''Tripolium'' is a genus of

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and

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plants in the tribe

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within the family

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Species

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Tripolium pannonicum ''Tripolium pannonicum'', called sea aster or seashore aster and often known by the synonyms ''Aster tripolium'' or ''Aster pannonicus'', is a flowering plant, native to Eurasia and northern Africa, that is confined in its distribution to salt ma ...

'' (Jacq.) Dobrocz. - widespread from

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* '' Tripolium sorrentinoi'' (Tod.) Raimondo & Greuter -

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; b) species formerly included once regarded as belonging to ''Tripolium'' but now considered better suited to other genera: ; c) species listed as being of unresolved statusFlann, C (ed) 2009+ Global Compositae Checklist

References

Astereae Flora of Europe Flora of North Africa Flora of temperate Asia Asteraceae genera Taxa named by Christian Gottfried Daniel Nees von Esenbeck {{Astereae-stub