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Subclass of seed-bearing plants From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Ginkgoidae is a subclass of Equisetopsida in the sense used by Mark W. Chase and James L. Reveal in their 2009 article "A phylogenetic classification of the land plants to accompany APG III."[1] This subclass contains the single extant genus Ginkgo under order Ginkgoales, family Ginkgoaceae.[2] Its only extant species is Ginkgo biloba, the Maidenhair Tree.
Ginkgoidae Temporal range: Jurassic to recent | |
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Subclass: | Ginkgoidae Engl. in H.G.A.Engler & K.A.E.Prantl 1897 |
Order: | Gorozh. 1904 |
Family: | Engl. in H.G.A.Engler & K.A.E.Prantl 1897 |
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The following diagram shows a likely phylogenic relationship between subclass Ginkgoidae and the other Equisetopsida subclasses.[2]