''Timonius'' is a
genus
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of
plant
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s in the
family
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Rubiaceae
The Rubiaceae are a family of flowering plants, commonly known as the coffee, madder, or bedstraw family. It consists of terrestrial trees, shrubs, lianas, or herbs that are recognizable by simple, opposite leaves with interpetiolar stipules ...
. It is the second most specious genus in the family in
Papua New Guinea
Papua New Guinea (abbreviated PNG; , ; tpi, Papua Niugini; ho, Papua Niu Gini), officially the Independent State of Papua New Guinea ( tpi, Independen Stet bilong Papua Niugini; ho, Independen Stet bilong Papua Niu Gini), is a country i ...
, containing about 80 species known to science,
[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. ] for example (but this list may be incomplete):
* ''
Timonius jambosella
''Timonius jambosella'' is a species of plant in the family Rubiaceae. It is endemic to Sri Lanka
Sri Lanka (, ; si, ශ්රී ලංකා, Śrī Laṅkā, translit-std=ISO (); ta, இலங்கை, Ilaṅkai, translit-std=I ...
'', (Gaertn.) Thwaites
* ''
Timonius timon
''Timonius'' is a genus of plants in the family Rubiaceae. It is the second most specious genus in the family in Papua New Guinea
Papua New Guinea (abbreviated PNG; , ; tpi, Papua Niugini; ho, Papua Niu Gini), officially the Independ ...
'' (
C.P.J. Sprengel)
E.D. Merrill
References
Rubiaceae genera
Guettardeae
Taxonomy articles created by Polbot
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