Gossia bidwillii (python tree, ironwood)

Gossia bidwillii (Benth.) N.Snow & Guymer (2003 May 19) . 

Zich et al. (2020) Australian Tropical Rainforest Plants information system (RFK ed. 8), 
quotation: " 

Distribution and Ecology

Endemic to Australia, occurs in the wet tropics bio-region NE. Qld, central eastern Qld. and southwards to central New South Wales. 
Altitudinal range from 300-800 m.
Grows in monsoon forest and similar dry rain forest situations.

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Harden et al (2024) Rainforest Plants of Au : Rockhampton to Victoria, quotation: "

Habitat and Distribution:

In subtropical rain forest, dry rain forest, littoral rain forest and vine thickets; 
north from the Hunter Valley, N.S.W., to Lakefield N.P. (Cape York Peninsula), N Qld, and west to the Taroom district (Expedition N.P.), Qld.

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Botanical Scholarly Literature References:  

• Australian Plant Name Index (APNI) and Australian Plant Census (APC) (2025): 
Council of the Heads of Australasian Herbaria (CHAH): 
Gossia bidwillii (Benth.) N.Snow & Guymer (2003 May 19): → https://id.biodiversity.org.au/name/apni/180918/api/apni-format  . 
Viewed: 2025 September 13th .

• Harden Gwen, Hugh Nicholson, Bill McDonald, Nan Nicholson, Terry Tame and John Williams (2024) [2014]
Rainforest Plants of Au : Rockhampton to Victoria, information system and botanical matrix identification key - edition 2 
Gossia bidwillii 

Mobile devices (phones and tablets) app.: 
→ https://rainforests.net.au/product/rainforest-plants-of-australia-mobile-app/ 
→ https://rainforestpublishing.com.au/shop/rainforest-plants-of-australia-2-0-mobile-app/ 

Computer (desktops and laptops) software: 
→ https://rainforests.net.au/product/rainforest-plants-of-australia-desktop-app/  
→ https://rainforestpublishing.com.au/publications/ 

Viewed: 2025 September 13th . 

• Zich Frank A, Bernie P M Hyland, Trevor Whiffin, Raelee A Kerrigan (2020) [1971]
Australian Tropical Rainforest Plants information system and botanical matrix identification key - edition 8 ('RFK 8'): 
Gossia bidwillii (Benth.) N.Snow & Guymer fact sheet: → https://apps.lucidcentral.org/rainforest/text/entities/Gossia_bidwillii.htm 
Main site web page: → https://apps.lucidcentral.org/rainforest/
Viewed: 2025 September 13th .

• Queensland Herbarium (2025)
Census of the Queensland Flora and Fungi 2024.
Gossia bidwillii (Benth.) N.Snow & Guymer – "Nature Conservation Act (NCA) Status : Least Concern" .
Queensland Department of Environment, Tourism, Science and Innovation, Queensland Government.
→ http://www.data.qld.gov.au/dataset/census-of-the-queensland-flora-and-fungi-2024
Dataset Accessed: 2025 July 19th . 

• Flora of NSW online PlantNet:
PlantNET (The NSW Plant Information Network System).
Gossia bidwillii (Benth.) N.Snow & Guymer: → https://plantnet.rbgsyd.nsw.gov.au/cgi-bin/NSWfl.pl?page=nswfl&lvl=sp&name=Gossia~bidwillii 
Royal Botanic Gardens and Domain Trust, Sydney.
Viewed: 2025 September 13th .

• Cooper, Wendy and William T (2004 June) 
Fruits of the Australian Tropical Rainforest.
—pages: 345–346 (–347).
Clifton Hill, Victoria, Australia: Nokomis Editions. ISBN 9780958174213 . 

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