Biology:Ginkgo gardneri

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Short description: Extinct species of tree

Ginkgo gardneri
Ginkgo gardeneri.jpg
Ginkgo gardneri fossil in The Natural History Museum, London.
Scientific classification edit
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Gymnospermae
Division: Ginkgophyta
Class: Ginkgoopsida
Order: Ginkgoales
Family: Ginkgoaceae
Genus: Ginkgo
Species:
G. gardneri
Binomial name
Ginkgo gardneri
Florin (1936)

Ginkgo gardneri is an extinct ginkgo species in the family Ginkgoaceae from the Paleocene of Ardtun Head, Isle of Mull, Scotland, described in 1936 by Rudolf Florin. This species is very closely related to G. biloba, the only living species of the genus Ginkgo.[1]

References

Wikidata ☰ Q5563151 entry