''Tripora'' is genus of plants in the family

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, first described as a genus in 1999. It includes only one known species, ''Tripora divaricata'', native to

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, and

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(Gansu, Henan, Hubei, Jiangxi, Shaanxi, Shanxi, Sichuan).Kew World Checklist of Selected Plant Families
/ref>Flora of China Vol. 17 Page 46 莸 you ''Caryopteris divaricata'' Maximowicz, Bull. Acad. Imp. Sci. Saint-Pétersbourg. 23: 390. 1877
/ref> It is still referred to by its

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''Caryopteris divaricata'' in the literature.

References

Lamiaceae Flora of China Flora of Eastern Asia Monotypic Lamiaceae genera {{Lamiaceae-stub