Cossinia

The genus was first described in 1786 by Jean-Baptiste Lamarck in Encyclopédie Méthodique: Botanique. The publication includes descriptions of the species Cossinia pinnata and C. triphylla, named earlier by Philibert Commerson. In 1982 Australian botanist Sally T. Reynolds formally described the new species name Cossinia australiana, recognised that C. triphylla is a synonym of C. pinnata and updated Ludwig A. T. Radlkofer's species identification key to include all four currently accepted species. ==Species==

• Cossinia australiana – central–eastern to southeastern Queensland endemic, Australia • Cossinia pacifica – Fiji endemic • Cossinia pinnata , syn.: C. triphylla – Réunion and Mauritius –Mascarene Islands endemic (Indian Ocean) • Cossinia trifoliata , syn.: Melicopsidium trifoliatum – New Caledonia endemic –  Vulnerable ==References==