Family · Gymnosperms

Ginkgoaceae

Ginkgo (maidenhair tree)

A living-fossil lineage with one surviving species, the deciduous fan-leaved ginkgo, sole remnant of an ancient gymnosperm order.

Accepted species

1accepted names · Kew WCVP

Genus

1accepted genus · Kew WCVP

Origin

≈270 MaPermian · stem age, Jin & Qian 2022 megatree

Centre of diversity

Asia-Temperatemost native species · WGSRPD

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Plants you might know

• Ginkgo biloba

Its genus

• Ginkgo1 spp.

Where it grows

• Asia-Temperate1

Native species richness by botanical continent (WGSRPD level 1), from Kew WCVP.

Related families

Ginkgoaceae sits in the order Ginkgoales.