{{Short description|Genus of plants}} {{Automatic taxobox | image = Timonius timon flower.jpg | image_caption = ''Timonius timon'' | display_parents = 2 | taxon = Timonius | authority = Rumph. ex DC. | type_species = ''Timonius timon'' | type_species_authority = (Spreng.) Merr. | synonyms = *''Abbottia'' {{small|F.Muell.}} *''Burneya'' {{small|Cham. & Schltdl.}} *''Erithalis'' {{small|G.Forst.}} *''Eupyrena'' {{small|Wight & Arn.}} *''Helospora'' {{small|Jacq.}} *''Polyphragmon'' {{small|Desf.}} *''Porocarpus'' {{small|Gaertn.}} | synonyms_ref = <ref name = powo>{{cite web |title=''Timonius'' Rumph. ex DC. |url=https://powo.science.kew.org/taxon/urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:332019-2 |website=Plants of the World Online |publisher=Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew |access-date=17 March 2026}}</ref> }}
'''''Timonius''''' is a genus of flowering plants in the family Rubiaceae. It includes 259 species, which range from the Seychelles and Sri Lanka to Indochina, Malesia, Papuasia, northern Australia, and the Pacific Islands.<ref name = powo/> The genus' greatest centre of species diversity is New Guinea, with 86 native species.<ref>Jayson Chavez, Ulrich Meve, Sigrid Liede-Schumann. Further Fragmentation of ''Timonius'' (Rubiaceae, Guettardeae): Reinstatement of ''Abbottia'' Based on Morphology and Molecular Sequence Data. ''Authorea''. October 16, 2025.</ref> It is the second most speciose genus in the family Rubiaceae in Papua New Guinea, containing about 80 species known to science.<ref>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.</ref>
==Species== {{Main|List of Timonius species}} 259 Species are accepted. Selected species include: * ''Timonius flavescens'' {{small|(Jack) Baker}} (synonym ''T. jambosella'' <small>Thwaites</small>) * ''Timonius timon'' <small>(Spreng.) Merr.</small>
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