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Ginkgo (ginkgo)

Ginkgoopsida - Ginkgoales - Ginkgoaceae

Synonyms
Synonymy list
YearName and author
1771Ginkgo Linnaeus
1879Salisburia Ettinghausen and Gardner
1880Salisburia Ettinghausen p. 393
1919Ginkgo Knowlton
1926Ginkgo Knowlton
1976Ginkgo Christophel
1976Ginkgo Lakhanpal et al.
1985Ginkgo Lapasha and Miller
1991Ginkgo Chandra and Tewari
1993Ginkgo McIver and Basinger
1995Ginkgo McLoughlin et al.
1996Ginkgo Liu et al.
2000Ginkgo Mabberley

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomPlantae
subkingdomEmbryophyta
phylumGinkgophytaBessey 1907
classGinkgoopsidaEngler 1897
RankNameAuthor
orderGinkgoalesGoroschankin 1904
familyGinkgoaceaeEngler
genusGinkgoLinnaeus 1771

If no rank is listed, the taxon is considered an unranked clade in modern classifications. Ranks may be repeated or presented in the wrong order because authors working on different parts of the classification may disagree about how to rank taxa.

G. Ginkgo Linnaeus 1771 [ginkgo]
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Ginkgo acetaria Ward 1905
Ginkgo adiantoides Unger 1845
Ginkgo baynesiana Dawson 1882
Ginkgo dawsoni Knowlton 1919
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Invalid names: Ginkgo pusilla Dawson 1893 [replaced]
Ginkgo digitata Brongniart 1830
Ginkgo huttoni Sternberg 1833
Ginkgo laramiensis Ward 1885
Ginkgo lepida Heer 1885
Ginkgo lobata Feistmantel 1877
Ginkgo nana Dawson 1885
Ginkgo patagonica Berry 1935
Ginkgo pluripartita Heer 1876
Ginkgo pusilla Heer 1876
Ginkgo rajmahalensis Sah and Jain 1965
Ginkgo sibirica Heer 1885
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Invalid names: Baiera brevifolia Newberry 1891 [synonym]
Ginkgo wyomingensis Manum 1966
Invalid names: Salisburia Ettinghausen and Gardner 1879 [synonym]
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
No ecological data are available

Age range: base of the Induan to the top of the Early/Lower Pleistocene or 252.17000 to 0.78100 Ma

Collections (392 total)

Oldest occurrences

Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Induan252.17 - 251.2China (Jilin) Ginkgo sp. 1 (29615)
Early/Lower Triassic252.17 - 247.2Russian Federation Ginkgo sp. 1 (30490)
Early/Lower Triassic - Middle Triassic252.17 - 237.0Russian Federation Ginkgo sp. 1 (30415)
Middle Triassic247.2 - 237.0Australia (Queensland) Ginkgo sp. 1 (29421)
Middle Triassic247.2 - 237.0Australia (New South Wales) Ginkgo sp. 1 (29423)
Ladinian242.0 - 237.0China (Liaoning) Ginkgo sp. 1 (29980)
Carnian - Norian237.0 - 208.5China (Xinjiang) Ginkgo sp. 1 (30016)
Carnian - Norian237.0 - 208.5Russian Federation Ginkgo sp. 1 (30742) Ginkgo sp. 1, Ginkgo sp. 2 (30511)
Late/Upper Triassic - Early/Lower Jurassic237.0 - 174.1Kazakhstan Ginkgo sp. 1, Ginkgo sp. 2, Ginkgo sp. 3 (30242)
Late/Upper Triassic - Early/Lower Jurassic237.0 - 174.1Australia (Tasmania) Ginkgo sp. 1 (29415)

Youngest occurrences

Time interval Ma Country or state PBDB collection number
Middle Eocene48.6 - 37.2China (Jilin) Ginkgo adiantoides (179213)
Middle Eocene - Late/Upper Eocene48.6 - 33.9China (Liaoning) Ginkgo adiantoides (223815)
Rupelian33.9 - 28.1USA (Idaho) Ginkgo adiantoides (27569)
Rupelian - Chattian33.9 - 23.03Germany (Saxony) Ginkgo adiantoides (24988)
Late/Upper Oligocene - Early/Lower Miocene28.4 - 15.97USA (Montana) Ginkgo adiantoides (23330)
Miocene23.03 - 5.333USA (Washington) Ginkgo adiantoides (224391 224399)
Miocene23.03 - 5.333USA (Montana) Ginkgo adiantoides (23973)
Langhian - Serravallian15.97 - 11.62Poland (Silesia) Ginkgo adiantoides (28442)
Serravallian13.82 - 11.62Germany (Brandenburg) Ginkgo adiantoides (27514)
Early/Lower Pleistocene2.588 - 0.781Japan (Tokyo) Ginkgo biloba (224546)