Gossia alaternoides (Brongn. & Gris) N.Snow belongs to the Myrtaceae family. Flora of the World contains 1 recorded occurrence of this taxon, distributed across 1 country.
Gossia alaternoides, Callmander, M 1273--New Caledonia. PinPin. 20 Nov 2015. DSC03938 (373).JPG
Kingdom
Plantae
Phylum
Tracheophyta
Class
Magnoliopsida
Order
Myrtales
Family
Myrtaceae
Genus
Gossia
Specific Epithet
alaternoides
Authorship
(Brongn. & Gris) N.Snow
Source
GBIF Backbone Taxonomy
What is EDGE?
Evolutionary distinctiveness
Lower
ED 3.0
Part of a well-represented branch of the plant tree of life, with many close relatives.
Threat status
Modelled estimate
EDGE score
0.4
Global rank
#108,510 of 335,497
Top 33%
Extinction probability
17%
Location
New Caledonia, Province Sud
-22.030611, 166.467667
Location Remarks
Mt. Dzumac, along road toward Mt. Ouin, just beyond the junction with the road into the Ouinné River Valley. Dense forest just below road. Non-ultramafic substrate. 910 m elev.
Collectors
Porter P. Lowry II, Jerome Munzinger, Martin W. Callmander, Christopher Davidson, Sharon R. Christoph, Bruce Gray, Gildas Gâteblé, Dominique Fleurot
Notes
Shrub. Young leaves with dense white indument. Petals white tinted with red outside. Anthers yellow.
