMINED. — New Caledonia. North Prov. Plateau du Col des Roussettes route forestière près de Riv Ouen – Sieu, 21 ° 25 ’ 45.19 ” S, 165 ° 27 ’ 15.01 ” E, 29. IX. 1964, Blanchon 994 (NOU [NOU 029700], P [P 00462860]); Touho, Ponandou, 20 ° 49 ’ 12.00 ” S, 165 ° 13 ’ 45.12 ” E, 15. V. 1973, MacKee 26722 (NOU [NOU 053234]); Tiwaka: Pente Sud, Inédète, 250 m, 30. III. 1974, MacKee 28444 (NOU [NOU 029696], P [P 06668973]); Ponandou, le Captage, 27. X. 2005, Munzinger 3084 et al. (P [P 05121899], WELTU). REPRESENTATIVE HERBARIUM SPECIMEN. — P 05121899.	en	Snow, Neil (2020): A revision of New Caledonian Gossia N. Snow & Guymer (Myrtaceae). Adansonia (3) 42 (7): 131-177, DOI: 10.5252/adansonia2020v42a7
67621F13FFDAF5021E773931FC4742AF.taxon	distribution	DISTRIBUTION, HABITAT AND PHENOLOGY. — Central and northeast parts of Grande Terre; over micaschistes and gneiss, 250 m.	en	Snow, Neil (2020): A revision of New Caledonian Gossia N. Snow & Guymer (Myrtaceae). Adansonia (3) 42 (7): 131-177, DOI: 10.5252/adansonia2020v42a7
67621F13FFDAF5021E773931FC4742AF.taxon	discussion	REMARKS A reliable diagnostic character is the corky swellings surrounding the base of the petioles (Fig. 4 D-E, G). The hypanthium of some (e. g., MacKee 28444) can be prominently sericeous; the leaf blades of some appear to be only thinly coriaceous (e. g., Munzinger 3084).	en	Snow, Neil (2020): A revision of New Caledonian Gossia N. Snow & Guymer (Myrtaceae). Adansonia (3) 42 (7): 131-177, DOI: 10.5252/adansonia2020v42a7
67621F13FFDAF5041CF73836FD8E4150.taxon	description	(Fig. 5)	en	Snow, Neil (2020): A revision of New Caledonian Gossia N. Snow & Guymer (Myrtaceae). Adansonia (3) 42 (7): 131-177, DOI: 10.5252/adansonia2020v42a7
67621F13FFDAF5041CF73836FD8E4150.taxon	diagnosis	Differing from Gossia aphthosa subsp. longipedunculata N. Snow & Munzinger, subsp. nov. by its generally shorter inflorescences, leaf blades of somewhat thinner texture, and bases of leaves that are not as tightly clasping the stem.	en	Snow, Neil (2020): A revision of New Caledonian Gossia N. Snow & Guymer (Myrtaceae). Adansonia (3) 42 (7): 131-177, DOI: 10.5252/adansonia2020v42a7
67621F13FFDAF5041CF73836FD8E4150.taxon	materials_examined	TYPUS. — New Caledonia. Grande Terre, South Prov., Rivière Bleue, 25. X. 1974, M. Schmid 5180 (holo-, P [P 00462872]; iso-, [NOU [NOU 029695], P [P 00462871]). PARATYPI. — New Caledonia. Grande Terre, South Prov., Forêt du Mois de Mai, 22 ° 07 ’ 06.99 ” S, 166 ° 38 ’ 48.01 ” E, 19. XII. 2006, Barrabé et al. 431 (NOU [NOU 016015], MO [MO- 6012551], P [P 04776185]); Forêt du Mois de Mai, 13. VI. 1951, Baumann-Bodenheim 14066 (P [P 00462856]); ibid. loco, 24. VI. 1951, Baumann-Bodenheim 14182 (A, P [P 00462857], Z); ibid. loco, 24. VI. 1951, Baumann-Bodenheim 14206 (A, P [P 00462859], Z); Vallée de Thy, 22 ° 07 ’ 06.99 ” S, 166 ° 32 ’ 12.84 ” E, 28. VI. 2003, Biffin 112 & Craven (CANB [CANB 799723, n. v.], P [P 02090975]); Thy Upper Western Road forest, 340 m, 5. II. 1980, Brinon 692 (P [P 00462861]); St. Louis, 600 m, 14. XI. 1949, MacDaniels 2216 (P [P 00462864]); Mt. Koghi, slope towards Vallée de Thy (St. Louis), 400 - 500 m, 21. IV. 1956, MacKee 4427 (A, L, P [P 00462866]); ibid. loco, 21. IV. 1956, MacKee 4446 (P [P 00462867]); Forêt Desmazures, 13. IV. 2005, Munzinger 2767 (NOU [NOU 07908], P [P 04827941, P 04827945]); Haut Yaté, Rivière Bleue, 300 m, Schmid 5269 (NOU [NOU 029684, NOU 029688], P [P 00462873]); Haute Yaté: Forêt du Mois de Mai, 200 m, 25. XI. 1982, Suprin 2259 (P [P 00462874]); ibid. loco, 8. III. 1966, Veillon 660 (NOU [NOU 029689], P [P 00462875]). — Ab loco. 1868 - 1872, Balansa 88 (A, P [P 00462854, P 00462855]). REPRESENTATIVE HERBARIUM SPECIMEN. — P 04827941.	en	Snow, Neil (2020): A revision of New Caledonian Gossia N. Snow & Guymer (Myrtaceae). Adansonia (3) 42 (7): 131-177, DOI: 10.5252/adansonia2020v42a7
67621F13FFDAF5041CF73836FD8E4150.taxon	etymology	ETYMOLOGY. — From the Latin australis (south) and oriens (east), in reference to its more southerly and easterly distribution on Grande Terre relative to the other subspecies.	en	Snow, Neil (2020): A revision of New Caledonian Gossia N. Snow & Guymer (Myrtaceae). Adansonia (3) 42 (7): 131-177, DOI: 10.5252/adansonia2020v42a7
67621F13FFDAF5041CF73836FD8E4150.taxon	distribution	DISTRIBUTION, HABITAT AND PHENOLOGY. — Southern part of Grande Terre; in dense humid forests or riparian forests over ultramafics, c. 150 - 660 m. Flowering March through June; fruiting April through October.	en	Snow, Neil (2020): A revision of New Caledonian Gossia N. Snow & Guymer (Myrtaceae). Adansonia (3) 42 (7): 131-177, DOI: 10.5252/adansonia2020v42a7
67621F13FFDAF5041CF73836FD8E4150.taxon	discussion	REMARKS The subspecies varies from being shrubs from 3 m to trees to 10 m. The fruit is said to transition from green to white, followed by reddish to dark purple. The pulp of the mature fruit is said to be sour (MacKee 4446).	en	Snow, Neil (2020): A revision of New Caledonian Gossia N. Snow & Guymer (Myrtaceae). Adansonia (3) 42 (7): 131-177, DOI: 10.5252/adansonia2020v42a7
67621F13FFDCF5041F883A50FAF54711.taxon	description	(Figs 5; 13 E-I)	en	Snow, Neil (2020): A revision of New Caledonian Gossia N. Snow & Guymer (Myrtaceae). Adansonia (3) 42 (7): 131-177, DOI: 10.5252/adansonia2020v42a7
67621F13FFDCF5041F883A50FAF54711.taxon	diagnosis	Differing from Gossia aphthosa subsp. austro-orientalis N. Snow & K. Gandhi, subsp. nov. by its somewhat longer inflorescences (5 - 8 cm vs less than 6 cm in G. a. subsp. austro-orientalis N. Snow & K. Gandhi, subsp. nov.), more stiffly coriaceous leaf blades, and different eco-geography. Also resembling Gossia colnettiana, but that species has rounded to cuneate leaf bases (vs cordate-clasping leaf bases in G. a. subsp. austro-orientalis N. Snow & K. Gandhi, subsp. nov.).	en	Snow, Neil (2020): A revision of New Caledonian Gossia N. Snow & Guymer (Myrtaceae). Adansonia (3) 42 (7): 131-177, DOI: 10.5252/adansonia2020v42a7
67621F13FFDCF5041F883A50FAF54711.taxon	materials_examined	TYPUS. — New Caledonia. Grande Terre, North Prov., Haute Amoa, 21 ° 00 ’ 02.98 ” S, 165 ° 14 ’ 31.99 ” E, 300 - 400 m, 7. IX. 1968, MacKee 19502 (holo-, P [P 05094105]; iso-, NOU [NOU 029685]). PARATYPI. — New Caledonia. Nékoro, prop. P. Johnson, 1. IV. 2004, Dagostini 654 (NOU [NOU 001193); Haute Vallée de l’Amoa, 21 ° 00 ’ 02.98 ” S, 165 ° 14 ’ 31.99 ” E, 12. VIII. 1965, MacKee 13229 (BISH, MO [MO- 04777159], NOU [NOU 023797], P [P 00462868, P 00462869, P 00462870]; ibid. loco, 300 m, 28. IV. 1968, MacKee 18698 (NOU [NOU 029687], P [P 02089984]); Ponérihouen, 21 ° 11 ’ 00.99 ” S, 165 ° 17 ’ 48.98 ” E, 700 - 900 m, 6. XI. 1972, MacKee 25749 (NOU [NOU 053235]); ibid. loco, 21 ° 11 ’ 00.99 ” S, 165 ° 17 ’ 48.98 ” E, 28. IV. 1973, MacKee 26628 (NOU [NOU 053235, NOU 053038); HauteTchamba, 21 ° 0 ’ 55 ” S, 165 ° 15 ’ 6 ” E, 10. XI. 2002, Munzinger 1456 et al. (MO [MO- 04767308], NOU [NOU 002675], P [P 00354535], WELTU). REPRESENTATIVE HERBARIUM SPECIMEN. — P 00354535.	en	Snow, Neil (2020): A revision of New Caledonian Gossia N. Snow & Guymer (Myrtaceae). Adansonia (3) 42 (7): 131-177, DOI: 10.5252/adansonia2020v42a7
67621F13FFDCF5041F883A50FAF54711.taxon	etymology	ETYMOLOGY. — In reference to the relatively long peduncles occurring on many specimens.	en	Snow, Neil (2020): A revision of New Caledonian Gossia N. Snow & Guymer (Myrtaceae). Adansonia (3) 42 (7): 131-177, DOI: 10.5252/adansonia2020v42a7
67621F13FFDCF5041F883A50FAF54711.taxon	distribution	DISTRIBUTION, HABITAT AND PHENOLOGY. — Central Grande Terre, near Ponérihouen, Haute Tchamba, and Haute vallée de l’Amoa (Fig. 5) in humid forests on volcanic-sedimentary soils, 300 - 900 m. Flowering confirmed August through April; fruiting October and November.	en	Snow, Neil (2020): A revision of New Caledonian Gossia N. Snow & Guymer (Myrtaceae). Adansonia (3) 42 (7): 131-177, DOI: 10.5252/adansonia2020v42a7
67621F13FFDCF5041F883A50FAF54711.taxon	discussion	REMARKS This subspecies is recognized most easily by its large (8 - 12 mm) petals. (An unpublished manuscript name of mine for some specimens was Gossia “ grandiflora ”.) The inflorescences often are densely fasciculate in leaf axils or on branches and stems. It can also resemble G. kuakuensis, but that species has larger flowers and a slightly ribbed to rugose hypanthium.	en	Snow, Neil (2020): A revision of New Caledonian Gossia N. Snow & Guymer (Myrtaceae). Adansonia (3) 42 (7): 131-177, DOI: 10.5252/adansonia2020v42a7
67621F13FFDCF5071CC43C93FA0B438D.taxon	description	(Figs 4; 6)	en	Snow, Neil (2020): A revision of New Caledonian Gossia N. Snow & Guymer (Myrtaceae). Adansonia (3) 42 (7): 131-177, DOI: 10.5252/adansonia2020v42a7
67621F13FFDCF5071CC43C93FA0B438D.taxon	diagnosis	Resembling Gossia diversifolia but differing by its terete branchlets and the leaf blade, which is conduplicate only at its base.	en	Snow, Neil (2020): A revision of New Caledonian Gossia N. Snow & Guymer (Myrtaceae). Adansonia (3) 42 (7): 131-177, DOI: 10.5252/adansonia2020v42a7
67621F13FFDCF5071CC43C93FA0B438D.taxon	materials_examined	TYPUS. — New Caledonia. Grande Terre, South Prov. Bourail, dans les bois, III. 1869, Balansa 1516 a (holo-, P [P 00724290]; iso-, BISH [fragment], P [P 00402718, P 00402755]). PARATYPI. — New Caledonia, Grande Terre, South Prov. Bourail, 1868 - 1970, Balansa 416 a (Z [Z- 000050855]); Peya (Bourail), 14. IV. 2011, J. - P. Butin 58 (P [P 02089712]); Montagne des Sources, 21 ° 08 ’ 09.96 ” S 166 ° 36 ’ 10.80 ” E, 19. II. 1982, Veillon 5958 (NOU [NOU 0534329]). REPRESENTATIVE HERBARIUM SPECIMEN. — P 00724290.	en	Snow, Neil (2020): A revision of New Caledonian Gossia N. Snow & Guymer (Myrtaceae). Adansonia (3) 42 (7): 131-177, DOI: 10.5252/adansonia2020v42a7
67621F13FFDCF5071CC43C93FA0B438D.taxon	etymology	ETYMOLOGY. — Derived from the town of Bourail.	en	Snow, Neil (2020): A revision of New Caledonian Gossia N. Snow & Guymer (Myrtaceae). Adansonia (3) 42 (7): 131-177, DOI: 10.5252/adansonia2020v42a7
67621F13FFDCF5071CC43C93FA0B438D.taxon	distribution	DISTRIBUTION, HABITAT AND PHENOLOGY. — A poorly understood species as presently known and collected only from the vicinity of Bourail (in 1869) and more recently (1982) from Montagne des Sources (Fig. 6); in woods, c. 50 m. Flowering February and March; fruiting through August.	en	Snow, Neil (2020): A revision of New Caledonian Gossia N. Snow & Guymer (Myrtaceae). Adansonia (3) 42 (7): 131-177, DOI: 10.5252/adansonia2020v42a7
67621F13FFDCF5071CC43C93FA0B438D.taxon	description	DESCRIPTION Shrubs 4 - 5 m. Branchlets Terete; internodes> 5 mm. Leaves Coriaceous, 2 per node; petioles 1 - 3 mm, rounded; blades 2.0 - 3.7 × 1.3 - 2.3 cm, ovate, base rounded to cordate, surface flat to slightly wavy but somewhat conduplicate above petiole, margin flat to slightly undulate, apex broadly acute to obtuse, midnerve above flush, secondary and tertiary veins slightly raised throughout, oil glands of lower surface sparse and indistinct. Inflorescence 1.4 - 1.8 cm, of monads, terminal, axillary, or from naked internodes; extrafloral bracts absent or scale-like. Bracteoles 0.5 - 1 mm, narrowly ovate to ovate, glabrous to sparsely sericeous. Hypanthium 1.5 - 2.2 × 2.5 mm, obconic to campanulate, surface smooth, glabrous; ovary apex hairy. Calyx Lobes 4 or 5, 0.5 - 2 mm, broadly rounded, glabrous above and below, green. Petals 4 (or irregularly 5 - 8), 4 - 5 × 2.8 - 4.5 mm, glabrous above and below, minutely ciliate on margins. Filaments 3.5 - 5 mm; anther sacs 0.3 - 0.5 mm. Style 4 - 4.5 mm, sparsely sericeous to tomentose throughout. Fruits Green 4 - 5.5 × 4 - 5 mm, globular, base rounded, mature color unconfirmed; seed number 1.	en	Snow, Neil (2020): A revision of New Caledonian Gossia N. Snow & Guymer (Myrtaceae). Adansonia (3) 42 (7): 131-177, DOI: 10.5252/adansonia2020v42a7
67621F13FFDCF5071CC43C93FA0B438D.taxon	discussion	REMARKS Gossia bourailensis sp. nov. resembles G. diversifolia but has terete branchlets, a somewhat narrower petiole, and the base of the leaf blade is more or less conduplicate. It also resembles G. conduplicata sp. nov., which has much more pronounced folding of the leaf blades, and Gossia katepahiensis sp. nov., which has a more broadly rounded leaf apex and glabrous ovary. Some petioles of G. bourailensis sp. nov. are twisted and bent away from the axis of the midrib, but this is a subtle character. Some flowers of Balansa 416 a have eight petals, which probably is a developmental anomaly. The distribution as currently understood, from the type specimen in 1869 near the west-central part of Grande Terre and Montagne des Sources in 1982 is anomalous; further study is needed.	en	Snow, Neil (2020): A revision of New Caledonian Gossia N. Snow & Guymer (Myrtaceae). Adansonia (3) 42 (7): 131-177, DOI: 10.5252/adansonia2020v42a7
67621F13FFDEF5181FB93AB0FACC406C.taxon	description	(Figs 7 - 11)	en	Snow, Neil (2020): A revision of New Caledonian Gossia N. Snow & Guymer (Myrtaceae). Adansonia (3) 42 (7): 131-177, DOI: 10.5252/adansonia2020v42a7
67621F13FFDEF5181FB93AB0FACC406C.taxon	etymology	ETYMOLOGY. — Derived from the generic name Clusia L. (Clusiaceae) given the resemblance of its leaf blades to many species of that genus.	en	Snow, Neil (2020): A revision of New Caledonian Gossia N. Snow & Guymer (Myrtaceae). Adansonia (3) 42 (7): 131-177, DOI: 10.5252/adansonia2020v42a7
67621F13FFDEF5181FB93AB0FACC406C.taxon	distribution	DISTRIBUTION, HABITAT AND PHENOLOGY. — Across much of Grande Terre (Fig. 7); in humid or gallery forests over micaschistes, graywackes, or ultramafics, 10 - 900 m. Flowering December to June; fruiting January to November.	en	Snow, Neil (2020): A revision of New Caledonian Gossia N. Snow & Guymer (Myrtaceae). Adansonia (3) 42 (7): 131-177, DOI: 10.5252/adansonia2020v42a7
67621F13FFDEF5181FB93AB0FACC406C.taxon	description	DESCRIPTION Trees or shrubs (0.5 -) 3 - 9 (- 15) m tall. Branchlets Round to compressed; internodes> 5 mm. Leaves Coriaceous, 2 per node; petioles 3.5 - 20 mm, slightly sulcate; blades 7.0 - 18.5 × 2.5 - 12.0 cm, narrowly elliptic to broadly elliptic or obovate, base cuneate or rounded, surface flat to strongly bullate, margin flat to revolute, apex obtuse to sometimes retuse, midnerve above strongly sulcate, secondary veins flush to impressed above, oil glands of lower surface sparse to common but indistinct. Inflorescence 90 - 160 mm; of monads, cymes, racemes, or panicles, terminal or axillary, pedicels 0.7 - 2.0 cm; extrafloral bracts leafy and pronounced when present but soon deciduous. Bracteoles 6 - 7 mm, narrowly ovate to ovate, sparsely sericeous. Hypanthium 4 - 5 × 6 - 11 mm, campanulate, surface smooth, sparsely sericeous to sericeous (trichomes sometimes reddish at base); ovary apex glabrous. Calyx Lobes 5, 2.5 - 4.5 mm, broadly ovate to rounded, sericeous above (sometimes densely so), sparsely sericeous below, green. Petals 9 - 11.5 × 7 - 9 mm, glabrous above, sericeous-tomentose below (trichomes reddish at base). Filaments 6 - 8 mm; anther sacs 0.6 - 1.0 mm. Style Up to 9 mm, glabrous. Fruits 7 - 17 × 7 - 15 mm, globular, base rounded to tapered, dark bluish-black; seeds 1 - 3.	en	Snow, Neil (2020): A revision of New Caledonian Gossia N. Snow & Guymer (Myrtaceae). Adansonia (3) 42 (7): 131-177, DOI: 10.5252/adansonia2020v42a7
67621F13FFDEF5181FB93AB0FACC406C.taxon	discussion	REMARKS Gossia clusioides has large flowers and small leafy bracts in the inflorescences that typically are soon caducous; the species also can be diagnosed by the strongly sulcate midveins on the upper leaf surface. It is one of several species in which the epidermis begins to crack into dark, irregularly rectangular flakes during the second year of growth. Herbarium labels indicate that some members are slender and somewhat sparsely branched. Specimens with large (nonbullate) leaves might be confused with of G. aphthosa, but the flowers and fruits of G. clusioides are considerably larger. The species has considerably more variation in leaf morphology than others of Gossia in New Caledonia. As treated here, Gossia clusioides comprises nine subspecies that are separated based primarily on differences in leaf dimensions and texture (smooth versus bullate), edaphic preferences, and often (but not always) geographic isolation. Some sites, however, have more than one subspecies. Much additional fieldwork is needed to further test the distinctness of the subspecies and to better understand their differences and distributions, especially given that these entities may be undergoing speciation.	en	Snow, Neil (2020): A revision of New Caledonian Gossia N. Snow & Guymer (Myrtaceae). Adansonia (3) 42 (7): 131-177, DOI: 10.5252/adansonia2020v42a7
67621F13FFC0F5181FEA3B73FA3040F0.taxon	description	(Figs 7; 11 A)	en	Snow, Neil (2020): A revision of New Caledonian Gossia N. Snow & Guymer (Myrtaceae). Adansonia (3) 42 (7): 131-177, DOI: 10.5252/adansonia2020v42a7
67621F13FFC0F5181FEA3B73FA3040F0.taxon	diagnosis	Similar to Gossia clusioides subsp. bleuensis subsp. nov. but with leaf blades 4 - 7 × longer than wide (vs 2 - 3 [- 4] × longer in G. c. subsp. bleuensis subsp. nov.), more strongly bullate, and occurring near the west central coast at about 400 m (vs subsp. bleuensis subsp. nov. in the southeast).	en	Snow, Neil (2020): A revision of New Caledonian Gossia N. Snow & Guymer (Myrtaceae). Adansonia (3) 42 (7): 131-177, DOI: 10.5252/adansonia2020v42a7
67621F13FFC0F5181FEA3B73FA3040F0.taxon	materials_examined	TYPUS. — New Caledonia. Grande Terre, North Prov. Poya: Avangui, 400 m, 3. VIII. 1976, in low forest on rocky serpentine slope, MacKee 30824 (holo-, P [P 02089852]). PARATYPUS. — New Caledonia. Grande Terre, North Prov. Poya: Avangui, 2. I. 1976, MacKee 30629 (NOU [NOU 029543], P [P 02089853]). REPRESENTATIVE HERBARIUM SPECIMEN. — P 02089852.	en	Snow, Neil (2020): A revision of New Caledonian Gossia N. Snow & Guymer (Myrtaceae). Adansonia (3) 42 (7): 131-177, DOI: 10.5252/adansonia2020v42a7
67621F13FFC0F5181FEA3B73FA3040F0.taxon	etymology	ETYOMOLOGY. — After Avangui, the type locality.	en	Snow, Neil (2020): A revision of New Caledonian Gossia N. Snow & Guymer (Myrtaceae). Adansonia (3) 42 (7): 131-177, DOI: 10.5252/adansonia2020v42a7
67621F13FFC0F5181FEA3B73FA3040F0.taxon	distribution	DISTRIBUTION, ECOLOGY AND PHENOLOGY. — Poya (Avangui) (Fig. 7); in low forests over ultramafics, to 400 m. Flowering confirmed only for March; fruiting confirmed only for January.	en	Snow, Neil (2020): A revision of New Caledonian Gossia N. Snow & Guymer (Myrtaceae). Adansonia (3) 42 (7): 131-177, DOI: 10.5252/adansonia2020v42a7
67621F13FFC0F5181FEA3B73FA3040F0.taxon	discussion	REMARKS MacKee sometimes returned to the same specimen to collect flowers and fruits at different times, and the two specimens cited likely are from the same tree (P. Lowry pers. comm. 2015). The unvouchered photo (Fig. 11 A), which almost assuredly is this taxon, is said to be from Näräja, between Ponérihouen and Ouaté, but I have been unable to confirm that location. This subspecies, as presently known from vouchered collections, is a dense, multicaulous shrub of c. 1 meter. However, the non-vouchered digital images (Fig. 11 A; see also http: // endemia. nc / flore / fiche 6365) of a larger shrub appears to represent this subspecies; its developing leaves remain stramineous to light maroon until they reach full size and become green.	en	Snow, Neil (2020): A revision of New Caledonian Gossia N. Snow & Guymer (Myrtaceae). Adansonia (3) 42 (7): 131-177, DOI: 10.5252/adansonia2020v42a7
67621F13FFC0F5181C293BF0FA1F438D.taxon	description	(Figs 7; 8 A; 10 B)	en	Snow, Neil (2020): A revision of New Caledonian Gossia N. Snow & Guymer (Myrtaceae). Adansonia (3) 42 (7): 131-177, DOI: 10.5252/adansonia2020v42a7
67621F13FFC0F5181C293BF0FA1F438D.taxon	diagnosis	Leaf blades strongly bullate, 4.0 - 8.0 (- 11.5) cm, narrowly elliptic. The inflorescence can be up 8.5 cm long, exceeding adjacent leaves. The growth form in profile often is slender.	en	Snow, Neil (2020): A revision of New Caledonian Gossia N. Snow & Guymer (Myrtaceae). Adansonia (3) 42 (7): 131-177, DOI: 10.5252/adansonia2020v42a7
67621F13FFC0F5181C293BF0FA1F438D.taxon	materials_examined	TYPUS. — New Caledonia. Grande Terre, South Prov., Rivière Bleue reserve, forested slopes 300 m, 30. VII. 1981, McPherson 4001 (holo-, P [P 00402735]; iso-, BISH [fragment], MO, NOU [NOU 030915], PTBG, WELTU). PARATYPI. — New Caledonia. GrandeTerre, South Prov., Rivière Bleue, 22. II. 1951, Baumann-Bodenheim 10873 (P [P 00402729]); Bon Secours, Baumann-Bodenheim 11847 (P [P 00402730]); Rivière Bleue, Mois de Mai, 23. VI. 1951, Baumann-Bodenheim 14045 (MO [MO- 5163034], P [P 00402727]); Forêt Faux Bon Secours, 9. V. 1981, MacKee 39042 (NOU [NOU 029540], P [P 02089862, P 02089863]). REPRESENTATIVE HERBARIUM SPECIMEN. — P 02089863.	en	Snow, Neil (2020): A revision of New Caledonian Gossia N. Snow & Guymer (Myrtaceae). Adansonia (3) 42 (7): 131-177, DOI: 10.5252/adansonia2020v42a7
67621F13FFC0F5181C293BF0FA1F438D.taxon	etymology	ETYMOLOGY. — From its occurrence in the vicinity of Rivière Bleue.	en	Snow, Neil (2020): A revision of New Caledonian Gossia N. Snow & Guymer (Myrtaceae). Adansonia (3) 42 (7): 131-177, DOI: 10.5252/adansonia2020v42a7
67621F13FFC0F5181C293BF0FA1F438D.taxon	distribution	DISTRIBUTION, HABITAT AND PHENOLOGY. — Southeast Grande Terre (Fig. 7); forested slopes over ultramafics, 300 - 450 m. Flowering May and June; fruiting confirmed only for July to December.	en	Snow, Neil (2020): A revision of New Caledonian Gossia N. Snow & Guymer (Myrtaceae). Adansonia (3) 42 (7): 131-177, DOI: 10.5252/adansonia2020v42a7
67621F13FFC0F5181C293BF0FA1F438D.taxon	discussion	REMARKS Further fieldwork may reveal this as being the same taxon as G. a. subsp. avanguiensis subsp. nov., which is diagnosed primarily by its longer leaves, but which occurs much farther north.	en	Snow, Neil (2020): A revision of New Caledonian Gossia N. Snow & Guymer (Myrtaceae). Adansonia (3) 42 (7): 131-177, DOI: 10.5252/adansonia2020v42a7
67621F13FFC3F51A1FE739F1FE2B46D2.taxon	description	(Figs 7; 8 C, D; 10 A)	en	Snow, Neil (2020): A revision of New Caledonian Gossia N. Snow & Guymer (Myrtaceae). Adansonia (3) 42 (7): 131-177, DOI: 10.5252/adansonia2020v42a7
67621F13FFC3F51A1FE739F1FE2B46D2.taxon	diagnosis	Leaf blades flat, thickly coriaceous, and often with a glossy adaxial surface; margin becoming recurved more or less throughout; secondary abaxial veins often prominent and projecting slightly.	en	Snow, Neil (2020): A revision of New Caledonian Gossia N. Snow & Guymer (Myrtaceae). Adansonia (3) 42 (7): 131-177, DOI: 10.5252/adansonia2020v42a7
67621F13FFC3F51A1FE739F1FE2B46D2.taxon	materials_examined	TYPUS. — New Caledonia. Grande Terre, South Prov., Baie Ngo, 28. VII. 1983, Suprin 2221 (holo-, P [P 00402738]; iso-, NOU [NOU 053238], P [P 00402752]). PARATYPI. — New Caledonia. Grande Terre, South Prov., Route de Prony, 17. XII. 1973, Jaffré 1197 (NOU [NOU 029545], P [P 00402724]); Région du Col de Plum, II. 1974, Jaffré 1275 (BISH [fragment], NOU [NOU 029546], P [P 00402731]); Plum, 18. V. 1985, MacKee 42596 (NOU [NOU 029581], P [P 05094060]); Plum, 30 m, 31. III. 1986, MacKee 43056 (P [P 02089854]); Au-dessus de la Baie N’go, 4. II. 1982, Veillon 4813 (NOU [NOU 029547], P [P 05094308]); Rive Nord de la Baie N’go, 28. IV. 1945, Virot 1537 (BISH, P [P 00402721, P 00402748, P 00402749], WELTU). REPRESENTATIVE HERBARIUM SPECIMEN. — P 02089854.	en	Snow, Neil (2020): A revision of New Caledonian Gossia N. Snow & Guymer (Myrtaceae). Adansonia (3) 42 (7): 131-177, DOI: 10.5252/adansonia2020v42a7
67621F13FFC3F51A1FE739F1FE2B46D2.taxon	etymology	ETYOMOLOGY. — In recognition of Martin Wilhem Callmander (1975 -) of the Conservatoire et Jardin botaniques de la Ville de Genève (G), for his many collections and editorial commitment to expedite the publication of taxonomic novelties from New Caledonia (e. g., Snow et al. 2016 a, b).	en	Snow, Neil (2020): A revision of New Caledonian Gossia N. Snow & Guymer (Myrtaceae). Adansonia (3) 42 (7): 131-177, DOI: 10.5252/adansonia2020v42a7
67621F13FFC3F51A1FE739F1FE2B46D2.taxon	distribution	DISTRIBUTION, ECOLOGY AND PHENOLOGY. — Vicinity of Baie Ngo and Plum (Fig. 7); in maquis over ultramafics, up to 50 m. Flowering March through July; fruiting confirmed only for February.	en	Snow, Neil (2020): A revision of New Caledonian Gossia N. Snow & Guymer (Myrtaceae). Adansonia (3) 42 (7): 131-177, DOI: 10.5252/adansonia2020v42a7
67621F13FFC3F51A1FE739F1FE2B46D2.taxon	discussion	REMARKS Athough somewhat subtle on herbarium specimens, the leaf texture is thicker and the sheen of the adaxial surface is more glossy (reflective) than members of G. a. subsp. bleuensis subsp. nov. and G. a. subsp. clusioides, which also occur in the southeast.	en	Snow, Neil (2020): A revision of New Caledonian Gossia N. Snow & Guymer (Myrtaceae). Adansonia (3) 42 (7): 131-177, DOI: 10.5252/adansonia2020v42a7
67621F13FFC2F51A1E683DD2FE20438E.taxon	description	(Figs 7; 8 F)	en	Snow, Neil (2020): A revision of New Caledonian Gossia N. Snow & Guymer (Myrtaceae). Adansonia (3) 42 (7): 131-177, DOI: 10.5252/adansonia2020v42a7
67621F13FFC2F51A1E683DD2FE20438E.taxon	materials_examined	SPECIMENS EXAMINED. — New Caledonia. Grande Terre. North Prov. Col de Poro (Bota Mere), 10. II. 2004, Dagostini & Rigault 792 (NOU [NOU 002967], P [P 05121901]); Ponérihouen: Pente est du Mont Aoupinié, 500 - 700 m, 27. VI. 1972, MacKee 25608 (BISH, NOU [NOU 029590], P [P 00402732]); Haute Néaoua-Ouen-Sieu, 500 - 600 m, 12. II. 1970, MacKee 21835 (NOU [NOU 029589]); Kopeto, crête est du Mont Vert, 700 m, 24. VI. 1973, MacKee 26893 (P [P 02089844]); Koné, Massif Koniambo, Creek Confiance, rive gauche, 21 ° 02 ’ 07.85 ” S, 164 ° 48 ’ 42.33 ” E, 100 m, 21. IX. 2016, Muzinger 7875 (legit. Scoptera) (MPU [MPU 640696]). — South Prov., Bassin du Boulari, 17. V. 1869, Balansa 1490 a (A, P [P 00402723], Z); Col de Mouirange, forêt Desmazure, 8. III. 2005, Dagostini 1040 (NOU [NOU 009286]); Ngo Col, 100 m, 22. X. 2004, Dagostini 1296 (NOU [NOU 019100]); À Yaté, 20. III. 1916, Franc 2084 (A, BISH, NOU [NOU 029555], P [P 00402728]); Kuébini, 2 m, 21. VI. 1968, MacKee 19007 ([NOU 029583], P [P 02089849]); Kuébini, 5. III. 1971, MacKee 23393 (NOU [NOU 029582], P [P 02089856, P 02089857]); Yaté, Touaourou, 5 m, 21. XII. 1986, MacKee 43385 (NOU [NOU 029579], P [P 00402720]); Mt Nakada, c. 900 m, VI. 1979, Morat 6411 (P [P 00462887]); Plaine de Kanala, 1861 - 1867, Vieillard 2597 (P [P 00402750]); Bois de la Plaine, Kanala, Vieillard 2612 (P [P 00402751]); Neuméníe, Mé Ouébo, c. 350 m, 18. XII. 1981, Veillon 4772 (NOU [NOU 029554], P [P 00402739], WELTU); Riv. Tara, 2.5 - 3 km N of Touaourou, 10 - 20 m, 18. VIII. 1968, Webster & Hildreth 14881 (DAV, GH, NSW, P). — Ab loco. Balansa 1490 (P [P 05093917]); Petit 166 (P [P 00402737]). REPRESENTATIVE HERBARIUM SPECIMEN. — P 02089856.	en	Snow, Neil (2020): A revision of New Caledonian Gossia N. Snow & Guymer (Myrtaceae). Adansonia (3) 42 (7): 131-177, DOI: 10.5252/adansonia2020v42a7
67621F13FFC2F51A1E683DD2FE20438E.taxon	distribution	DISTRIBUTION, HABITAT AND PHENOLOGY. — Across much of Grande Terre, sometimes near coast in southeast (Fig. 7); in maquis over ultramafics, 5 - 900 m. Flowering February to September; fruiting February to December.	en	Snow, Neil (2020): A revision of New Caledonian Gossia N. Snow & Guymer (Myrtaceae). Adansonia (3) 42 (7): 131-177, DOI: 10.5252/adansonia2020v42a7
67621F13FFC2F51A1E683DD2FE20438E.taxon	discussion	REMARKS My concept of this subspecies has shifted significantly through time, rendering as outdated many prior annotations (some dating back to 2003), including some that were annotated as type specimens. Specimens at the southern tip of Grande Terre can have narrowly elliptic leaves (MacKee 23393).	en	Snow, Neil (2020): A revision of New Caledonian Gossia N. Snow & Guymer (Myrtaceae). Adansonia (3) 42 (7): 131-177, DOI: 10.5252/adansonia2020v42a7
67621F13FFC2F51A1C273FFCFA004790.taxon	description	(Figs 7; 8 B)	en	Snow, Neil (2020): A revision of New Caledonian Gossia N. Snow & Guymer (Myrtaceae). Adansonia (3) 42 (7): 131-177, DOI: 10.5252/adansonia2020v42a7
67621F13FFC2F51A1C273FFCFA004790.taxon	diagnosis	Trees or shrubs 3 - 4 m. Leaf blades slightly bullate, ovate to elliptic or broadly elliptic.	en	Snow, Neil (2020): A revision of New Caledonian Gossia N. Snow & Guymer (Myrtaceae). Adansonia (3) 42 (7): 131-177, DOI: 10.5252/adansonia2020v42a7
67621F13FFC2F51A1C273FFCFA004790.taxon	materials_examined	TYPUS. — New Caledonia. Grande Terre, North Prov., Nord Massif Ignambi, 600 m, 28. XI. 1967, Veillon 1514 (holo-, P [P 00758089]; iso-, NOU [NOU 030918]). PARATYPI. — New Caledonia. Grande Terre, North Prov., Mé Maoya, 780 m, 20. XI. 1992, Jaffré 3196 (NOU [NOU 029543]); Mé Maoya, 500 m, 30. XI. 1992, Dawson WELTU 16603 (BISH [fragment], WELTU). — Ab loco., Balansa 1490 (P [P 00402745]). REPRESENTATIVE HERBARIUM SPECIMEN. — P 00758089.	en	Snow, Neil (2020): A revision of New Caledonian Gossia N. Snow & Guymer (Myrtaceae). Adansonia (3) 42 (7): 131-177, DOI: 10.5252/adansonia2020v42a7
67621F13FFC2F51A1C273FFCFA004790.taxon	etymology	ETYMOLOGY. — In reference to collections from Mé Maoya.	en	Snow, Neil (2020): A revision of New Caledonian Gossia N. Snow & Guymer (Myrtaceae). Adansonia (3) 42 (7): 131-177, DOI: 10.5252/adansonia2020v42a7
67621F13FFC2F51A1C273FFCFA004790.taxon	distribution	DISTRIBUTION, HABITAT AND PHENOLOGY. — Mé Mayoa and Ignambi (Fig. 7); in dense but often low stature forests over ultramafics, 400 - 780 m. Flowering confirmed February to April; fruiting January through November.	en	Snow, Neil (2020): A revision of New Caledonian Gossia N. Snow & Guymer (Myrtaceae). Adansonia (3) 42 (7): 131-177, DOI: 10.5252/adansonia2020v42a7
67621F13FFC2F51A1C273FFCFA004790.taxon	discussion	REMARKS Additional sampling may reveal this to be the same as the nominal subspecies, although the latter occurs in the southeast. Some specimens, including the holotype, were annotated previously with a manuscript infraspecific epithet of “ orientalis ”.	en	Snow, Neil (2020): A revision of New Caledonian Gossia N. Snow & Guymer (Myrtaceae). Adansonia (3) 42 (7): 131-177, DOI: 10.5252/adansonia2020v42a7
67621F13FFC2F51C1CE13B13FE8541CF.taxon	description	(Figs 7; 9; 10 D)	en	Snow, Neil (2020): A revision of New Caledonian Gossia N. Snow & Guymer (Myrtaceae). Adansonia (3) 42 (7): 131-177, DOI: 10.5252/adansonia2020v42a7
67621F13FFC2F51C1CE13B13FE8541CF.taxon	diagnosis	Differing from other subspecies by the relatively large, elliptic, and moderately to strongly bullate leaf blades.	en	Snow, Neil (2020): A revision of New Caledonian Gossia N. Snow & Guymer (Myrtaceae). Adansonia (3) 42 (7): 131-177, DOI: 10.5252/adansonia2020v42a7
67621F13FFC2F51C1CE13B13FE8541CF.taxon	distribution	DISTRIBUTION, HABITAT AND PHENOLOGY. — Across much of Grande Terre (Fig. 7); in forests; c. 300 - 600 m. Flowering August through March; fruiting confirmed from December through June.	en	Snow, Neil (2020): A revision of New Caledonian Gossia N. Snow & Guymer (Myrtaceae). Adansonia (3) 42 (7): 131-177, DOI: 10.5252/adansonia2020v42a7
67621F13FFC2F51C1CE13B13FE8541CF.taxon	materials_examined	SPECIMENS EXAMINED. — New Caledonia. Grande Terre, North Prov. Silva Peala, ad occidentem Pouebo, 500 - 600 m, 6. V. 1968, Bernardi 12606 (P [P 00402719]; Mount Mandjelia and slopes, 540 m, 20 ° 24 ’ 19 ” S, 164 ° 31 ’ 01 ” E, Craven 15027 et al. (CANB, n. v.; P [P 02091556]); Forêt de Tende (Haute Diahot), exploitation forestière Frouin, 500 - 600 m, 12. XI. 1967, MacKee 17534 (NOU [NOU 029693], P [P 02088630]); Forêt de Tende (Haute Diahot), 500 - 600 m, 17. IX. 1967, MacKee 17550 (P [P 02089850]); Haute Diahot: Exploitation Forestière, Frouin, Forêt Tendé, 31. III. 1969, MacKee 20453 (NOU [NOU 05323]); Haut Diahot, Tendé, 600 m, 30. VI. 1982, MacKee 40567 (MO [MO- 6751044], NOU [NOU 029690], P [P 02089872]); Road leading up to Mt Mandjélia from Ouégoa, c. 650 m, 11. VIII. 2003, Snow 9215 et al. (ASU, BISH, BRI, CANB, KSP [KSP 016939], MO, NOU [NOU 00683], NY, P [P 00459485], WELTU). — South Prov. Mt Mi (= Do Mt sentier Ouanémie [Hopkins & Bradford 2009: appendix 2]), 20. II. 1869, Balansa 1490 a (P [P 00402725, P 06669014]); Entre St Louis et Ounia, 15. I. 1869, Balansa 1490 bis (P [P 00402726, P 00402753, P 00402754]; Piste du pont des Japonais, 166 ° 42 ’ 40 ” E, 22 ° 15 ’ 31 ” S, 4. II. 2007, Munzinger 4119 et al. (MO n. v., NOU n. v., P [P 05321122, P 05321125, P 05321126], WELTU). REPRESENTATIVE HERBARIUM SPECIMEN. — P 05321125.	en	Snow, Neil (2020): A revision of New Caledonian Gossia N. Snow & Guymer (Myrtaceae). Adansonia (3) 42 (7): 131-177, DOI: 10.5252/adansonia2020v42a7
67621F13FFC2F51C1CE13B13FE8541CF.taxon	discussion	REMARKS This subspecies has large, elliptic and moderately to strongly bullate leaf blades. It occurs from the north to south near the coasts, but I am unable to discern consistent differences between the northern and southern populations. Previously annotated specimens of this subspecies may bear the manuscript names Gossia “ grandibullata ” or Gossia clusioides subsp. / var. “ grandibullata ”. Unvouchered photos (Fig. 10 D) of a possible specimen of this subspecies taken by J. - L. Ruiz near the River de Pirogues showed honeybees (Apis sp.) pollinating the flowers.	en	Snow, Neil (2020): A revision of New Caledonian Gossia N. Snow & Guymer (Myrtaceae). Adansonia (3) 42 (7): 131-177, DOI: 10.5252/adansonia2020v42a7
67621F13FFC4F51C1FF13AD9FB9842D3.taxon	description	(Figs 7; 8 E)	en	Snow, Neil (2020): A revision of New Caledonian Gossia N. Snow & Guymer (Myrtaceae). Adansonia (3) 42 (7): 131-177, DOI: 10.5252/adansonia2020v42a7
67621F13FFC4F51C1FF13AD9FB9842D3.taxon	diagnosis	Leaf blades flat; differing from other subspecies by its attenuate base of leaf and retuse apex.	en	Snow, Neil (2020): A revision of New Caledonian Gossia N. Snow & Guymer (Myrtaceae). Adansonia (3) 42 (7): 131-177, DOI: 10.5252/adansonia2020v42a7
67621F13FFC4F51C1FF13AD9FB9842D3.taxon	materials_examined	TYPUS. — New Caledonia. Grande Terre, South Prov. Forested slopes near Mt Rembai, south of Col d’Amieu, c. 500 m, 7. XI. 1982, McPherson 5083 (holo-, P [P 00402736]; iso-, BISH [fragment], MO [MO- 3218923, MO- 2907911], NOU [NOU 029586, NOU 67076]). PARATYPI. — New Caledonia. Grande Terre, North Prov. Mt. Rembai, 450 m, 7. XI. 1982, Dawson WELTU 16591 (WELTU); Contrefort Nord-ouest du Mt. Canala, 700 - 800 m, 28. VII. 1971, MacKee 24011 (P [P 02089847]); Ponerihouen, Pente est du Mont Aoupinie, 500 m, 27. VII. 1974, MacKee 29024 (NOU [NOU 029577], P [P 02089848]); Mont Pembai, 700 m, 31. V. 1990, MacKee 44916 (NOU [NOU 029580], P [P 02089858]; Mt Nakada, vers 900 m, VI. 1979, Morat 6411 (P [P 00462887]). REPRESENTATIVE HERBARIUM SPECIMEN. — P 00402736.	en	Snow, Neil (2020): A revision of New Caledonian Gossia N. Snow & Guymer (Myrtaceae). Adansonia (3) 42 (7): 131-177, DOI: 10.5252/adansonia2020v42a7
67621F13FFC4F51C1FF13AD9FB9842D3.taxon	distribution	DISTRIBUTION, HABITAT AND PHENOLOGY. — Inland mountains on Grande Terre (Fig. 7); humid forested slopes over schistes or graywackes, 450 - 900 m. Flowering November through July; fruits not seen.	en	Snow, Neil (2020): A revision of New Caledonian Gossia N. Snow & Guymer (Myrtaceae). Adansonia (3) 42 (7): 131-177, DOI: 10.5252/adansonia2020v42a7
67621F13FFC4F51C1FF13AD9FB9842D3.taxon	discussion	REMARKS Indicated as being common in some places locally (MacKee 44916). The flowers are said to have a spicy-fragrant smell (McPherson 5083). MacKee (MacKee 29024) indicates the local name as being “ tu ”.	en	Snow, Neil (2020): A revision of New Caledonian Gossia N. Snow & Guymer (Myrtaceae). Adansonia (3) 42 (7): 131-177, DOI: 10.5252/adansonia2020v42a7
67621F13FFC4F51F1C2539DFFD33418F.taxon	description	(Figs 7; 8 G; 11 B)	en	Snow, Neil (2020): A revision of New Caledonian Gossia N. Snow & Guymer (Myrtaceae). Adansonia (3) 42 (7): 131-177, DOI: 10.5252/adansonia2020v42a7
67621F13FFC4F51F1C2539DFFD33418F.taxon	diagnosis	Leaf blades flat to slightly bullate, narrowly elliptic to elliptic, 3 - 6 cm, less than 3 times as long as wide; petioles 2 - 7 mm long. Inflorescences 3 - 7 cm long.	en	Snow, Neil (2020): A revision of New Caledonian Gossia N. Snow & Guymer (Myrtaceae). Adansonia (3) 42 (7): 131-177, DOI: 10.5252/adansonia2020v42a7
67621F13FFC4F51F1C2539DFFD33418F.taxon	materials_examined	TYPUS. — New Caledonia. Grande Terre, North Prov., Mont Taom: Crête Est, 1000 m, 13. VII. 1979, MacKee 37148 (holo-, P [P 00402734]; iso-, BISH, NOU [NOU 029551, NOU 029585], WELTU). PARATYPI. — New Caledonia. Grande Terre, North Prov. Base sud du Koniambo, Riv. Rouge, maquis sur terrain rocheux serpentineux, 50 m, 23. III. 1969, MacKee 20343 (P [P 02089846]); Base sud de Koniambo (as « Koriambo »), Rivière Rouge, 50 - 100 m, 15. IV. 1972, MacKee 25301 (NOU [NOU 029552], P [P 02089983]; Taom, Mt. Homédéboa, 800 - 900 m, 16. X. 1969, MacKee 20967 (NOU [NOU 029587], P [P 02089845]); Mont Paeoua, 900 - 1000 m, VI. 1973, MacKee 26887 (NOU [NOU 029584], P [P 02089843]); Base du Koniambo, Rivière Pandanus, 3. X. 2005, Munzinger & Swenson 3015 (P [P 04885463]); Massif du Taom, 900 m, 24. III. 1982, Veillon 4828 (NOU [NOU 029585, NOU 029551], WELTU). REPRESENTATIVE HERBARIUM SPECIMEN. — P 00402734.	en	Snow, Neil (2020): A revision of New Caledonian Gossia N. Snow & Guymer (Myrtaceae). Adansonia (3) 42 (7): 131-177, DOI: 10.5252/adansonia2020v42a7
67621F13FFC4F51F1C2539DFFD33418F.taxon	distribution	DISTRIBUTION, HABITAT AND PHENOLOGY. — Peaks of northwest coast (Koniambo and Massif du Taom; Fig. 7); in maquis over ultramafics, c. 50 - 1000 m. Flowering confirmed only for March; fruiting July through October.	en	Snow, Neil (2020): A revision of New Caledonian Gossia N. Snow & Guymer (Myrtaceae). Adansonia (3) 42 (7): 131-177, DOI: 10.5252/adansonia2020v42a7
67621F13FFC4F51F1C2539DFFD33418F.taxon	discussion	REMARKS Evidently rare near the base of Koniambo. This subspecies has leaves similar to, but of significantly smaller dimensions, than those of G. c. subsp. tiebaghiensis subsp. nov.	en	Snow, Neil (2020): A revision of New Caledonian Gossia N. Snow & Guymer (Myrtaceae). Adansonia (3) 42 (7): 131-177, DOI: 10.5252/adansonia2020v42a7
67621F13FFC7F51F1FEA3911FA0247EE.taxon	description	(Figs 7; 8 H)	en	Snow, Neil (2020): A revision of New Caledonian Gossia N. Snow & Guymer (Myrtaceae). Adansonia (3) 42 (7): 131-177, DOI: 10.5252/adansonia2020v42a7
67621F13FFC7F51F1FEA3911FA0247EE.taxon	diagnosis	Leaf blades flat, 9.5 - 18.0 × 3.0 - 6.5 cm, narrowly elliptic. Inflorescence 5.0 - 6.5 cm.	en	Snow, Neil (2020): A revision of New Caledonian Gossia N. Snow & Guymer (Myrtaceae). Adansonia (3) 42 (7): 131-177, DOI: 10.5252/adansonia2020v42a7
67621F13FFC7F51F1FEA3911FA0247EE.taxon	materials_examined	TYPUS. — New Caledonia. Grande Terre, North Prov., Dôme de Tiébaghi (Pente ouest), 400 m, 25. IV. 1976, MacKee 31129 (holo-, P [P 00402733]; iso-, NOU [NOU 030917]). PARATYPI. — New Caledonia. Grande Terre, North Prov., Pente sud-ouest du Dôme de Tiebaghi, 300 - 500 m, 9. V. 1966, MacKee 14935 (BISH, CHR n. v., MO, P [P 02089851], WELTU n. v.); Massif de Tiébaghi, c. 12 air-km NW of Koumac, 8. XI. 1980, McPherson 3323 (BISH, BRI n. v., MO [MO- 3225918], NOU [NOU 029550]). REPRESENTATIVE HERBARIUM SPECIMEN. — P 00402733.	en	Snow, Neil (2020): A revision of New Caledonian Gossia N. Snow & Guymer (Myrtaceae). Adansonia (3) 42 (7): 131-177, DOI: 10.5252/adansonia2020v42a7
67621F13FFC7F51F1FEA3911FA0247EE.taxon	etymology	ETYMOLOGY. — From the type locality.	en	Snow, Neil (2020): A revision of New Caledonian Gossia N. Snow & Guymer (Myrtaceae). Adansonia (3) 42 (7): 131-177, DOI: 10.5252/adansonia2020v42a7
67621F13FFC7F51F1FEA3911FA0247EE.taxon	distribution	DISTRIBUTION, HABITAT AND PHENOLOGY. — Massif de Tiébaghi (Fig. 7); in creekside forests and degraded maquis over ultramafics, c. 300 - 500 m. Flowering April; fruiting April through November.	en	Snow, Neil (2020): A revision of New Caledonian Gossia N. Snow & Guymer (Myrtaceae). Adansonia (3) 42 (7): 131-177, DOI: 10.5252/adansonia2020v42a7
67621F13FFC7F51E1CEC3CF3FDC941AF.taxon	description	(Figs 6; 12 A-D)	en	Snow, Neil (2020): A revision of New Caledonian Gossia N. Snow & Guymer (Myrtaceae). Adansonia (3) 42 (7): 131-177, DOI: 10.5252/adansonia2020v42a7
67621F13FFC7F51E1CEC3CF3FDC941AF.taxon	etymology	ETYMOLOGY. — Based on the type locality.	en	Snow, Neil (2020): A revision of New Caledonian Gossia N. Snow & Guymer (Myrtaceae). Adansonia (3) 42 (7): 131-177, DOI: 10.5252/adansonia2020v42a7
67621F13FFC7F51E1CEC3CF3FDC941AF.taxon	distribution	DISTRIBUTION, HABITAT AND PHENOLOGY. — Mt Colnett and Mt Panié (Fig. 6); forests and forested slopes, presumably over metamorphics, 1000 - 1500 m. Flowering September through November; fruiting confirmed for early May, but likely extending into mid June or longer.	en	Snow, Neil (2020): A revision of New Caledonian Gossia N. Snow & Guymer (Myrtaceae). Adansonia (3) 42 (7): 131-177, DOI: 10.5252/adansonia2020v42a7
67621F13FFC7F51E1CEC3CF3FDC941AF.taxon	materials_examined	SPECIMENS EXAMINED. — New Caledonia. Grande Terre, North Prov. Mt. Colnett, 1000 m, 27. X. 2003, McPherson 18973 et al. (MO); Mt. Colnett, forested eastern slopes, 1000 m, 29. X. 2003, McPherson 19021 (MO); ibid. loco, 29. X. 2003, MacKee 19062 (MO); ibid. loco, 1250 - 1500 m, 31. X. 2003, McPherson 19108 (BISH, KSP [KSP 004707], MO, NOU [NOU 004355]); Mont Panié, 20 ° 35 ’ 09.96 ” S, 164 ° 46 ’ 14.99 ” E, 1300 m, 5. V. 2007, Munzinger 4337 et al. (NOU [NOU 21487], P [P 06668691]). REPRESENTATIVE HERBARIUM SPECIMEN. — P 06668691.	en	Snow, Neil (2020): A revision of New Caledonian Gossia N. Snow & Guymer (Myrtaceae). Adansonia (3) 42 (7): 131-177, DOI: 10.5252/adansonia2020v42a7
67621F13FFC7F51E1CEC3CF3FDC941AF.taxon	description	DESCRIPTION Shrubs or trees 1 - 5 m. Branchlets Terete, surface smooth; internodes> 5 mm. Leaves Coriaceous, 2 per node; petioles 2 - 2.8 mm, terete; blades 2.0 - 6.5 × 1.2 - 3.5 cm, elliptic, base rounded, surface flat, margin flat to somewhat revolute, apex obtuse to slightly acute, midnerve above sulcate, secondary veins above flush, oil glands of lower surface common, sometimes faint. Inflorescence (2.0 -) 3.5 - 7.5 cm, of monads, simple cymes, or few-flowered racemes, terminal or axillary along upper nodes; pedicels 5 - 30 mm; extrafloral bracts leafy if present. Bracteoles c. 3.5 mm, narrowly elliptic to narrowly obovate, glabrescent to sparsely sericeous. Hypanthium Campanulate, 4 - 5 × 4.5 - 5 mm, sometimes slightly ribbed, more or less sericeous; ovary apex hairy. Calyx Lobes 5, 3.5 - 5 mm, broadly ovate, sparsely ciliate on margins, glabrous above, glabrous to sparsely sericeous below, greenish-white (in vivo). Petals 8 - 13 × 6 - 8 mm, glabrous above and below, minutely ciliate apically. Filaments 8 - 14 mm; anther sacs 0.6 - 0.8 mm. Style 11 - 16 mm, sparsely hairy at base. Fruit Not seen but said to be greenish when young (e. g., Munzinger 4337).	en	Snow, Neil (2020): A revision of New Caledonian Gossia N. Snow & Guymer (Myrtaceae). Adansonia (3) 42 (7): 131-177, DOI: 10.5252/adansonia2020v42a7
67621F13FFC7F51E1CEC3CF3FDC941AF.taxon	discussion	REMARKS The species closely resembles G. kuakuensis, but the latter has a glabrous hypanthium and occurs from 100 - 600 m in areas farther west or south, whereas G. colnettiana has a sericeous hypanthium and occurs at 1000 m or above.	en	Snow, Neil (2020): A revision of New Caledonian Gossia N. Snow & Guymer (Myrtaceae). Adansonia (3) 42 (7): 131-177, DOI: 10.5252/adansonia2020v42a7
67621F13FFC6F51E1F993931FBC8438E.taxon	description	(Figs 6; 12 E-G)	en	Snow, Neil (2020): A revision of New Caledonian Gossia N. Snow & Guymer (Myrtaceae). Adansonia (3) 42 (7): 131-177, DOI: 10.5252/adansonia2020v42a7
67621F13FFC6F51E1F993931FBC8438E.taxon	diagnosis	Resembling Gossia diversifolia except that much to most of the blade itself is conduplicate, and it lacks the winged branchlets of G. diversifolia.	en	Snow, Neil (2020): A revision of New Caledonian Gossia N. Snow & Guymer (Myrtaceae). Adansonia (3) 42 (7): 131-177, DOI: 10.5252/adansonia2020v42a7
67621F13FFC6F51E1F993931FBC8438E.taxon	materials_examined	TYPUS. — New Caledonia. Grande Terre, North Prov., Poindimié, 165 ° 19 ’ 59.988 ’’ E, 20 ° 56 ’ 36.996 ’’ S, 4. VIII. 1967, MacKee 17222 (holo-, P [missing]; iso-, P [P 00781068], BISH [fragment], NOU [- NOU 029074], WELTU). REPRESENTATIVE HERBARIUM SPECIMEN. — P 00781068.	en	Snow, Neil (2020): A revision of New Caledonian Gossia N. Snow & Guymer (Myrtaceae). Adansonia (3) 42 (7): 131-177, DOI: 10.5252/adansonia2020v42a7
67621F13FFC6F51E1F993931FBC8438E.taxon	etymology	ETYMOLOGY. — In reference to the partially to strongly folded (conduplicate) leaf blades.	en	Snow, Neil (2020): A revision of New Caledonian Gossia N. Snow & Guymer (Myrtaceae). Adansonia (3) 42 (7): 131-177, DOI: 10.5252/adansonia2020v42a7
67621F13FFC6F51E1F993931FBC8438E.taxon	distribution	DISTRIBUTION, HABITAT AND PHENOLOGY. — Known only from the type collection at or near Poindimié (Fig. 6) in humid forests at 50 meters. Flowering unknown; fruiting in April.	en	Snow, Neil (2020): A revision of New Caledonian Gossia N. Snow & Guymer (Myrtaceae). Adansonia (3) 42 (7): 131-177, DOI: 10.5252/adansonia2020v42a7
67621F13FFC6F51E1F993931FBC8438E.taxon	description	DESCRIPTION Shrubs To 3 m. Branchlets Terete; internodes> 5 mm. Leaves Coriaceous, 2 per node; petioles 1.5 - 2.5 mm, flattened to broadly sulcate above; blades 2.0 - 3.0 × 1.2 - 2.0 cm, ovate, base rounded but conspicuously conduplicate above petiole (up to or more than half the length), surface moderately to strongly undulate, apex acute, midnerve above flush to slightly sulcate, secondary veins not raised above, oil glands absent from lower surface. Inflorescence A monad or simple cyme, axillary and terminal, sometimes nodding apically; extrafloral bracts absent. Bracteoles c. 1 mm, narrowly elliptic, glabrous. Hypanthium c. 3 × 3 mm, campanulate, surface smooth, glabrous. Calyx Lobes 4 (- 5), 1.2 - 2.2 mm, broadly rounded, glabrous above and below, green. Petals Unknown. Filaments Not seen, estimate of c. 80. Style Not seen; ovary apex sparsely hairy. Fruit 4.5 - 5.5 × 4.5 - 5.5 mm, globular, base rounded, green (immature) to red (mature); seed 1.	en	Snow, Neil (2020): A revision of New Caledonian Gossia N. Snow & Guymer (Myrtaceae). Adansonia (3) 42 (7): 131-177, DOI: 10.5252/adansonia2020v42a7
67621F13FFC6F51E1F993931FBC8438E.taxon	discussion	REMARKS This poorly known species is diagnosed by its strongly conduplicate leaves with undulate margins, and efforts to relocate it should be a high priority. The calyx lobes in fruit are reflexed in the one known specimen, unlike the more common condition of ascending to erect lobes. The similar species G. diversifolia has winged branchlets. Gossia conduplicata sp. nov. differs from G. bourailensis sp. nov. by its more undulate leaf margin and narrowly acute leaf apex. The base of the leaf blade in Gossia katepahiensis can be conduplicate, but only slightly so. The type specimen of Gossia diversifolia was collected from Balade, farther north along the eastern coast from Poindimié, the one known locality of G. conduplicata sp. nov. Further study is needed to better understand the differences of these two taxa.	en	Snow, Neil (2020): A revision of New Caledonian Gossia N. Snow & Guymer (Myrtaceae). Adansonia (3) 42 (7): 131-177, DOI: 10.5252/adansonia2020v42a7
67621F13FFC8F5101F8C3FFCFAF64150.taxon	description	(Figs 12 H-K; 14)	en	Snow, Neil (2020): A revision of New Caledonian Gossia N. Snow & Guymer (Myrtaceae). Adansonia (3) 42 (7): 131-177, DOI: 10.5252/adansonia2020v42a7
67621F13FFC8F5101F8C3FFCFAF64150.taxon	materials_examined	— Typus: New Caledonia. Grande Terre, South Prov., Montagne de Ouatendé près Gatope, E. Vieillard 2618 (holo-, P [P 00602574]; iso-, G [G 00341336, image seen], GH [GH 00255460], P [P 00462848, P 00462849]). REPRESENTATIVE HERBARIUM SPECIMEN. — P 00602574.	en	Snow, Neil (2020): A revision of New Caledonian Gossia N. Snow & Guymer (Myrtaceae). Adansonia (3) 42 (7): 131-177, DOI: 10.5252/adansonia2020v42a7
67621F13FFC8F5101F8C3FFCFAF64150.taxon	etymology	ETYMOLOGY. — Derivation uncertain.	en	Snow, Neil (2020): A revision of New Caledonian Gossia N. Snow & Guymer (Myrtaceae). Adansonia (3) 42 (7): 131-177, DOI: 10.5252/adansonia2020v42a7
67621F13FFC8F5101F8C3FFCFAF64150.taxon	distribution	DISTRIBUTION, HABITAT AND PHENOLOGY. — Southeast on Grande Terre (Fig. 14) in maquis over ultramafics, c. 800 - 1350 m, and from the northwest at Oua Tilou and Point d’As; flowering December to May; fruiting confirmed January through November.	en	Snow, Neil (2020): A revision of New Caledonian Gossia N. Snow & Guymer (Myrtaceae). Adansonia (3) 42 (7): 131-177, DOI: 10.5252/adansonia2020v42a7
67621F13FFC8F5101F8C3FFCFAF64150.taxon	materials_examined	SPECIMENS EXAMINED. — New Caledonia. North Prov., Vallée supérieure de la Riv. Voh, 24. IV. 1951, Baumann-Bodenheim 12105 (P [P 00462818], US, Z); Versant N de l’Oua Tilou, 14. IV. 1951, Guillaumin & Baumann-Bodenheim 12361 (P [P 00462819], RSA, US, Z); Slopes of Mt Koniambo, 400 - 800 m, 31. III. 1956, MacKee 4264 (P [P 00462839]); Mt. Koniambo, 400 m, 5. I. 1961, MacKee 7965 (CANB, P [P 00462840], US); Crête Sud du Mont Taom, 1000 m, 31. VII. 1981, MacKee 39391 (NOU [NOU 028914], P [P 00462842]). — South Prov., Sommet W du Mt. Humboldt, 1400 m, 21. IX. 1951, Baumann-Bodenheim 15430 (A, BRI, P [P 00459521], US, Z); Mont Oua tendé, 1868, without collector, (P [P 00462846]); Crête de la Montagne des Sources, 8. III. 1951, Hürlimann 1002 (A, P [P 00462824], US, Z); Sommet Point d’As, 19. XI. 1971, Jaffré 535 (NOU [NOU 028908], P [P 00462830]); Crête de la Montagne des Sources, 1000 m, 13. III. 1951, MacKee 2237 (P [P 00462836]); Plateau below Montagne des Sources, 800 m, 23. IX. 1956, MacKee 5328 (L, P [P 05221714]); Mont Kouakoué, south of summit, forest above creek, 21 ° 57 ’ 46 ” S, 166 ° 32 ’ 06 ” E, 1200 m, 9. V. 2006, McPherson 19407 et al. (KS-P [KSP 004706], MO, NOU [NOU 017142], P [P 06668975]); Mont Kouakoué, 1250 - 1350 m, 30. IV. 2006, Pillon 396 et al. (MO [MO- 04860792], NOU [NOU 012051], P [P 06668688]); Mont Kouakoué, 21 ° 58 ’ 1 ” S, 166 ° 32 ’ 34 ” E, 1044 m, 12. I. 2002, Tronchet 604 (MO [MO- 04796930], NOU [NOU 004501], P [P 00354719]).	en	Snow, Neil (2020): A revision of New Caledonian Gossia N. Snow & Guymer (Myrtaceae). Adansonia (3) 42 (7): 131-177, DOI: 10.5252/adansonia2020v42a7
67621F13FFC8F5101F8C3FFCFAF64150.taxon	description	DESCRIPTION Shrubs 0.2 - 1.5 m. Internodes Mostly <5 mm near tips of branchlets. Branchlets Terete, shortly tomentose on emergence but becoming increasingly glabrous. Leaves Stiffly coriaceous, 2 - 4 per node; petioles 1.5 - 3.1 mm, sulcate above throughout; blades (1.5 -) 2.0 - 3.1 cm, broadly linear to narrowly elliptic or narrowly obovate, base cuneate, margin strongly recurved throughout, apex retuse, midnerve above sulcate proximally becoming flush distally, the secondary (and less frequently) tertiary veins somewhat raised, oil glands of lower surface present, somewhat sparse and obscure. Inflorescence Less than 1 cm (including flower), pedicels 3.5 - 6.0 mm, monads axillary, extrafloral bracts absent. Bracteoles 2.6 - 4.0 mm, linear, soon deciduous. Hypanthium 3 - 4 mm, obconic, smooth, lanate; ovary apex indumentum unknown. Calyx Lobes 5, 1.6 - 2.1 mm, broadly triangular to narrowly oblong, lanate. Petals and stamens not seen. Style c. 3 mm (material scant), hairy proximally. Fruits (material scant) 5 - 6 mm, globose, base rounded, green becoming pale purple to blackish; seeds (only 1 seen) 1 per fruit, c. 3.4 mm.	en	Snow, Neil (2020): A revision of New Caledonian Gossia N. Snow & Guymer (Myrtaceae). Adansonia (3) 42 (7): 131-177, DOI: 10.5252/adansonia2020v42a7
67621F13FFC8F5101F8C3FFCFAF64150.taxon	discussion	REMARKS The size, shape, texture, strong marginal recurvation, and emergent indumentum of the young leaves of Gossia conspicua comb. nov. most closely resemble Gossia virotii (which see, for details). Although subtle, the nodes can be somewhat swollen, thus resembling small platforms from which the petioles arise (e. g., Tronchet 604). One specimen with atypically narrow leaf blades (MacKee 39391) resembles Gossia virotii.	en	Snow, Neil (2020): A revision of New Caledonian Gossia N. Snow & Guymer (Myrtaceae). Adansonia (3) 42 (7): 131-177, DOI: 10.5252/adansonia2020v42a7
67621F13FFC8F5141C173A50FABE4731.taxon	description	(Figs 2; 6; 13 A-D)	en	Snow, Neil (2020): A revision of New Caledonian Gossia N. Snow & Guymer (Myrtaceae). Adansonia (3) 42 (7): 131-177, DOI: 10.5252/adansonia2020v42a7
67621F13FFC8F5141C173A50FABE4731.taxon	materials_examined	— Typus: New Caledonia. Grande Terre, North Prov. Circa Balade, Vieillard 476 (lectotype designated by Snow & Veldkamp 2010: 180); second-stage lectotype, here designated, Vieillard 476 (P [P 00462912]): epitype, here designated, Pancher s. n. (P [P 00462909], and see comments below).	en	Snow, Neil (2020): A revision of New Caledonian Gossia N. Snow & Guymer (Myrtaceae). Adansonia (3) 42 (7): 131-177, DOI: 10.5252/adansonia2020v42a7
67621F13FFC8F5141C173A50FABE4731.taxon	etymology	ETYMOLOGY. — Derived from the Latinization of “ diversely leaved ” by the authors in the protologue.	en	Snow, Neil (2020): A revision of New Caledonian Gossia N. Snow & Guymer (Myrtaceae). Adansonia (3) 42 (7): 131-177, DOI: 10.5252/adansonia2020v42a7
67621F13FFC8F5141C173A50FABE4731.taxon	distribution	DISTRIBUTION, HABITAT AND PHENOLOGY. — Eastern coast of Grande Terre and locally common around Baie de Tina (Fig. 6); in sclerophyllous forests among hills, sometimes behind mangroves, on black clays or soils derived from schists or calcareous schists; 5 - 100 m. Flowering December through May; fruiting December through October.	en	Snow, Neil (2020): A revision of New Caledonian Gossia N. Snow & Guymer (Myrtaceae). Adansonia (3) 42 (7): 131-177, DOI: 10.5252/adansonia2020v42a7
67621F13FFC8F5141C173A50FABE4731.taxon	materials_examined	SPECIMENS EXAMINED. — New Caledonia. North Prov., Pouembout, conservatoire botanique de Tiéa, 5. IX. 2000, Dagostini 209 (P [P 00316468]); Pouembout, 16. II. 1972, MacKee 25012 (NOU [NOU 028889]); Pouembout, 16. IV. 1981, MacKee 38948 (NOU [NOU 028896]); Creek hervouet (propriété Johnson), 10. X. 2004, Munzinger 1866 (MO [MO- 6175968], NOU [NOU 006339], P [P 06668680]); Poya, forêt de Nekoro, 28. IX. 1988, Veillon 6896 (NOU [NOU 028902]); Poya, forêt de Neoni, 29. VI. 1989, Veillon 7054 (NOU [NOU 028897]); Poya, propriété Johnston, 10 - 20 m, 6. V. 1998, Veillon 8096 (BISH, NOU [NOU 028904], P [P 00467803]). — South Prov., Nouméa, 1868 - 1870, Balansa 126 (A, G, P [P 00462889, P 00462890, P 00462891]); Baie de Prony, Herbarium L. Roterau s. n. (P [P 00500668]); Baie de Tina, 18. V. 1985, Hoff 905 (NOU [NOU 028906]); Baie de Tina, 1. VI. 1974, Jaffré 1303 (NOU [NOU 028894], P [P 0462898, P 0462890]); Baie de Tina, 9. IX. 1988, Jaffré 2988 (NOU [NOU 028905]); Parc forestier de Nouméa, 11. VII. 1992, Jaffré 3167 (NOU [NOU 028893]); Nouméa, parc forestier, 19. III. 1993, Jaffré 3228 (NOU [NOU 053230]); Mt. Dzumac, 9. X. 1909, Le Rat 547 (P [P 00462900, P 00462901]); Forêt de Magenta, Le Rat 2085 (A, P [P 004629802]); Route de la prise d’eau, Dumbéa, IX. 1904, Le Rat 2269 (P [P 00462903]); Port Despointes, 17. IV. 1956, Mac-Kee 4420 (A, L, P [P 00462904]); Montravel, parc forestier, 30 m, 2. III. 1965, MacKee 12178 (NOU [NOU 028892], P [P 00462905]); MacKee 12412, Montravel, parc forestier, 50 m, 9. IV. 1965 (MO [MO- 5813360], NOU [NOU 028891]); Nouméa, Baie de Tina, 16. III. 1972, MacKee 25151 (NOU [NOU 028890]); Baie de Tina, 24. III. 1974, MacKee 28365 (NOU [NOU 028895]); Nouméa: Baie de Tina, 3. X. 1974, MacKee 29369 (NOU [NOU 028898], P [P 02089820]); Nouméa: Baie Tina, 4. III. 1975, MacKee 29834 (NOU [NOU 028901]); Nouméa: Baie de Tina, 20. II. 1976, Mac-Kee 30715 (NOU [NOU 02899]); Rivage SE Baie La Conception, 2. IV. 1981, MacKee 38895 (NOU [NOU 028900]); Baie de Tina, 12. II. 1988, MacKee 43897 (BRI, MO [MO- 6751078], NOU [NOU 053243], P [P 02089873]); Baie Tina, 10 - 15 m, 16. X. 1990, Müller 54 (P [P 04682695]); Montravel Jardin Botanique, 19. VI. 1965, Schmid 351 (NOU [NOU 028907]); Bois de Port Desfontes (Nouméa), X. 1942, Virot 794 (P [P 00500654]); Bois de Port Desfointes (Nouméa), 14. XI. 1942, Virot 817 (A, P [P 00462915, P 00462916]); Bois de Port Desfointes, 13. XII. 1942, Virot 918 (A, MO [MO- 04856944], P [P 00462918, P 00462919]). — Ab loco. 1868, Balansa 416 a (Z [Z- 000050493]); Balansa 3400 (P [P 00462894, P 00462893]); Baudouin s. n. (P [P 00462895]); Deplanche 211 (P [P 00462897]); Pancher 50 (P [P 00462925]); Herbarium Pancher s. n. (G [G 00340971, G 00340966]); Vieillard 476 (P [P 00462913]). REPRESENTATIVE HERBARIUM SPECIMEN. — P 00462909.	en	Snow, Neil (2020): A revision of New Caledonian Gossia N. Snow & Guymer (Myrtaceae). Adansonia (3) 42 (7): 131-177, DOI: 10.5252/adansonia2020v42a7
67621F13FFC8F5141C173A50FABE4731.taxon	description	DESCRIPTION Erect shrubs or treelets 1.5 - 4 m. Branchlets 4 - angled; internodes mostly> 5 mm. Leaves Coriaceous, 2 per node; petioles 0.8 - 1.7 mm, round to flattened above; blades 1.8 - 3.1 × 0.9 - 2.1 cm, ovate to widely ovate, base rounded to cordate, surface flat or slightly irregular, margin slightly undulate, apex obtuse to somewhat acute, midnerve above flush, secondary veins sometimes prominent above, oil glands of lower surface common but faint (typically most abundant along margin). Inflorescence 0.6 - 1.5 cm, of monads (mostly) or simple cymes, terminal or axillary, extrafloral bracts (at base of pedicel) scale-like. Bracteoles 0.5 - 0.8 mm, narrowly ovate to ovate, glabrous to sparsely sericeous. Hypanthium 1.4 - 2 × 2.0 - 2.5 mm, campanulate, surface smooth (or minutely ribbed in fruit), glabrous; ovary apex shortly hairy. Calyx Lobes 5, 0.8 - 1.8 mm, broadly rounded, glabrous above and below, green. Petals c. 3.5 × 3 - 4 mm, glabrous above and below, white. Filaments 2 - 4 mm, white; anther sacs c. 0.5 mm, pale yellowish. Style c. 3.5 mm, sparsely sericeous below. Fruits 5 - 8 × 5 - 7 mm, globular, base rounded, green turning reddish to black; seeds 2.	en	Snow, Neil (2020): A revision of New Caledonian Gossia N. Snow & Guymer (Myrtaceae). Adansonia (3) 42 (7): 131-177, DOI: 10.5252/adansonia2020v42a7
67621F13FFC8F5141C173A50FABE4731.taxon	discussion	REMARKS The combination of 4 - angled branchlets, cordate or rounded leaf bases, and the tapered fruit base easily diagnose the species vegetatively from congenerics. The tapered fruit bases can also occur in G. vieillardii. The images of living material were taken in a semi-manicured area (with mowed lawn) in the Parc Forestier de Nouméa. Among the collections Brongniart & Gris (1865: 180) mentioned in the protologue (Pancher s. n., [collected in] 1862; Vieillard 462), Snow (Snow & Veldkamp 2010: 182) designated Vieillard 462 as the lectotype. Since Vieillard 462 consists of two sheets (unknown to the author at the time of lectotypification), a second-stage lectotypification is provided above. Moreover, epitypification (Art. 9.9, Turland et al. 2018) is desirable given the sterile condition of the lectotype, and that Vieillard 462 at P consists of two sheets, both of which lack fertile material. At the present time, the two sheets of Pancher at P are databased as “ types ”, but no such indication or annotation appears on the specimens, and it is unclear at this point whether I was aware of their type status when I first annotated one of these specimens (P 00462908) from Eugenia to Gossia in 2004. Among the two sheets of Pancher, one in Pancher’s hand (P 00462908) indicates the specifics of the collection on the blue label (on the left), whereas the collecting year of 1862 (also in Pancher’s hand) is on the label (to the right), however this specimen also is sterile. The other specimen of Pancher (P 00462909) indicates the year 1861 (printed, not written by hand) on the right-hand label, but details of the collection on the blue label to the left also are in Pancher’s hand (and are nearly identical to those of P 004652908), and since this specimen has four flowers, it is selected as the epitype.	en	Snow, Neil (2020): A revision of New Caledonian Gossia N. Snow & Guymer (Myrtaceae). Adansonia (3) 42 (7): 131-177, DOI: 10.5252/adansonia2020v42a7
67621F13FFCCF5161CCE3CB3FE7446B1.taxon	description	(Figs 13 J-K; 17)	en	Snow, Neil (2020): A revision of New Caledonian Gossia N. Snow & Guymer (Myrtaceae). Adansonia (3) 42 (7): 131-177, DOI: 10.5252/adansonia2020v42a7
67621F13FFCCF5161CCE3CB3FE7446B1.taxon	diagnosis	Petioles narrowly and deeply sulcate, but broadening distally. Leaves narrowly ovate to ovate, margin somewhat undulate, secondary and tertiary veins of both surfaces prominently raised. Sepals densely short-sericeous below.	en	Snow, Neil (2020): A revision of New Caledonian Gossia N. Snow & Guymer (Myrtaceae). Adansonia (3) 42 (7): 131-177, DOI: 10.5252/adansonia2020v42a7
67621F13FFCCF5161CCE3CB3FE7446B1.taxon	materials_examined	TYPUS. — New Caledonia. Grande Terre, North Prov., Slopes of Mt Kaala, above village, 20 ° 37 ’ 39.00 ” S, 164 ° 23 ’ 12.12 ” S, c. 550 m, 7. X. 1982, G. McPherson 4973 (holo-, P [P 00758090]; iso-, BISH [fragment]; MO [MO- 3211396]; NOU [NOU 030910]). PARATYPI. — New Caledonia. North Prov. Mont Kaala, 4. IV. 1968, Bernardi 12528 (BISH [fragment], L, P [P 00462920], US, Z); Voh. Massif Katépaï, au bord d’une ancienne piste, 20 ° 55 ’ 49.72 ” S, 164 ° 42 ’ 02.92 ” E, c. 470 m, 19. IX. 2016, Munzinger 7853 (leg. Scoptera) (MPU [640685], P [P 02090976]). — South Prov. Kongouaou (= Koungouhaou), 650 m, 2. V. 1976, Jaffré 1725 (NOU [NOU 029644]); Contrefort NW Mt. Taom, 10. V. 1979, MacKee 36887 (NOU [NOU 029643], P [P 02089830]); Crête du Oua-Tilou, 20 ° 50 ’ 08.99 ” S, 164 ° 51 ’ 27.00 ” E, 850 m, 18. V. 1983, Morat 7398 (NOU [NOU 029645], P [P 00462921]); Montagnes de Balade, Vieillard 484 (left branchlet on mixed collection; P [P 00463007, P 00602546]); Oua Tendé près Gatope, Vieillard 2610 (K [K 001000439], P [P 00462922, P 00462923, P 00462924]); circ. Kaala-Gomen; S slopes of Mt. Kaala, c. 500 m, 11. VIII. 1968, Webster & Hildreth 14719 (DAV, GH, NSW, P [P 00462928]). REPRESENTATIVE HERBARIUM SPECIMEN. — P 00758090.	en	Snow, Neil (2020): A revision of New Caledonian Gossia N. Snow & Guymer (Myrtaceae). Adansonia (3) 42 (7): 131-177, DOI: 10.5252/adansonia2020v42a7
67621F13FFCCF5161CCE3CB3FE7446B1.taxon	etymology	ETYMOLOGY. — After the type locality.	en	Snow, Neil (2020): A revision of New Caledonian Gossia N. Snow & Guymer (Myrtaceae). Adansonia (3) 42 (7): 131-177, DOI: 10.5252/adansonia2020v42a7
67621F13FFCCF5161CCE3CB3FE7446B1.taxon	distribution	DISTRIBUTION, HABITAT AND PHENOLOGY. — Grande Terre from the northwest, where it is most common, sporadically south to Koungouhaou (Fig. 17); in maquis and scrub that grades into lowstature but dense forests, over ultramafics or graywackes, 470 - 850 m. Flowering April through July; fruiting May through October.	en	Snow, Neil (2020): A revision of New Caledonian Gossia N. Snow & Guymer (Myrtaceae). Adansonia (3) 42 (7): 131-177, DOI: 10.5252/adansonia2020v42a7
67621F13FFCCF5161CCE3CB3FE7446B1.taxon	description	DESCRIPTION Shrubs 0.7 - 2 m. Bark Marbled with light and dark gray. Branchlets Terete to laterally compressed; internodes> 5 mm. Leaves Coriaceous, 2 per node; petioles 3 - 5 mm, deeply sulcate; blades (4.5 -) 8.0 - 9.5 × 1.8 - 3.4 cm, narrowly elliptic to narrowly ovate or somewhat elliptic, base cuneate (rarely almost rounded), surface flat to somewhat undulate, margin somewhat undulate, apex acute, midnerve sulcate above, secondary veins prominently raised above, oil glands of lower surface common, indistinct to prominent (and relatively large or small). Inflorescence 1.5 - 3.5 cm, of monads, 3 - flowered cymes, or few-flowered racemes, axillary, terminal or sometimes arising from internodes, pedicels 0.3 - 1.3 cm; extrafloral bracts absent or scale-like. Bracteoles 1 - 1.5 mm, linear to very narrowly obovate, glabrous to sparsely sericeous. Hypanthium c. 2 - 3 × c. 2.5 mm, campanulate to obconic, surface smooth, glabrous (or sparsely sericeous); ovary apex glabrous. Calyx Lobes 5, 1.3 - 2 mm, broadly ovate to broadly rounded, sericeous-tomentose above, glabrous to sparsely and very short sericeous below, drying whitish. Petals 3.5 - 5 × 4 - 5 mm, sparsely villous above, glabrous below, shortly ciliate on edges. Filaments 2.5 - 4 mm; anther sacs 0.5 - 0.7 mm. Style 4 - 5 mm, sparsely sericeous. Fruits c. 5 - 5 × 6 - 7 mm, subglobular to globular, base rounded; green maturing to dark reddish; seeds 2.	en	Snow, Neil (2020): A revision of New Caledonian Gossia N. Snow & Guymer (Myrtaceae). Adansonia (3) 42 (7): 131-177, DOI: 10.5252/adansonia2020v42a7
67621F13FFCCF5161CCE3CB3FE7446B1.taxon	discussion	REMARKS Several characters are diagnostic for Gossia kaalaensis sp. nov. The leaf blades (in sicco) typically are dark green, narrowly elliptic to narrowly ovate, apically acute, and the upper surface is frequently undulate, glossy and has prominently raised secondary veins. The petiole is deeply sulcate but flattens and broadens distally. The hypanthium often has relatively large, pustular oil glands interspersed among much smaller glands. It most closely resembles Gossia vieillardii, but leaves of that species typically are a lighter shade of green. Gossia kaalaensis sp. nov. may also resemble G. pancheri, but the latter has a sericeous hypanthium. A specimen with a similar leaf shape and texture to G. kaalaensis sp. nov. is atypical by the much smaller length of its leaves (Munzinger 7577 [MPU 620440]); its placement at the current time is unresolved.	en	Snow, Neil (2020): A revision of New Caledonian Gossia N. Snow & Guymer (Myrtaceae). Adansonia (3) 42 (7): 131-177, DOI: 10.5252/adansonia2020v42a7
67621F13FFCEF5161F973C32FBEE428E.taxon	description	(Figs 14; 15 A-C)	en	Snow, Neil (2020): A revision of New Caledonian Gossia N. Snow & Guymer (Myrtaceae). Adansonia (3) 42 (7): 131-177, DOI: 10.5252/adansonia2020v42a7
67621F13FFCEF5161F973C32FBEE428E.taxon	diagnosis	Resembling Gossia kuakuensis but differing by its narrower bracteoles; similar to Gossia vieillardii but having rounded leaf bases; and differing from Gossia bourailensis sp. nov. by the broadly obtuse to rounded apex of the leaf.	en	Snow, Neil (2020): A revision of New Caledonian Gossia N. Snow & Guymer (Myrtaceae). Adansonia (3) 42 (7): 131-177, DOI: 10.5252/adansonia2020v42a7
67621F13FFCEF5161F973C32FBEE428E.taxon	materials_examined	TYPUS. — New Caledonia. Grande Terre, North Prov., Mt. Katépahié, above Voh, 20 ° 55 ’ 58.08 ” S, 164 ° 41 ’ 33.00 ” E, 4. V. 1983, c. 350 m, McPherson 5690 (holo-, P [P 00402743]; iso-, BISH [fragment], BRI, MO [MO- 3183836], NOU [NOU 030911], NSW, WELTU [2 sheets]). PARATYPI. — New Caledonia. North Prov., Voh, Massif Katépahï, en haut d’un sentier de randonnée, 20 ° 55 ’ 26.36 ” S, 164 ° 42 ’ 16.94 ” E, c. 530 m, 19. IX. 2016, Munzinger 7867 (leg. Scoptera) (MPU [MPU 640688]; P [P 02090939]). REPRESENTATIVE HERBARIUM SPECIMEN. — P 00402743.	en	Snow, Neil (2020): A revision of New Caledonian Gossia N. Snow & Guymer (Myrtaceae). Adansonia (3) 42 (7): 131-177, DOI: 10.5252/adansonia2020v42a7
67621F13FFCEF5161F973C32FBEE428E.taxon	etymology	ETYMOLOGY. — Derived from the type locality.	en	Snow, Neil (2020): A revision of New Caledonian Gossia N. Snow & Guymer (Myrtaceae). Adansonia (3) 42 (7): 131-177, DOI: 10.5252/adansonia2020v42a7
67621F13FFCEF5161F973C32FBEE428E.taxon	distribution	DISTRIBUTION, HABITAT AND PHENOLOGY. — Known from two collections on Mt. Katépahie (Fig. 14) from forest remnants over ultramafics from approximately 350 - 530 meters. Flowering in May; fruiting in August.	en	Snow, Neil (2020): A revision of New Caledonian Gossia N. Snow & Guymer (Myrtaceae). Adansonia (3) 42 (7): 131-177, DOI: 10.5252/adansonia2020v42a7
67621F13FFCEF5161F973C32FBEE428E.taxon	description	DESCRIPTION Rounded shrubs to trees 1.5 - 3 m. Bark Light gray to almost white and longitudinally furrowed. Branchlets Terete, bright red on emergence; internodes> 5 mm. Leaves Coriaceous, 2 per node; petioles 2.5 - 4 mm, sometimes slightly sulcate; blades 2.2 - 5.5 × 1.5 - 3.5 cm, elliptic, base rounded, surface flat, margin slightly recurved and surface slightly undulate, apex rounded to broadly obtuse (and sometimes slightly retuse), midnerve sulcate above, secondary veins faintly visible above and below, oil glands of lower surface faint and moderately common. Inflorescence Of monads or elongated racemes, axillary and terminal; extrafloral bracts absent or scale-like. Bracteoles 1 - 2 mm, narrowly obovate, glabrous. Hypanthium 2.5 - 3 × 2 - 3 mm, obconic, surface smooth, glabrous to sparsely sericeous; ovary apex glabrous. Calyx Lobes 5, 1 - 1.5 mm, broadly rounded, sparsely sericeous near base above, glabrous to sparsely sericeous below, green. Petals 4 - 5 × 3 - 4 mm, ciliate on margins, glabrous below. Filaments 3 - 5 mm; anther sacs 0.4 - 0.6 mm. Style c. 5 mm, sericeous. Fruits (young) 7 - 8 mm, ellipsoid and somewhat tapered at the base, light green but beginning to darken; seeds up to 2.	en	Snow, Neil (2020): A revision of New Caledonian Gossia N. Snow & Guymer (Myrtaceae). Adansonia (3) 42 (7): 131-177, DOI: 10.5252/adansonia2020v42a7
67621F13FFCEF5161F973C32FBEE428E.taxon	discussion	REMARKS This species resembles several others in Gossia. Its leaf apex is rounded to broadly obtuse (and sometimes slightly retuse), and the secondary veins are visible in sicco. Mature inflorescences typically are longer than the adjacent leaves, and the inflorescence and pedicels are relatively thin and often somewhat bowed. In addition, the base of the petals is thicker than most other species. A specimen I annotated in 2004 with this name (P [P 00402742]) likely represents a different taxon, given its cuneate leaf bases and shorter inflorescences; its identity is uncertain from the digital image. A specimen allegedly from Tahiti by an unknown collector (Anonymous, « Commun à Tahiti » ([P 05094318] )) was identified (but not annotated) by some other person. Although its relatively large inflorescence resembles that of the type specimen, its different leaf morphology and the distance between Tahiti and New Caledonia (c. 4700 km) together make such an identification unlikely.	en	Snow, Neil (2020): A revision of New Caledonian Gossia N. Snow & Guymer (Myrtaceae). Adansonia (3) 42 (7): 131-177, DOI: 10.5252/adansonia2020v42a7
67621F13FFCEF5291CC23816FBBD4050.taxon	description	(Figs 14; 15 D-H; 16 A-C)	en	Snow, Neil (2020): A revision of New Caledonian Gossia N. Snow & Guymer (Myrtaceae). Adansonia (3) 42 (7): 131-177, DOI: 10.5252/adansonia2020v42a7
67621F13FFCEF5291CC23816FBBD4050.taxon	materials_examined	— Typus: New Caledonia. Grande Terre, South Prov., Secus ripus torentium prope Touho, Vieillard 2171 (lecto-, P [P 00602576] designated here; isolecto-, G, GH [GH 00071539], P [P 00751830]). SPECIMENS EXAMINED. — New Caledonia. North Prov., Näräjaa, Ponerihouen, 550 m, 26. III. 2016, Fleurot 226 (P [P 01168448]); Pente Sud du Mt. Kaala, 12. VI. 1965, MacKee 12758 (NOU [NOU 029641], P [P 00462879, P 00462880]); Pente Sud-Ouest du Mt. Kaala, 300 - 600 m, 10. IX. 1967, MacKee 17490 (NOU [NOU 029640], P [P 02089978, P 05094102); Massif de Tion-non, 800 - 900 m, 21. III. 1968, MacKee 18516 (P [P 02089982]; Col d’Amieu-Ouambéa, 500 - 600 m, 31. III. 1970, MacKee 21745 (NOU [NOU 030905]); Bord des torrents, Wagape, Vieillard 2171 bis (BISH, P [P 00462881, P 00462882]); Bord des torrents à “ Poinendu ”, Vieillard 2218 (G [G 00340965, G 00340992, images seen], MEL n. v., P, 2 sheets). REPRESENTATIVE HERBARIUM SPECIMEN. — P 02089978.	en	Snow, Neil (2020): A revision of New Caledonian Gossia N. Snow & Guymer (Myrtaceae). Adansonia (3) 42 (7): 131-177, DOI: 10.5252/adansonia2020v42a7
67621F13FFCEF5291CC23816FBBD4050.taxon	etymology	ETYMOLOGY. — From the type locality.	en	Snow, Neil (2020): A revision of New Caledonian Gossia N. Snow & Guymer (Myrtaceae). Adansonia (3) 42 (7): 131-177, DOI: 10.5252/adansonia2020v42a7
67621F13FFCEF5291CC23816FBBD4050.taxon	distribution	DISTRIBUTION, HABITAT AND PHENOLOGY. — Scattered on Grande Terre (Fig. 14); in maquis on ultramafics or edges of dense moist forests over sedimentary volcanics, 100 - 600 m (but more data needed; see remarks). Flowering March through June; fruiting confirmed only for September.	en	Snow, Neil (2020): A revision of New Caledonian Gossia N. Snow & Guymer (Myrtaceae). Adansonia (3) 42 (7): 131-177, DOI: 10.5252/adansonia2020v42a7
67621F13FFCEF5291CC23816FBBD4050.taxon	description	DESCRIPTION Shrubs or trees 1 - 6 m. Branchlets Terete to compressed (the older branchlets with dark, rectangular flakes); internodes> 5 mm. Leaves Coriaceous, 2 per node; petioles 1.5 - 4 mm (or leaves sessile), sometimes slightly sulcate; blades (3 -) 4.5 - 9.0 × 3.0 - 6.0 cm, elliptic to broadly elliptic, base rounded to cordate or clasping, surface flat to somewhat creased along midvein, margin flat to slightly irregular, apex obtuse, midnerve above flush to slightly sulcate at base, secondary veins flush above, oil glands of lower surface dense but indistinct. Inflorescence 2.5 - 8.5 cm, a dichasium, raceme or panicle, terminal or axillary; pedicels (1.5 -) 4 - 11 mm; extrafloral bracts leaflike. Bracteoles 1.5 - 4.5 mm, linear to narrowly elliptic, glabrous to sparsely sericeous. Hypanthium Obconic, 2.3 - 2.6 × (2 -) 3.4 - 3.8 (- 4.2) mm wide, surface smooth, glabrous; ovary apex glabrous. Calyx Lobes 5, 1.5 - 3 mm, broadly rounded, ciliate but otherwise glabrous, green. Petals 4 - 6 × 3 - 5 mm, white, sparsely ciliate on margins. Filaments 2.5 - 4.5 (- 6) mm; anther sacs c. 0.5 mm. Style 3 - 5 (- 6.5) mm, glabrous to sparsely sericeous. Fruits 5.5 - 10 × 5.5 - 10 mm, subglobular to globular, base rounded, green when young (mature color unconfirmed); seeds 1 - 4.	en	Snow, Neil (2020): A revision of New Caledonian Gossia N. Snow & Guymer (Myrtaceae). Adansonia (3) 42 (7): 131-177, DOI: 10.5252/adansonia2020v42a7
67621F13FFCEF5291CC23816FBBD4050.taxon	discussion	REMARKS The bark of branchlets and main trunk typically breaks into dark rectangular flakes, and the branches reportedly can be pendant. Some leaves on the holotype are atypically clasping. The peduncles in the inflorescence are glabrous but can be prominently striate. We tentatively here include Fleurot 226 (Fig. 16 A-C in Näräjaa, Ponérihouen), although its leaves are sessile and slightly clasping, whereas other specimens have short petioles, and its fruits have 4 - merous calyx lobes. Study of herbarium vouchers (unavailable before submission) will help determine its proper placement.	en	Snow, Neil (2020): A revision of New Caledonian Gossia N. Snow & Guymer (Myrtaceae). Adansonia (3) 42 (7): 131-177, DOI: 10.5252/adansonia2020v42a7
67621F13FFF1F5281CF73B53FEB3436E.taxon	description	(Figs 15 I-J; 17)	en	Snow, Neil (2020): A revision of New Caledonian Gossia N. Snow & Guymer (Myrtaceae). Adansonia (3) 42 (7): 131-177, DOI: 10.5252/adansonia2020v42a7
67621F13FFF1F5281CF73B53FEB3436E.taxon	diagnosis	The leaves resemble those of Gossia vieillardii, but the oil glands on the lower leaf surface of G. mandjeliaensis sp. nov. are conspicuous and dense and the base of its hypanthium somewhat rounded.	en	Snow, Neil (2020): A revision of New Caledonian Gossia N. Snow & Guymer (Myrtaceae). Adansonia (3) 42 (7): 131-177, DOI: 10.5252/adansonia2020v42a7
67621F13FFF1F5281CF73B53FEB3436E.taxon	materials_examined	TYPUS. — New Caledonia. Grande Terre, North Prov., Forested slopes below radio tower of Mandjélia, c. 5 air-km W of Pouebo, 20 ° 23 ’ 58.99 ” S, 164 ° 31 ’ 30.00 ” E, 12. IV. 1980, McPherson 2551 (holo-, P [P 00402744]; iso-, BISH, MO [MO- 3226084], NOU [NOU 030914], WELTU). PARATYPI. — McPherson 6327, Mandjélia, above Pouébo, 20 ° 24 ’ 18.40 ” S, 164 ° 31 ’ 05.00 ” E, c. 650 m, 21. II. 1984 (MO [MO- 3225874], NOU [NOU 029639], P [P 00462929], WELTU). REPRESENTATIVE HERBARIUM SPECIMEN. — P 00402744.	en	Snow, Neil (2020): A revision of New Caledonian Gossia N. Snow & Guymer (Myrtaceae). Adansonia (3) 42 (7): 131-177, DOI: 10.5252/adansonia2020v42a7
67621F13FFF1F5281CF73B53FEB3436E.taxon	etymology	ETYMOLOGY. — After the type locality.	en	Snow, Neil (2020): A revision of New Caledonian Gossia N. Snow & Guymer (Myrtaceae). Adansonia (3) 42 (7): 131-177, DOI: 10.5252/adansonia2020v42a7
67621F13FFF1F5281CF73B53FEB3436E.taxon	distribution	DISTRIBUTION, HABITAT AND PHENOLOGY. — Known only from Mt. Mandjélia (Fig. 17); forested slopes over metamorphic rock, 600 - 650 m. Flowering February through April; fruiting period unknown.	en	Snow, Neil (2020): A revision of New Caledonian Gossia N. Snow & Guymer (Myrtaceae). Adansonia (3) 42 (7): 131-177, DOI: 10.5252/adansonia2020v42a7
67621F13FFF1F5281CF73B53FEB3436E.taxon	description	DESCRIPTION Trees To 10 m. Branchlets Terete; internodes> 5 mm. Leaves Coriaceous, 2 per node; petioles 2 - 3 mm, sometimes slightly sulcate; blades (1.5 -) 3.0 - 6.0 × (- 1.0) 2.0 - 4.0 cm, narrowly elliptic to broadly elliptic, base cuneate (or occasionally rounded), surface flat, margin flat, apex obtuse to acute, midnerve above sulcate near base but becoming flush distally, secondary veins faint and flush above and below, oil glands dense but typically indistinct above and below. Inflorescence Up to 3.5 cm, of monads, simple cymes, or few-flowered racemes, axillary or terminal, pedicels 0.1 - 0.8 cm; extrafloral bracts absent or scale-like. Bracteoles 1.5 - 3 mm, linear, very narrowly elliptic, or narrowly obovate, more or less sericeous. Hypanthium 3 - 4 × 3 - 4 mm, campanulate, surface smooth, sericeous; ovary apex sparsely hairy. Calyx Lobes 5, 1.3 - 1.9 mm, broadly rounded, glabrous above, sericeous near base below and ciliate on edges, green. Petals 4 - 5 × 4 - 5 mm, glabrous above, glabrous to sparsely sericeous below. Filaments 3 - 5 mm; anther sacs 0.5 - 0.6 mm. Style c. 5 mm, sericeous at base. Fruits Dimensions unknown, said to be green, mature fruit unknown; seeds not seen.	en	Snow, Neil (2020): A revision of New Caledonian Gossia N. Snow & Guymer (Myrtaceae). Adansonia (3) 42 (7): 131-177, DOI: 10.5252/adansonia2020v42a7
67621F13FFF1F5281CF73B53FEB3436E.taxon	discussion	REMARKS Gossia mandjeliaensis sp. nov. differs from other New Caledonian congenerics by subtle traits, including the dense but small oil glands on the leaf surfaces; a glabrous to slightly hairy staminal disk; sericeous indumentum on the pedicels, abaxial surface of calyx lobes, and style; and faint abaxially secondary leaf veins. Gossia colnettiana is somewhat similar, but has fewer oil glands abaxially, raised abaxial secondary veins, ferrugineous sericeous hairs in flower, and a hairy staminal disk.	en	Snow, Neil (2020): A revision of New Caledonian Gossia N. Snow & Guymer (Myrtaceae). Adansonia (3) 42 (7): 131-177, DOI: 10.5252/adansonia2020v42a7
67621F13FFF0F52B1E703876FD28426F.taxon	description	(Figs 18 A-C; 19)	en	Snow, Neil (2020): A revision of New Caledonian Gossia N. Snow & Guymer (Myrtaceae). Adansonia (3) 42 (7): 131-177, DOI: 10.5252/adansonia2020v42a7
67621F13FFF0F52B1E703876FD28426F.taxon	diagnosis	Resembling Gossia nigripes but with longer and flatter leaf blades (margins not recurved), and without an obtuse apex.	en	Snow, Neil (2020): A revision of New Caledonian Gossia N. Snow & Guymer (Myrtaceae). Adansonia (3) 42 (7): 131-177, DOI: 10.5252/adansonia2020v42a7
67621F13FFF0F52B1E703876FD28426F.taxon	materials_examined	TYPUS. — New Caledonia. Grande Terre, South Prov., Île des Pins, Pic Nga near Kuto, 22 ° 39 ’ 18.00 ” S, 167 ° 27 ’ 24.98 ” E, c. 100 m, 14. VIII. 1982, G. McPherson 4878 (holo-, MO [MO- 3210881]; iso-, BISH fragment, NOU [NOU 052879]). REPRESENTATIVE HERBARIUM SPECIMEN. — No images currently available.	en	Snow, Neil (2020): A revision of New Caledonian Gossia N. Snow & Guymer (Myrtaceae). Adansonia (3) 42 (7): 131-177, DOI: 10.5252/adansonia2020v42a7
67621F13FFF0F52B1E703876FD28426F.taxon	etymology	ETYMOLOGY. — Derived from Pic Nga, the locality of the type specimen.	en	Snow, Neil (2020): A revision of New Caledonian Gossia N. Snow & Guymer (Myrtaceae). Adansonia (3) 42 (7): 131-177, DOI: 10.5252/adansonia2020v42a7
67621F13FFF0F52B1E703876FD28426F.taxon	distribution	DISTRIBUTION, HABITAT AND PHENOLOGY. — Known only from the type collection from Pic Nga near Kuto on Île des Pins (Fig. 19); in scrub over ultramafics along a creek, c. 100 m. Flowering August; fruiting August.	en	Snow, Neil (2020): A revision of New Caledonian Gossia N. Snow & Guymer (Myrtaceae). Adansonia (3) 42 (7): 131-177, DOI: 10.5252/adansonia2020v42a7
67621F13FFF0F52B1E703876FD28426F.taxon	description	DESCRIPTION Shrub To 2 m. Branchlets Terete to strongly compressed; internodes> 5 mm. Leaves Coriaceous, 2 per node; petioles 3 - 5 mm, sometimes slightly sulcate; blades (2.8 -) 5.0 - 8.3 × 1.2 - 4.0 cm, elliptic, base cuneate, surface flat, margin flat to slightly revolute, apex broadly obtuse and sometimes slightly retuse, midnerve sulcate in lower half, secondary veins flush to slightly raised above, oil glands of lower surface dense and prominent. Inflorescence Of single flowers or simple cymes, terminal or axillary; extrafloral bracts absent. Bracteoles Unknown. Hypanthium 4.5 - 7 × 4 - 5 mm wide (in fruit), obconic, surface smooth, glabrous; ovary apex glabrous. Calyx Lobes 5, 1.7 - 2.5 mm, broadly triangular to broadly rounded, sparsely short ciliate near apex, greenish. Petals c. 5 × 5 mm, glabrous above, glabrous to sparsely sericeous below. Filaments 4 - 6 mm; anther sacs 0.4 - 0.6 mm. Style c. 5 mm, sparsely sericeous. Fruits 5.5 - 7 × 5 - 7.5 mm, globular, base rounded, green (immature); seeds 1 - 2.	en	Snow, Neil (2020): A revision of New Caledonian Gossia N. Snow & Guymer (Myrtaceae). Adansonia (3) 42 (7): 131-177, DOI: 10.5252/adansonia2020v42a7
67621F13FFF0F52B1E703876FD28426F.taxon	discussion	REMARKS Gossia ngaensis sp. nov. allegedly was photographed on Pic Nga during September 2017 (G. Gâteblé pers. comm. 2018), but no voucher was taken and its identification was not confirmed. The species most closely resembles G. nigripes (see key for differences). It also resembles G. mandjeliaensis sp. nov., but its hypanthium is sericeous and it occurs on Massif du Panié on the northeast part of Grande Terre.	en	Snow, Neil (2020): A revision of New Caledonian Gossia N. Snow & Guymer (Myrtaceae). Adansonia (3) 42 (7): 131-177, DOI: 10.5252/adansonia2020v42a7
67621F13FFF3F52C1F963971FDA94533.taxon	description	(Figs 17; 18 D, E)	en	Snow, Neil (2020): A revision of New Caledonian Gossia N. Snow & Guymer (Myrtaceae). Adansonia (3) 42 (7): 131-177, DOI: 10.5252/adansonia2020v42a7
67621F13FFF3F52C1F963971FDA94533.taxon	materials_examined	— Typus: New Caledonia. Grande Terre, South Prov., Montagnes situées au Sud de Canala, 20. XI. 1869, B. Balansa 2085 (holo-, P [P 00602577]; iso-, P [P 00462930, P 00462931]).	en	Snow, Neil (2020): A revision of New Caledonian Gossia N. Snow & Guymer (Myrtaceae). Adansonia (3) 42 (7): 131-177, DOI: 10.5252/adansonia2020v42a7
67621F13FFF3F52C1F963971FDA94533.taxon	etymology	ETYMOLOGY. — Derivation from the Latin niger (black) and pes (foot) in reference to the petioles (foot of the blade), which dry dark brown to blackish.	en	Snow, Neil (2020): A revision of New Caledonian Gossia N. Snow & Guymer (Myrtaceae). Adansonia (3) 42 (7): 131-177, DOI: 10.5252/adansonia2020v42a7
67621F13FFF3F52C1F963971FDA94533.taxon	distribution	DISTRIBUTION, HABITAT AND PHENOLOGY. — Mt Mandjélia and areas to the north and from the type collection south of Canala (Fig. 17); over micaschistes and forests, sometimes as a dominant on montane ridges, c. 500 - 1000 m. Flowering February and March; fruiting June through December.	en	Snow, Neil (2020): A revision of New Caledonian Gossia N. Snow & Guymer (Myrtaceae). Adansonia (3) 42 (7): 131-177, DOI: 10.5252/adansonia2020v42a7
67621F13FFF3F52C1F963971FDA94533.taxon	materials_examined	SPECIMENS EXAMINED. — New Caledonia. Grande Terre, North Prov. Pouébo, 600 m, 24. VII. 1974, MacKee 28968 (P [P 02089864]); Mt Mandjélia; 19. XII. 1981, McPherson 4509 (BISH [fragment], MO, NOU [NOU 029638], NSW, P [P 05094545], PTBG, WELTU); above Ouegoa along forest road, 18. VIII. 1981, Mueller-Dombois 81081810 (BISH); ibid. loco, Mueller-Dumbois 81081831 (BISH); Col d’Amoss, 20 ° 18 ’ 22 ” S, 164 ° 23 ’ 51 ” E, 14. X. 2002, Tronchet 364 et al. (K n. v., MO, NOU, P [P 00354952]); Haut Diahot, Tendé, 600 m, 30. VI. 1982, MacKee 40566 (MO, NOU [NOU 029624], P [P 02089875]). REPRESENTATIVE HERBARIUM SPECIMEN. — P 02089875.	en	Snow, Neil (2020): A revision of New Caledonian Gossia N. Snow & Guymer (Myrtaceae). Adansonia (3) 42 (7): 131-177, DOI: 10.5252/adansonia2020v42a7
67621F13FFF3F52C1F963971FDA94533.taxon	description	DESCRIPTION Shrubs or trees 3 - 8 m. Branchlets Terete; internodes> 5 mm. Leaves Coriaceous, 2 per node; petioles 2.5 - 4 mm, terete; blades 2.0 - 4.5 (- 4.8) × 0.8 - 1.7 (- 2.4) cm, narrowly elliptic to narrowly obovate, base narrowly cuneate, surface flat, margin flat, apex obtuse, midnerve above sulcate proximally becoming flush apically, secondary veins not visible above, oil glands of lower surface dense but indistinct. Inflorescence Of monads or 3 - flowered cymes, axillary, pedicels to 4.5 cm; extrafloral bracts absent. Bracteoles c. 2 mm, narrowly ovate to ovate, glabrous. Hypanthium 2.8 - 3.2 × c. 3 mm, urceolate, surface smooth, glabrous; ovary apex glabrous. Calyx Lobes 4 (5 occasionally), 1 - 2 mm, broadly ovate to rounded, glabrous above and below, green. Petals Not seen. Filaments 3 - 4.5 mm; anther sacs 0.6 - 0.8 mm. Style 4.5 - 5 mm, hairy to near apex. Fruits 5 - 9 × 6 - 11 mm, subglobular to globular, base rounded, green becoming reddish then bluish-black; seeds 2 - 3, irregularly hemispherical.	en	Snow, Neil (2020): A revision of New Caledonian Gossia N. Snow & Guymer (Myrtaceae). Adansonia (3) 42 (7): 131-177, DOI: 10.5252/adansonia2020v42a7
67621F13FFF3F52C1F963971FDA94533.taxon	discussion	REMARKS Within Gossia the species is distinguished by leaves that are nearly all 4 cm or less long and distinctly yellowish-green, with dark maroon petioles that dry to nearly black. The species can resemble Gossia vieillardii, but that species has longer leaf blades on average, longer inflorescences, and fruits that often taper distinctly at the base. Additional data from flowering material are needed.	en	Snow, Neil (2020): A revision of New Caledonian Gossia N. Snow & Guymer (Myrtaceae). Adansonia (3) 42 (7): 131-177, DOI: 10.5252/adansonia2020v42a7
67621F13FFF4F52C1F8C3EBDFB0840D0.taxon	description	(Figs 17; 18 F-I)	en	Snow, Neil (2020): A revision of New Caledonian Gossia N. Snow & Guymer (Myrtaceae). Adansonia (3) 42 (7): 131-177, DOI: 10.5252/adansonia2020v42a7
67621F13FFF4F52C1F8C3EBDFB0840D0.taxon	diagnosis	The species can be distinguished by its thin whitish calyx lobes, glabrous hypanthium, and a mostly terminal to subterminal infloresence that significantly exceeds the length of the leaves. It somewhat resembles Gossia kaalaensis sp. nov., but the adaxial leaf surface of the latter is glossy and has prominently raised secondary veins and an acute apex, and thicker and greenish calyx lobes. In contrast, the adaxial leaf surface of G. ouazangouensis sp. nov. is matte with flush secondary veins and an obtuse apex and thin, whitish or whitish-green calyx lobes.	en	Snow, Neil (2020): A revision of New Caledonian Gossia N. Snow & Guymer (Myrtaceae). Adansonia (3) 42 (7): 131-177, DOI: 10.5252/adansonia2020v42a7
67621F13FFF4F52C1F8C3EBDFB0840D0.taxon	materials_examined	TYPUS. — New Caledonia. Grande Terre, North Prov., pente Ouest de Mt Ouazangou, 20 ° 44 ’ 47.00 ” S, 164 ° 27 ’ 56.16 ” E, 19. VI. 1967, MacKee 16927 (holo-, P [P 00751831]; iso-, BISH [fragment], NOU [NOU 030913]). PARATYPI. — New Caledonia. Grande Terre. North Prov., Poum, 30 m, 27. IV. 2004, G. Dagostini 843 & Nigote (NOU, P [P 05121896, P 05121897], WELTU n. v.); Mont Ouazangou Pente Ouest, 20 ° 44 ’ 47.00 ” S, 164 ° 27 ’ 56.16 ” E, 300 - 500 m, 4. III. 1972, MacKee 25123 (NOU [NOU 029637], P [P 02089986] with dups [n. v.] to distribute to BISH, CHR, G, MO, NSW, RB, TNS]); Kaala-Gomen, Massif Onajiele, 20 ° 46 ’ 07.02 ” S, 164 ° 27 ’ 44.65 ” E, c. 100 m, 16. V. 2015, Munzinger 7592 (leg. Scoptera) (MPU [MPU 620439]). — South Prov., Vallée de la Tontouta, 21 ° 56 ’ 36.99 ” S, 166 ° 17 ’ 35.99 ” E, 0 - 50 m, 22. III. 2006, Pillon 329 et al. (NOU [NOU 011598], P [P 06668689]). REPRESENTATIVE HERBARIUM SPECIMEN. — P 00751831.	en	Snow, Neil (2020): A revision of New Caledonian Gossia N. Snow & Guymer (Myrtaceae). Adansonia (3) 42 (7): 131-177, DOI: 10.5252/adansonia2020v42a7
67621F13FFF4F52C1F8C3EBDFB0840D0.taxon	etymology	ETYMOLOGY. — From the type locality.	en	Snow, Neil (2020): A revision of New Caledonian Gossia N. Snow & Guymer (Myrtaceae). Adansonia (3) 42 (7): 131-177, DOI: 10.5252/adansonia2020v42a7
67621F13FFF4F52C1F8C3EBDFB0840D0.taxon	distribution	DISTRIBUTION, HABITAT AND PHENOLOGY. — Known from the western peak of Mont Ouazangou (Massif Onajile) and Poum in the northwest, and Tontouta in the southwest (Fig. 17); in maquis on ultramafics from near sea level to 500 m. Flowering approximately April through June; fruiting unknown.	en	Snow, Neil (2020): A revision of New Caledonian Gossia N. Snow & Guymer (Myrtaceae). Adansonia (3) 42 (7): 131-177, DOI: 10.5252/adansonia2020v42a7
67621F13FFF4F52C1F8C3EBDFB0840D0.taxon	description	DESCRIPTION Tree-like shrubs To 2 - 5 m. Bark Light reddish or grayish and craking longitudinally. Branchlets Terete; internodes> 5 mm. Leaves Coriaceous, 2 per node; petioles 1.5 - 3 mm, sulcate; blades (2.5 -) 6.0 - 7.5 × 1.2 - 3.3 cm, ovate, base cuneate, surface flat, margin slightly revolute throughout, apex obtuse, midnerve sulcate in lower half, secondary veins mostly flush above, oil glands of lower surface common but faint. Inflorescence 1.5 - 4.5 cm, mostly of 3 - flowered cymes (infrequently of monads), axillary or terminal; extrafloral bracts absent or scale-like. Bracteoles 0.9 - 1.2 mm, linear to narrowly elliptic, sparsely sericeous. Hypanthium 2 - 3 × 2 - 3.5 mm, obconic, surface smooth, glabrous. Calyx Lobes 5, 1.1 - 2.8 mm, broadly rounded, glabrous above but ciliate on margins, glabrous below, drying whitish. Petals 6.0 - 6.5 × 5 - 6 mm, glabrous above but ciliate on margins, glabrous below, whitish. Filaments 4 - 5 mm, pinkish to the base; anther sacs c. 0.5 mm. Style 5 - 6 mm, sparsely villous, especially in lower half; ovary apex hairy at base of style. Fruits Unknown.	en	Snow, Neil (2020): A revision of New Caledonian Gossia N. Snow & Guymer (Myrtaceae). Adansonia (3) 42 (7): 131-177, DOI: 10.5252/adansonia2020v42a7
67621F13FFF4F52C1F8C3EBDFB0840D0.taxon	discussion	REMARKS The inflorescence branches on MacKee 25123 are somewhat shorter and more gracile, and the branches more reddish and with a flakier epidermis, but the leaf morphology, locality and substrate of the two collections otherwise match well. An uplaced 4 - merous specimen (Munzinger 7890 [MPU 640674; P 020290978]) may be this species.	en	Snow, Neil (2020): A revision of New Caledonian Gossia N. Snow & Guymer (Myrtaceae). Adansonia (3) 42 (7): 131-177, DOI: 10.5252/adansonia2020v42a7
67621F13FFF4F52E1CE23BD0FCA746D2.taxon	description	(Figs 16 D; 20; 21 A-D)	en	Snow, Neil (2020): A revision of New Caledonian Gossia N. Snow & Guymer (Myrtaceae). Adansonia (3) 42 (7): 131-177, DOI: 10.5252/adansonia2020v42a7
67621F13FFF4F52E1CE23BD0FCA746D2.taxon	materials_examined	— Typus: New Caledonia. Grande Terre, South Prov., Montagnes de Yaté, Vieillard 508 (lecto- [designated by Snow & Veldkamp 2010], P [P 00462968]; isolecto-, P [P 00462969, P 00469970, P 00602555]). — Snow annotated the lectotype in 2004 but did not specify a barcode number (Snow & Veldkamp 2010: 181), which at that time did not exist. One of the isolectotypes (P 00602555) was annotated by the author in 2005 mistakenly as “ lectotype ”, instead (correctly) of “ isolectotype ”.	en	Snow, Neil (2020): A revision of New Caledonian Gossia N. Snow & Guymer (Myrtaceae). Adansonia (3) 42 (7): 131-177, DOI: 10.5252/adansonia2020v42a7
67621F13FFF4F52E1CE23BD0FCA746D2.taxon	materials_examined	SPECIMENS ECAMINED. — New Caledonia. North Prov., Boulinda près campement, 500 m, 23. IV. 1968, Jaffré 18 (NOU, P); Massif du Koniambo, 250 m, 18. XI. 1971, Jaffré 516 (NOU [NOU 029667]); Massif du Koniambo, 900 m, 20. XII. 1972, Jaffré 1038 (NOU [NOU 29662]); Kouaoua: Mea, 12. I. 1978, Jaffré 2275 (NOU [NOU 029649]); Mont Boulinda, pente au-dessus de la Oua-Népoua, 750 - 850 m, 26. VII. 1967, MacKee 17177 (NOU [NOU 029683]); Taom, Mt. Homédéboa, 800 - 900 m, X. 1969, MacKee 20995 (NOU [NOU 029680]); Mont Do, 950 - 1020 m, X. 1969, MacKee 21089 (NOU [NOU 029677); Manambo, 500 m, 29. IX. 1989, MacKee 44623 (NOU [NOU 0029652], P [P 02089832]); Poro, Kaéoua, 500 m, 17. XII. 1992, MacKee 46074 (P [P 02089865]); Contrefort Nord-Ouest du Mt. Taom, 5. X. 1979, MacKee 36887 (P); Plateau de Ouazangou, 26. III. 1980, MacKee 37951 (P [P 02089833]); Mont Taom (Crête Ouest), 900 m, 8. I. 1981, MacKee 38519 (NOU [NOU 029650], P [P 02089884]); Mont Taom, 900 m, 31. VII. 1981, MacKee 39418 (MO, NOU [NOU 029647], P [P 02089883]); Poro, Kaseoua, 500 m, 17. XII. 1992, MacKee 46074 (NOU [NOU 029653], P [P 02089865]); Mt Koniambo, c. 700 m, 13. X. 1982, McPherson 5019 (MO, NOU [NOU 053242]); Mt Koniambo, c. 550 m, 5. I. 1983, McPherson 5297 (BRI, MO, NOU [- NOU 029654], NSW, PTBG, WELTU); Mt. Colnett, 800 - 925 m, 2. XI. 2003, McPherson 19142 (BISH, MO, NOU [NOU 004366], P); Est du Kopeto, 900 m, 28. XI. 1980, Morat 6642 (NOU [NOU 029671]); Massif du Tchingou, face est, 950 m, 29. III. 2001, Munzinger 563 (MO, NOU [NOU 029668]); Massif du Tchingou, face est, 1000 m, 31. III. 2001, Munzinger 588 (MO); Massif du Tchingou, face est, 1120 m, 31. III. 2001, Munzinger 615 (MO, P); Paéoua Mt, 800 - 1100 m, 26. X. 2010, Munzinger 6017 (MO, P). — South Prov., Pente brûlée près de la mine du “ Mois de Mai ”, 300 m, 13. VIII. 1951, Baumann-Bodenheim 15115 (A, US, Z); Canala, Presqu’île de Bogota, c. 450 m, 3. VII. 1997, Dagostini 120 (NOU [NOU 029675]); Goro-Nickel, relevé 34, 20. VI. 2002, Dagostini & Rigault 505 (NOU [NOU 029679]); Goro, concession SLN “ Camille ”, 18. V. 2002, Dagostini 615 (MO, NOU [NOU 029678]); Col de Mouirange, forêt Desmazure, 10. III. 2005, Dagostini 1050 (NOU [NOU 009280]); Montagne des Sources, 3. XII. 1992, Dawson WELTU 16573 (NOU [NOU 029676], WELTU); Bord de la Fausse Yaté, 10. VII. 1981, Hoff 3581 (NOU [NOU 029659]); Dans la partie supérieure de la vallée de l’Odjijoni, 180 m, 2. VI. 1951, Hürlimann 1463 (US, Z); Vallée latérale de la Pourina, 160 m, 4. VI. 1951, Hürlimann 1482 (US, Z); au-dessus du campement Bernier (Montagne des Sources), 850 m, 13. XI. 1951, Hürlimann 3019 (US, Z); Plaine des Lacs, 15. IV. 1969, Jaffré 18 (NOU [NOU 029660]); Plaine des Lacs, 15. IV. 1969, Jaffré 200 (NOU [NOU 029658]); Région de Kouaoua, 30. IX. 1969, Jaffré 275 (NOU [NOU 29661]); Kouaoua, 30. IX. 1969, Jaffré 294 (NOU [NOU 029664]); Mt. Kouakoué, 21 ° 58 ’ 43 ” S, 166 ° 32 ’ 15 ” E, 980 - 1050 m, 9. X. 2004, Labat 3486 (K n. v., MO, NOU [NOU 009917], P [P 00454747], WELTU); 12 km S of Riv. des Pirogues, ridge overlooking Prony, 200 m, 15. X. 1955, MacKee 3247 (US); Yaté road near barrage, 150 - 200 m, 6. V. 1956, MacKee 4494 (L); Route de la Montagne des Sources, 500 - 700 m, 27. X. 1956, MacKee 5665 (L); Vallée de Mamié, 200 m, 6. X. 1966, MacKee 15740 (NOU [NOU 029681]); Ouroué, 21. VII. 1967, MacKee 17148 (P [P 02089831]); Rivière du Humboldt, 800 - 900 m, 29. X. 1967, MacKee 17838 (NOU [NOU 029648]); Thio-Mt Nékandi, 1200 - 1300 m, 7. XI. 1967, MacKee 17925 (NOU [NOUO 29862]); Mé Ori, Plateau sommital, 900 - 1000 m, 3. XII. 1969, MacKee 21205 (NOU [NOU 029657]); Vallée de la Ouinnée, 25. V. 1974, MacKee 28691 (NOU [NOU 029666]); Yaté, plateau au Sud du village, 300 m, 4. VI. 1977, MacKee 33235 (NOU [NOU 029665]); Dalmates Les (Mouirange Col), 150 m, 29. II. 1980, MacKee 37865 (NOU) [NOU 029608]); Vallée de la Ni, 100 m, 3. XII. 1981, MacKee 40035 (NOU [NOU 029651]); Hauteurs de Yaté, 250 m, 10. III. 1985, MacKee 42493 (MO, NOU [NOU 029669], P [P 02089882]); Along old lumber road to top of Mt Mé Ori, above Katrikoin, 8. IX. 1980, McPherson 3069 (BRI, MO, NOU [NOU 029646], NSW, WELTU); Montagne des Sources, c. 700 m, 25. X. 1980, McPherson 3275 (BRI, MO, NOU [NOU 029663], NSW, WELTU); Along Nouméa-Yaté road, near descent towards Yaté, 400 m, 8. VII. 1981, McPherson 3894 (MO, NOU [NOU 20670], WELTU); Upper reaches of valley Rivière des Pirogues, N of Nouméa-Yaté road, c. 300 m, 12. XII. 1981, McPherson 4451 (MO, NOU [NOU 029656], NSW, WELTU); by Fausse Yaté River, 23. XI. 1982, McPherson 5185 (BISH, MO); Forested slopes above a tributary of the Rivière Ni, 750 - 770 m, 12. XI. 2003, McPherson 19230 (BISH, MO, NOU); Me Adeo piste en direction du Menazi, 24. III. 1988, Morat 8008 (NOU [NOU 029655]); Sommet du Col de Yaté, 26. VII. 1965, Schmid 506 (NOU [NOU 029672]); Mine Pauline, vers 450 m, 18. III. 1968, Veillon 1648 (NOU [NOU 029673]); Route vers Prony, après Col de Crève-Coeur, 14. X. 1968, Veillon 1859 (NOU [NOU 029674], P [P 00462967, P 05094569], WELTU). — Ab loco. Deplanche 530, 1861 (P); Deplanche 531, 1861 (P); Deplanche 64172, 1861 (P). REPRESENTATIVE HERBARIUM SPECIMEN. — P 02089884.	en	Snow, Neil (2020): A revision of New Caledonian Gossia N. Snow & Guymer (Myrtaceae). Adansonia (3) 42 (7): 131-177, DOI: 10.5252/adansonia2020v42a7
67621F13FFF4F52E1CE23BD0FCA746D2.taxon	etymology	ETYMOLOGY. — Named for Jean Armand Isidore Pancher (1814 ‒ 1877), French botanist who worked in New Caledonia.	en	Snow, Neil (2020): A revision of New Caledonian Gossia N. Snow & Guymer (Myrtaceae). Adansonia (3) 42 (7): 131-177, DOI: 10.5252/adansonia2020v42a7
67621F13FFF4F52E1CE23BD0FCA746D2.taxon	distribution	DISTRIBUTION, HABITAT AND PHENOLOGY. — Widespread on Grande Terre (Fig. 20); in maquis, forsest edges, and humid forests, often on ultramafics, 150 - 1300 m. Flowering throughout the year; fruiting mostly December through July.	en	Snow, Neil (2020): A revision of New Caledonian Gossia N. Snow & Guymer (Myrtaceae). Adansonia (3) 42 (7): 131-177, DOI: 10.5252/adansonia2020v42a7
67621F13FFF4F52E1CE23BD0FCA746D2.taxon	description	DESCRIPTION Shrubs or trees 1.5 - 10 m. Branchlets Terete to compressed, surface developing small dark rectangular flakes; internodes> 5 mm. Leaves Coriaceous, 2 per node; petioles 2 - 6.5 mm, sulcate; blades 4.0 - 8.5 × 1.7 - 3.8 cm, elliptic, base cuneate, surface flat, margin slightly revolute, apex obtuse or retuse, midnerve above sulcate, secondary veins above raised prominently, oil glands of lower surface dense (and of uniform size), prominent. Inflorescence 2 - 5.5 (- 8) cm, pedicels (1.5 -) 5 - 9 mm, a simple cyme, raceme, or panicle, terminal or axillary; extrafloral bracts leafy. Bracteoles 1.3 - 2 mm, linear to narrowly elliptic, sparsely to densely sericeous. Hypanthium c. 3 mm × 3 - 3.5 mm, campanulate, surface smooth, sericeous to densely sericeous; ovary apex densely tomentose. Calyx Lobes 5, 1.3 - 2.5 mm, broadly rounded to almost truncate, sericeous to densely sericeous above and below, green. Petals 4.5 - 6 × c. 5 mm, somewhat tomentose above and below. Filaments 2.5 - 4 mm; anther sacs 0.5 - 0.8 mm. Style c. 4 mm, lower half villous. Fruits (material scant) 5 - 6 × 5 - 6 mm, dark blue-black, globose, base rounded; seeds 1 - 2.	en	Snow, Neil (2020): A revision of New Caledonian Gossia N. Snow & Guymer (Myrtaceae). Adansonia (3) 42 (7): 131-177, DOI: 10.5252/adansonia2020v42a7
67621F13FFF4F52E1CE23BD0FCA746D2.taxon	discussion	REMARKS Gossia pancheri is the second most common member of the genus in New Caledonia after Gossia vieillardii. It is common in the southern part of Grande Terre but ranges north to Mt. Colnett. The best distinguishing characters include the raised secondary and tertiary venation of the leaves, the thickly coriaceous texture and often glossy sheen of the upper leaf surface. The species most closely resembles Gossia kaalaensis sp. nov., but that species has narrower leaves, a more acute leaf apex, and a glabrous ovary apex. Some specimens (e. g., MacKee 28691 and 42493) have more densely pubescent and somewhat smaller flowers, but these differences are merely quantitative.	en	Snow, Neil (2020): A revision of New Caledonian Gossia N. Snow & Guymer (Myrtaceae). Adansonia (3) 42 (7): 131-177, DOI: 10.5252/adansonia2020v42a7
67621F13FFF6F5211E683DD2FA0041AF.taxon	description	(Figs 20; 21 E-I)	en	Snow, Neil (2020): A revision of New Caledonian Gossia N. Snow & Guymer (Myrtaceae). Adansonia (3) 42 (7): 131-177, DOI: 10.5252/adansonia2020v42a7
67621F13FFF6F5211E683DD2FA0041AF.taxon	diagnosis	Diagnosed by others in the genus by the prominently undulating leaf margins and (mostly) ramiflorous inflorescences.	en	Snow, Neil (2020): A revision of New Caledonian Gossia N. Snow & Guymer (Myrtaceae). Adansonia (3) 42 (7): 131-177, DOI: 10.5252/adansonia2020v42a7
67621F13FFF6F5211E683DD2FA0041AF.taxon	materials_examined	TYPUS. — New Caledonia. Grande Terre, South Prov., Farino: Forêt Mépéou, [21 ° 37 ’ 5.016 ” S, 165 ° 46 ’ 35.004 ” E], 500 m, 22. II. 1966, MacKee 14417 (holo-, P [P 00462973]; iso-, CANB, K n. v., L n. v., MO [MO 2907912], NOU [NOU 029712], P [P 00462974], WELTU). PARATYPI. — New Caledonia. Grande Terre, North Prov., Route Tiwaka Kono, 150 m, 30. I. 1987, Jaffré 2844 (NOU [NOU 029710], P [P 00462983]); Western slope of Plateau de Dogny, 600 - 900 m, 10. XI. 1958, MacKee 6537 (P [P 00462984]); Along trail from Sarraméa toward Plateau de Dogny, c. 450 m, 1. IX. 1982, McPherson 4924 (BISH [fragment], BRI, MO [MO- 3211402], NOU [- NOU 029702], P [P 00462975]. — South Prov., Col d’Amieu, 500 - 600 m, 13. VII. 1965, Bernardi 9611 (NOU [NOU 029711], P [P 00462982]); Col d’Amieu, Vallé de Toili, 350 - 400 m, 19. I. 1965, MacKee 12002 (NOU [NOU 029705], WELTU); Farino, Forêt du Pic Noir, 250 m, 21. I. 1965, MacKee 12034 (WELTU); Col d’Amieu, 350 m, 17. III. 1965, MacKee 12272 (BISH, CANB, K [K 001000422], MO, NOU [NOU 029716], P [P 00462985, P 02088629], WELTU); Col d’Amieu, Route du Col Toma, 400 m, 31. III. 1965, MacKee 12342 (BISH, CANB [CANB 00593372], K [K 001000420], P [P 00462986], WELTU); Mont Nakada pente Sud, 600 m, XI. 1979, MacKee 37618 (MO [MO- 6751048], NOU [NOU 029714], P [P 02089879]); N. C. Mont Yora (Pente Sud), 700 m, 4. XII. 1980, MacKee 38405 (NOU [NOU 029560], MO [MO- 6751050], P [P 02089962, P 02089963, P 05094544]); Mont Rembai, 700 m, 31. V. 1990, MacKee 44919 (NOU [NOU 029706]); Col d’Amieu, versant Canala, 350 m, 9. XII. 1992, MacKee 46043 (NOU [NOU 029557], P [P 02089842]); Forested slopes near Mt Rembai, south of Col d’Amieu, c. 500 m, 7. XI. 1982, McPherson 5089 (BRI, MO [- MO- 3218924], NOU [NOU 029704], P [P 00462976]); Mt Rembai region, above Col d’Amieu, c. 575 m, 7. VI. 1983, McPherson 5734 (MO [MO- 3211387], NOU [NOU 029703], P [P 00462977], PTNB, WELTU); Mt Rembai, N of Col d’Amieu, in the forest reserve SW of Canala-La Foa Rd, 650 m, 26. VII. 1978, Phillips & Schmid 3205 (NOU [NOU 53251], P [P 00462978]); Col d’Amieu, Forêt de Rembai, 500 m, 12. XI. 1980, Suprin 876 (NOU [NOU 029709]); Région de Pouembout, au n. de “ Forêt-Plate ”, 26. III. 1981, Suprin 1087 (BISH fragment, NOU [NOU 029708]); Col d’Amieu, horaire de la Foa, c. 350 m, V. 1973, Veillon 2894 (NOU [NOU 029713], P [P 00462979, P 00462980, P 00462981]; Col d’Amieu, Forêt Persan, vers 400 m, 15. IV. 1993, Veillon 7654 (NOU [NOU 029707]). REPRESENTATIVE HERBARIUM SPECIMEN. — P 00462973.	en	Snow, Neil (2020): A revision of New Caledonian Gossia N. Snow & Guymer (Myrtaceae). Adansonia (3) 42 (7): 131-177, DOI: 10.5252/adansonia2020v42a7
67621F13FFF6F5211E683DD2FA0041AF.taxon	etymology	ETYMOLOGY. — From the Latin ramus (branch) and flos (flower), in reference to the flowers mostly arising from naked branches (before new leaves appear on young branches or proximal along branches to existing leaves).	en	Snow, Neil (2020): A revision of New Caledonian Gossia N. Snow & Guymer (Myrtaceae). Adansonia (3) 42 (7): 131-177, DOI: 10.5252/adansonia2020v42a7
67621F13FFF6F5211E683DD2FA0041AF.taxon	distribution	DISTRIBUTION, HABITAT AND PHENOLOGY. — Central Grande Terre, especially in the area of Col d’Amieu (Fig. 20); in humid forests over ultramafics and schistes, 150 - 700 m. Flowering October through April; fruiting November through September.	en	Snow, Neil (2020): A revision of New Caledonian Gossia N. Snow & Guymer (Myrtaceae). Adansonia (3) 42 (7): 131-177, DOI: 10.5252/adansonia2020v42a7
67621F13FFF6F5211E683DD2FA0041AF.taxon	description	DESCRIPTION Shrubs and trees 3.5 - 10 m. Branchlets Terete; internodes> 5 mm. Leaves Coriaceous, 2 per node; petioles (1.5 -) 3 - 6 mm, sometimes slightly sulcate; blades (4.5 -) 6.5 - 10.5 × (- 2.0) 3.0 - 5.0 (- 6.0) cm, elliptic to occasionally ovate, base mostly cuneate to occasionally rounded, surface undulate, margin moderately to strongly and irregularly undulate throughout, apex acute, midnerve above sulcate, secondary veins flush above and below, oil glands of lower surface dense and prominent. Inflorescence 1.0 - 4.5 cm, pedicels 0.2 - 0.8 cm, racemes or panicles, mostly naked on branches proximal to leaves or axillary, extrafloral bracts absent or scale-like. Bracteoles 1 - 2 mm, narrowly elliptic or (less so) narrowly triangular, sparsely sericeous. Hypanthium (1.5 -) 2 - 4.5 × 2 - 3 mm, campanulate or rarely obconic, surface smooth, sparsely to moderately sericeous; ovary apex sparsely hairy. Calyx Lobes 5, 1.5 - 2.0 mm, broadly rounded, glabrous above, glabrous to sparsely sericeous below, green. Petals 3.5 - 4.5 × 3.5 - 4 mm, ciliate but otherwise glabrous. Filaments 3 - 5 mm; anther sacs 0.3 - 0.4 mm. Style 4.5 - 6 mm, sparsely sericeous. Fruits 8 - 12 × 6.5 - 12 mm, subglobular to globular, base rounded, maturing yellow-green to reddish to reddish-black; seeds 4 - 12.	en	Snow, Neil (2020): A revision of New Caledonian Gossia N. Snow & Guymer (Myrtaceae). Adansonia (3) 42 (7): 131-177, DOI: 10.5252/adansonia2020v42a7
67621F13FFF6F5211E683DD2FA0041AF.taxon	discussion	REMARKS The species is easily diagnosed by the inflorescences on naked branches and elliptic, acute leaves with undulate margins. The bark of branchlets often breaks into small rectangular flakes. Gossia ramiflora sp. nov. somewhat resembles G. clusioides, but the latter has a flat leaf margin, lowermost inflorescences axillary, and petals that are tomentose below. The species also resembles G. vieillardii, but leaves of the latter mostly have flat margins, are a lighter shade of green, and the fruit often tapers at the base. Specimens from Pic Noir north of Farino have shorter petioles, more rounded leaf bases, somewhat shorter inflorescences, and slightly smaller flowers than average. The collection from Pouembout is a shrub with more diminutive leaves. The margins of the leaves of Munzinger 7207 are atypical in being sinuous only distally. Two specimens previously identified as G. ramiflora sp. nov. may represent an undescribed species. They include Munzinger 7207 & Cantrill (MPU 395687, P 01031545) and Munzinger et al. 7261 (CANB n. v., MO- 6630977, MPU 028536, P 01044671). They resemble G. ramiflora sp. nov., but their leaf blades are larger than normal with margins barely if at all irregular, and the blades of the former are slightly bullate in some areas. These specimens also occur over sedimentary volcanics, in contrast to the more typical substrates of volcanics and schists; the latter specimen also is south of the known range of G. ramiflora sp. nov.	en	Snow, Neil (2020): A revision of New Caledonian Gossia N. Snow & Guymer (Myrtaceae). Adansonia (3) 42 (7): 131-177, DOI: 10.5252/adansonia2020v42a7
67621F13FFF9F5221C1C3931FC514691.taxon	description	(Figs 19; 22; 23)	en	Snow, Neil (2020): A revision of New Caledonian Gossia N. Snow & Guymer (Myrtaceae). Adansonia (3) 42 (7): 131-177, DOI: 10.5252/adansonia2020v42a7
67621F13FFF9F5221C1C3931FC514691.taxon	materials_examined	— Typus: New Caledonia. Grande Terre, South Prov., S. J. Kajewski 810 (lecto- [designated by Snow 2005: 181], P [P 0646116]). — A later worker incorrectly annotated the lectotype in 2011 as a syntype.	en	Snow, Neil (2020): A revision of New Caledonian Gossia N. Snow & Guymer (Myrtaceae). Adansonia (3) 42 (7): 131-177, DOI: 10.5252/adansonia2020v42a7
67621F13FFF9F5221C1C3931FC514691.taxon	materials_examined	— Typus: New Caledonia. Ab. loco, Petit 52 (lectotype here designated, P [P 004629880]). — Another collection, Fournie 52 (P 00462997) has “ type? ” written in the upper right-hand corner of a label, but a later worker added “ (no) ” without further explanation. REPRESENTATIVE HERBARIUM SPECIMEN. — P 06668679.	en	Snow, Neil (2020): A revision of New Caledonian Gossia N. Snow & Guymer (Myrtaceae). Adansonia (3) 42 (7): 131-177, DOI: 10.5252/adansonia2020v42a7
67621F13FFF9F5221C1C3931FC514691.taxon	etymology	ETYMOLOGY. — Named for the French surgeon and botanist Eugène Vieillard (1816 - 1896), who spent many years in New Caledonia.	en	Snow, Neil (2020): A revision of New Caledonian Gossia N. Snow & Guymer (Myrtaceae). Adansonia (3) 42 (7): 131-177, DOI: 10.5252/adansonia2020v42a7
67621F13FFF9F5221C1C3931FC514691.taxon	distribution	DISTRIBUTION, HABITAT AND PHENOLOGY. — Common across much of Grande Terre and some islands (Fig. 19); in maquis of humid forests or sometimes along streams, mostly over schists, micaschistes, graywackes or serpentines, (5 -) 150 - 1000 m. Flowering January through June; fruiting known year-round.	en	Snow, Neil (2020): A revision of New Caledonian Gossia N. Snow & Guymer (Myrtaceae). Adansonia (3) 42 (7): 131-177, DOI: 10.5252/adansonia2020v42a7
67621F13FFF9F5221C1C3931FC514691.taxon	materials_examined	SPECIMENS EXAMINED. — New Caledonia. North Prov., Silva Peala, ad occidentem Pouebo, 500 - 600 m, 6. IV. 1968, Bernardi 12609 (P, US, Z); ibid. loco, 200 m, 27 - 28. III. 1968, Bernardi 12412 (L, P); La Guen, refuge Blaffart, 25. II. 2013, Hequet 4055 (NOU, MO); Ouest de la Tiebaghi, 9. XI. 1980, Hoff 3089 (NOU [NOU 029575]); Ouest de la Tiebaghi, 9. XI. 1980, Hoff 3108 (NOU); Ouraï, IX. 1876, Lécard 45 (P [P 05094057]); Forêt de Tendé (Haute Diahot), 500 - 600 m, 12. IX. 1967, MacKee 17547 (NOU [NOU 029597], WELTU; Haut Diahot – Tendé, Expl. Frouin, 500 m, 31. III. 1969, MacKee 20456 (NOU [NOU 029567]); Pouebo, crête entre Mandjélia et Salandané, 600 m, 11. X. 1969, MacKee 20819 (NOU [NOU 029626]); Haute vallée d’Houailou, 350 m, 14. XI. 1969, MacKee 21184 (NOU [NOU 029715], P [P 02089836]); Pouebo, crête entre Mandjélia et Salandané, 15. XII. 1969, MacKee 21303 (NOU [NOU 029568]); Pouebo, 600 - 700 m, 12. IV. 1972, MacKee 25216 (BISH, NOU [NOU 029625]); Col d’Amos, Haute Mayavetch, 500 m, 10. VII. 1972, MacKee 25688 (P [P 00463024, P 05094542, P 05094543]); Col d’Amoss, Haute Mayavetch, 500 m, 24. III. 1973, MacKee 26472 (P [P 02089835]); Aoupinié, 27. VII. 1974, MacKee 29030 (NOU [NOU 029614], P [P 02089834]); [Île] Balabio, Baie de Capitaine, 10 - 150 m, 17. IX. 1974, MacKee 29317 (NOU [NOU 029599]; P [P 02089839]); Pouébo, Mandjélia, 26. IV. 1976, MacKee 31172 (NOU [NOU 029607], P [P 02089880]); Haut Diahot, Paala, 400 m, 1. VI. 1976, MacKee 31296 (NOU [NOU 029615]); Haut Diahot, Tendé, 600 m, 16. V. 1981, MacKee 39055 (MO, NOU [NOU 029605], P [P 02089876]); Ponérihouen, Mont Aoupinié, 700 m, 18. VIII. 1981, MacKee 39468 (MO, NOU [NOU 029558], [P 02089881]); Houailou, Néaoua, 450 m, 26. VI. 1982, MacKee 40496 (MO, NOU [NOU 029596], P [P 02089877, P 02089878]); Vallée de Bua Hio, 22. XII. 1966, Schmid 1929 (NOU [NOU 029573], P [P 00462994]); Mt. Mandjélia from Ouéga, c. 650 m, 11. VIII. 2003, Snow 9214 et al. (ASU, BISH, BRI, CANB, MO, NOU [NOU 000646], NY, P [P 00459486], WELTU); Along streambed below and W of Col d’Amos, 22. X. 1959, Thorne 28143 (P [P 00462999]); Massif Ignambi, 600 m, 28. XI. 1967, Veillon 1513 (NOU [NOU 053250], P [P 00463000], Z); Paagoumène, face site de l’usine, 13. V. 1981, Veillon 4479 (NOU [NOU 029600], P [P 00463003]); Île Balabio, extremité sud, Bweroro, 5 m, 30. IX. 1997, Veillon 8035 (BISH, NOU [NOU 029602], P [P 00463004]); Wagape, 1867, Vieillard s. n. (NSW). — South Prov., Prony, Balansa 90 (P [P 05094056], Z [Z- 000092713, Z- 000092714, Z- 000092718]); Mois de May, 300 m, 25. VI. 1951, Baumann-Bodenheim 14281 (A, Z); Pte Panèta – Kouré, 10. V. 1951, Baumann-Bodenheim 13274 (P); The Rivière Blanche, Forêt du Mois de Mai, 25. VI. 1951, Baumann-Bodenheim 14254 (MO, P, Z); région Rivière Bleue, 200 m, 27 - 28. III. 1968, Bernardi 12412 (MO, US, Z); Thy House platform, 200 m, 26. II. 1980, Brinon 549 (NOU [NOU 029564]); Thy, upper eastern track, 290 m, 27. IV. 1980, Brinon 646, (NOU [NOU 029563]); Thy, quarry track, 200 m, 23. X. 1982, Brinon 1401 (NOU [NOU 029562]); Plaine des Lacs, c. 245 m, Compton 393 (BM); Goro, entre Forêt Nord et le route Inco, 20. III. 2002, Dagostini & Rigault 457 (NOU [NOU 029618]); Goro-Inco, relevé R 8, 20. IV. 2002, Dagostini et al. 471 (NOU [NOU 029612]); Goro-nickel, 20. XI. 2002, Dagostini & Rigault 602 (NOU [NOU 029610]); Montagne des Sources, 1000 m, 3. XII. 1992, Dawson WELTU 16579 (NOU [NOU 029591], WELTU); Col. d’Amieu, 7. XI. 1982, Dawson WELTU 16600 (WELTU); Port Boisé, 18. XI. 1982, Dawson WELTU 16604 (WELTU); Prony, 25. XI. 1974, Favier 5195 (NOU [NOU 029601]); Prony, II. 1914, Franc 1689 (L, P [P 005094037, P 005094042, P 005094047], US); Prony, II. 1914, Franc 1689 a (P [P 05094043, P 05094045]); vallée supériure de la Pouéta-Kouré, 200 m, 20. V. 1951, Guillaumin & Baumann-Bodenheim 13274 (P [P 00463019], Z); Montagne des Sources, 22. VIII. 1951, Hürlimann 1799 (P [P 00463020], Z); vallée latérale de lat Riv. Blanche sur la route aux “ Électriques ”, 165 m, 25. VIII. 1958, Hürlimann 3377 (Z); Ouenarou Forest Reserve, 280 m, 26. II. 1992, Koyama 8185 (P [P 00463022]); Prony, Le Rat 306 (P [P 05094051]); Baie de Sud [Baie de Prony], entre Baie N’Go et Touaorou, 12. VIII. 1903, Le Rat 600 (P [P 05094046]); Mt. Dzumac, IV. 1905, Le Rat 2659 (P [P 05094048]); Haute Rivière Bleue, 200 m, 8. IV. 1965, MacKee 12396 (NOU [NOU 029598], P [P 00463023], WELTU); Route de Yaté – Les Dalmates, 150 m, 8. III. 1969, MacKee 20272 (NOU [NOU 029613]); Col d’Amieu: Toili, 600 m, 22. IX. 1970, MacKee 22546 (NOU [NOU 029561], P [P 02089837]); Montagne des Sources, 23. X. 1974, 800 m, MacKee 29417 (P [P 02089841]); Forêt Cachée, 250 m, VII. 1973, MacKee 26947 (NOU [NOU 029617]); Prony, Forêt Nord, 200 m, 6. V. 1975, MacKee 30090 (NOU [NOU 029616]); Forêt Faux Bon Secours, 1. V. 1978, MacKee 35083 (NOU [NOU 029570]); Pente Sud du Mt Nakada, 600 m, 18. XI. 1979, MacKee 37618 (P [P 02089879]); Forêt Faux Bon Secours, 300 m, 17. III. 1980, MacKee 37905 (NOU, P [P 02089885]); Forêt Faux Bon Secours, 300 m, 25. II. 1981, MacKee 38772 (NOU [NOU 029571], P [P 02089840]); Rivière Bleue, 150 m, 1. IV. 1981, MacKee 38890 (NOU [NOU 029569]); Vallee de la Ni, 100 m, 3. XII. 1981, MacKee 40035 (MO, P [P 02089886]); Rivière des Lacs 5 km aval de la Chute, 200 m, 24. I. 1987, MacKee 43426 (NOU [NOU 029604]); Ouénarou, 150 m, 29. VIII. 1987, MacKee 43668 (NOU [NOU 029603]); ibid. loco, 150 m, 7. III. 1988, MacKee 43923 (BRI, MO, NOU [NOU 029609], P [P 02089874]); Pic du Pin, 200 m, 27. IX. 1988, MacKee 44106 (P); Thy River valley, c. 12 air-km NE of Nouméa, 200 m, 9. IV. 1979, McPherson 1539 (BISH, MO, NSW, NOU [NOU 029620], PTBG); Thy River valley, c. 12 airkm NE of Nouméa, c. 400 m, 25. IV. 1979, McPherson 1567 (BISH, NOU [NOU 029592], P [P 00463027]); Along road from Dumbéa River valley towards Mt Dzumac, c. 25 air-km N of Nouméa, 24. II. 1980, McPherson 2472 (MO, NOU [NOU 029565], P [P 00463028]); Rivière Bleue reserve, c. 30 air-km NE of Nouméa, 30. VII. 1980, McPherson 2894 (MO, NOU [NOU 029619], NSW, P [P 00463029], WELTU); Rivière Bleue reserve, c. 200 m, 25. III. 1981, McPherson 3648 (MO, NOU [NOU 029621], P [P 00463030], WELTU); Thy River Valley, c. 12 air-km NE of Nouméa, 25. III. 1981, McPherson 3685 d (MO); Rivière des Pirogues, N of Nouméa-Yaté road, 16. I. 1982, McPherson 4553 (MO, NOU [NOU 029593], WELTU); Forested slopes near Mt Rembai, south of Col d’Amieu, 600 m, 6. XI. 1982, McPherson 5064 (MO, NOU [NOU 029623], P [P 05094540]); Bay of Prony, 19. XI. 1982, McPherson 5160 (MO, NOU [NOU 029566], P [P 00463030], PTBG); Forested slopes above a tributary of the Rivière Ni, 950 - 1000 m, 10. XI. 2003, McPherson 19212 et al. (BISH, NOU [NOU 004200], MO, P [P 06668679]); Exploitation Forestière Guiraud à l’est de Bourail, Me Adeo, piste en direction du Menazi, 600 - 700 m, 24. III. 1988, Morat 8008 (P [P 00462987]); Pic du Pin, 7. XI. 2002, Munzinger 1745 (MO, NOU [NOU 012263], P [P 00354256]); Haute Dumbéa, 25. V. 1967, Nothis 373 (NOU [NOU 029576]); Wagap, au-dessus de “ Chapeau ”, Pancher s. n. (P [P 05094053]); Süd-Bai, zwischen der Bai N’Go und Touaourou, 1903, Rohrdorf 12 (Z); Rivière Bleue, 11. III. 1966, Schmid 1097 (NOU [NOU 029594], P [P 005094538]); Rivière Bleue, IV. 1970, Schmid 3086 (NOU [NOU 029574], P [P 05094541, P 00462995]); Route du Dzumac, 600 m, 24. IV. 1974, Schmid 5000 (NOU [NOU 029572], P [P 00462996]); Prony, 25. XI. 1974, Schmid 5195 (P [P 05094539], WELTU); Secteur du col d’Amieu, 700 m, 7. IV. 1981, Suprin 1122 (NOU [NOU 029595]); Monts Dzumac, 26. XI. 1981, Suprin 1542 (P [P 00462998]); La Rivière Blanche, V. 1973, Veillon 2873 (NOU [NOU 029622, NOU 029599], P [P 00463001, P 00463002]). — Province unknown / Ab loco. Franc s. n. (P [P 05094044]); Lécard s. n. (P [P 05094055]); Sébert 74 (Herb. Pancher) (P [P 05094052)]).	en	Snow, Neil (2020): A revision of New Caledonian Gossia N. Snow & Guymer (Myrtaceae). Adansonia (3) 42 (7): 131-177, DOI: 10.5252/adansonia2020v42a7
67621F13FFF9F5221C1C3931FC514691.taxon	description	DESCRIPTION Shrubs or trees 2 - 8 (- 18) m. Branchlets Terete, surface smooth; internodes> 5 mm. Leaves Coriaceous, 2 per node; petioles 2.5 - 6.5 mm; blades (2.0 -) 3.5 - 8.0 (- 9.5) × (1.3 -) 1.8 - 3.5 (- 5.2) cm, narrowly elliptic to mostly elliptic or broadly elliptic, base cuneate (rarely rounded), surface flat, margin flat, apex obtuse to acute, midnerve above flush or sulcate, secondary veins above flush, oil glands of lower surface absent or sparse, indistinct. Inflorescence 1.5 - 5.0 cm, pedicels (1 -) 6 - 15 (- 30) mm; of monads, 3 - flowered cymes, or racemes, terminal or axillary, extrafloral bracts absent or scale-like. Bracteoles 0.5 - 1.4 mm, narrowly triangular, sparsely sericeous. Hypanthium (2.5 -) 5 - 5.5 × 3.5 - 6 mm, obconic, surface smooth, sparsely sericeous; ovary apex glabrous to sparsely hairy. Calyx Lobes 5, 1.4 - 2.7 mm, broadly ovate or rounded, ciliate on margins, glabrous above, glabrous to sparsely sericeous below, green. Petals (4 -) 5 - 7 × 3 - 4 mm, glabrous above and below, ciliate on margins. Filaments 3 - 5 mm; anther sacs 0.4 - 0.6 mm. Style 4 - 5 mm, sparsely (or rarely densely) villous on lower ½ - ¾. Fruits (5 -) 7 - 10 (- 12) × 6.5 - 10 mm, subglobular to globular, base rounded or often prominently tapered, red to dark red; seeds 1 - 2.	en	Snow, Neil (2020): A revision of New Caledonian Gossia N. Snow & Guymer (Myrtaceae). Adansonia (3) 42 (7): 131-177, DOI: 10.5252/adansonia2020v42a7
67621F13FFF9F5221C1C3931FC514691.taxon	discussion	REMARKS Gossia vieillardii is the most widespread species of the genus in New Caledonia. As presently understood, it is the only species of Gossia of New Caledonia that is not strictly endemic, occurring also in Vanuatu (Snow & Veldkamp 2010). I annotated a specimen as the lectotype at P in August of 2004 but suggested later (Snow & Veldkamp 2010: 181) that it could be considered the holotype. Digital access to specimens at P, unavailable in 2004 and 2010, now reveals twelve specimens under Vieillard 484, representing at least four genera (Gossia, Decasperum J. R. Forst. & G. Forst., Uromyrtus Burret and Archirhodomyrtus [Nied.] Burret). In contrast to my suggestion in 2010, the specimen should be considered the lectotype (as still annotated).	en	Snow, Neil (2020): A revision of New Caledonian Gossia N. Snow & Guymer (Myrtaceae). Adansonia (3) 42 (7): 131-177, DOI: 10.5252/adansonia2020v42a7
67621F13FFFAF5251CC63C12FB99438E.taxon	description	(Fig. 20)	en	Snow, Neil (2020): A revision of New Caledonian Gossia N. Snow & Guymer (Myrtaceae). Adansonia (3) 42 (7): 131-177, DOI: 10.5252/adansonia2020v42a7
67621F13FFFAF5251CC63C12FB99438E.taxon	materials_examined	— Typus: New Caledonia. Grande Terre, South Prov., Vallée de la Rivière de Humboldt, environs de la Case Marc (ancien campement pages), 130 m, 13. XI. 1940, Virot 411 (holo-, P [P 00602573]; iso-, A [00255457], NOU [NOU 006235], NY, P [P 00462850], Z). SPECIMENS EXAMINED. — New Caledonia. South Prov., Baumann-Bodenheim 8119, Col de Vulcain, 11. XI. 1950, (P [P 00459517], US, Z); Col de Vulcain, 900 m, 11. XI. 1951, Baumann-Bodenheim 8184 (P [P 00459519], US); Col de Vulcain, 11. XI. 1951, Bauman 8209 (A, P [P 00459520], US); Vale des von Mts Humboldt, 3. XI. 1924, Däniker 459 (Z [Z- 000050488]; Vallée Koéalagoguamba, 9. X. 1977, MacKee 34057 (NOU [NOU 028911], P [P 00462841]); Hte vallée de la Tontouta, 22. X. 1968, Veillon 1857 (NOU [NOU 028913], P [P 00462844]). REPRESENTATIVE HERBARIUM SPECIMEN. — P 00462850.	en	Snow, Neil (2020): A revision of New Caledonian Gossia N. Snow & Guymer (Myrtaceae). Adansonia (3) 42 (7): 131-177, DOI: 10.5252/adansonia2020v42a7
67621F13FFFAF5251CC63C12FB99438E.taxon	etymology	ETYMOLOGY. — After Robert Virot (1915 - 2002), French botanist and collector of the holotype.	en	Snow, Neil (2020): A revision of New Caledonian Gossia N. Snow & Guymer (Myrtaceae). Adansonia (3) 42 (7): 131-177, DOI: 10.5252/adansonia2020v42a7
67621F13FFFAF5251CC63C12FB99438E.taxon	distribution	DISTRIBUTION, ECOLOGY AND PHENOLOGY. — Southern Grande Terre in maquis over ultramafics (Fig. 20), to c. 130 m. Flowering August through February; fruiting September through March.	en	Snow, Neil (2020): A revision of New Caledonian Gossia N. Snow & Guymer (Myrtaceae). Adansonia (3) 42 (7): 131-177, DOI: 10.5252/adansonia2020v42a7
67621F13FFFAF5251CC63C12FB99438E.taxon	description	DESCRIPTION Shrubs To 1 m tall. Branchlets Round, internodes mostly greater than 5 mm long, emerging pubescent becoming glabrous and grayish. Petioles 0.5 - 2 mm, emerging hairy becoming glabrous. Leaves Coriaceous, 2 - 4 per node. Petioles Less than 2 mm long. Blades 1.5 - 3.0 × 0.2 - 0.6 cm, broadly linear to very narrowly obovate, base cuneate, margins slightly recurved, apex retuse, sparsely hairy becoming more or less glabrous below, midvein sulcate above throughout, venation inconspicuous but secondary veins slightly raised above, inconspicuous to not visible below. Inflorescences Of ascending axillary monads, infrequent, pedicels less than 5 mm. Calyx Lobes 4, whitish pubescent above. Petals Said to be whitish (none seen). Stamen disk Pubescent. Anthers Said to be ovate (none seen). Fruit Unknown.	en	Snow, Neil (2020): A revision of New Caledonian Gossia N. Snow & Guymer (Myrtaceae). Adansonia (3) 42 (7): 131-177, DOI: 10.5252/adansonia2020v42a7
67621F13FFFAF5251CC63C12FB99438E.taxon	discussion	REMARKS The species is recognizable by its frequent occurrence of 3 - 4 narrow leaves per node with their retuse tips. The species resembles Gossia conspicua comb. nov., but G. virotii differs by its thinner textured, narrower and less strongly recurved leaf blades. In addition, the leaves of G. virotii are aggregated less densely at the tips of branchlets compared to G. conspicua comb. nov. The leaves of Baumann-Bodenheim 8184 are suggestive of Gossia alaternoides, given their greater width than other specimens of G. virotii. Recent checks (August 2019) indicate that one specimen still is annotated (incorrectly) as G. alaternoides (P [P 00462841]) and another (incorrectly) as G. conspicua comb. nov. (P [P 00462844]). Additional descriptive data are needed for fertile material, but despite the inadequate description of flowers (and none yet for fruits), the species is easily distinguished from G. conspicua comb. nov.	en	Snow, Neil (2020): A revision of New Caledonian Gossia N. Snow & Guymer (Myrtaceae). Adansonia (3) 42 (7): 131-177, DOI: 10.5252/adansonia2020v42a7
67621F13FFFCF5241FE53CB3FD51422F.taxon	description	Described from a single specimen from northeastern Australia (Snow et al. 2003), Gossia byrnesii N. Snow & Guymer here is reduced to synonymy under Eugenia reinwardtiana (Blume) DC., given its 4 - merous flowers and dibrachiate trichomes, the latter being common in Eugenia but unknown for Gossia. Fruiting material, absent from the holotype, would have clarified unambiguously its generic placement, given the pronounced differences in seed number and testal texture (seeds few and with a soft or leathery testa in Eugenia). The taxonomy of E. reinwardtiana itself is complex and in need of further study, summarized recently by Veldkamp (2013). Moreover, Bernardini et al. (2014) used maximum likelihood analysis of combined nuclear (ITS and ETS) and plastid (ndh F, mat K, and rpl 16) on six accessions of E. reinwardtiana from across a broad geographical area (Philippines south to Australia and east to Hawaii). The sampled specimens were found to be closely related to, or perhaps conspecific with, Eugenia bryanii Kaneh., E. palumbis Merr., E. confusa DC., and E. koolauensis O. Deg. (Bernardini et al. 2014).	en	Snow, Neil (2020): A revision of New Caledonian Gossia N. Snow & Guymer (Myrtaceae). Adansonia (3) 42 (7): 131-177, DOI: 10.5252/adansonia2020v42a7
