Ginkgoales

Ginkgoales
Temporal range: Permianpresent
Leaves and seeds of Ginkgo yimaensis (left) Yimaia recurva (top right) and Karkenia henanensis (bottom right)
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Gymnospermae
Division: Ginkgophyta
Class: Ginkgoopsida
Order: Ginkgoales
Gorozhankin, 1904
Families

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.

  1. ^ Christenhusz, M. J. M., J. L. Reveal, A. Farjon, M. F. Gardner, R. R. Mill, and M. W. Chase (2011). A new classification and linear sequence of extant gymnosperms. Phytotaxa 19:55–70. http://www.mapress.com/phytotaxa/content/2011/f/pt00019p070.pdf