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Brief discussion of the lineage that originated in the late Paleozoic, became quite diverse during the Mesozoic, and is now represented by one species. Includes fossil images.
http://taggart.glg.msu.edu/isb200/ginkgo.htm
Illustrated discussion of the fossil record of ginkgos through the Tertiary.
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Fossil Record of the Ginkgoales Ginkgo has a venerable fossil record The genus Ginkgo, represented today by the widely-cultivated Chinese species Ginkgo biloba, has an evolutionary lineage that dates back to the Lower Jurassic, about 190 million years ago. Although this genus has undergone much...Brief discussion of living and fossil ginkgos.
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Introduction to the Ginkgoales This plant is none other than Ginkgo biloba. Ginkgo extracts have played a crucial role in Chinese herbal medicine for many centuries. Only recently has western medicine began to seriously study the medicinal uses of ginkgo. It is amazing that...Taxonomic information and botanical description for Class Ginkgoopsida, Order Ginkgoales, Family Ginkgoaceae, and Genus Ginkgo.
http://www.botanik.uni-bonn.de/conifers/gi/index.htm
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Fossil image.
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