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Ginkgo biloba, commonly known as ginkgo or gingko (/ ˈ ɡ ɪ ŋ k oʊ, ˈ ɡ ɪ ŋ k ɡ oʊ / GINK-oh, -goh), [5] [6] also known as the maidenhair tree, [7] is a species of gymnosperm tree native to East Asia.
The ginkgo (Ginkgo biloba) is a living fossil, with fossils similar to the modern plant dating back to the Permian, 270 million years ago.The closest living relatives of the clade are the cycads, [4] which share with the extant G. biloba the characteristic of motile sperm.
Encephalartos: bread trees Encephalartos natalensis: Natal cycad Cycadaceae (cycad family) Maidenhair trees; Ginkgoaceae: maidenhair family; Ginkgo: ginkgos or maidenhair trees; Ginkgo biloba: ginkgo; Japanese maidenhair Ginkgoaceae (maidenhair family)
Ginkgoaceae (maidenhair-tree family) Ginkgo, from Chinese and Japanese plant names [33] [34] 1 genus, [35] in eastern China [36] Deciduous unisexual trees with fan-like leaves. Trees nearly identical to the modern Ginkgo are frequently found in the fossil record from the Mesozoic Era. [7] Ginkgoales
The other extant groups are the 95–100 species of Gnetophytes and one species of Ginkgo. The ginkgo or maidenhair trees are tall and have bilobed leaves, while gnetophytes are a diverse groups of plants and shrubs including the horizontally growing welwitschia [6] Today, gymnosperms are the most threatened of all plant groups. [25]
Miho Nakashima stood in a two-piece bathing suit in Tokyo on Sunday next to a 100-year-old gingko tree, her body painted head-to-toe in green leaves and brown branches. A plan approved earlier ...