Ginkgoales Temporal range:
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Leaves and seeds of Ginkgo yimaensis (left) Yimaia recurva (top right) and Karkenia henanensis (bottom right) | |
Scientific classification | |
Kingdom: | Plantae |
Clade: | Tracheophytes |
Clade: | Gymnospermae |
Division: | Ginkgophyta |
Class: | Ginkgoopsida |
Order: | Ginkgoales Gorozhankin, 1904 |
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Ginkgoales are a gymnosperm order containing only one extant species: Ginkgo biloba, the ginkgo tree.[1] The order has a long fossil record extending back to the Early Permian around 300 million years ago from fossils found worldwide.