Timonius

Timonius
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Plantae
(unranked):	Angiosperms
(unranked):	Eudicots
(unranked):	Asterids
Order:	Gentianales
Family:	Rubiaceae
Genus:	Timonius; Augustin Pyramus de Candolle
Type species
	Timonius timon; (C.P.J. Sprengel) E.D. Merrill

Timonius is a genus of plants in the family Rubiaceae. It is the second most specious genus in the family in Papua New Guinea, containing about 80 species known to science,[1] for example (but this list may be incomplete):

Timonius jambosella, (Gaertn.) Thwaites
Timonius timon (C.P.J. Sprengel) E.D. Merrill

References

Bryan, J.E., Shearman, P.L. (Eds.). 2015. The State of the Forests of Papua New Guinea 2014: Measuring change over the period 2002-2014. University of Papua New Guinea, Port Moresby.

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[1] Bryan, J.E., Shearman, P.L. (Eds.). 2015. The State of the Forests of Papua New Guinea 2014: Measuring change over the period 2002-2014. University of Papua New Guinea, Port Moresby.