Knowledge: ginkgophyta

• Ginkgo biloba

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Ginkgophytes 
http://taggart.glg.msu.edu/isb200/ginkgo.htm

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.

Ginkgoales: Fossil Record 
http://www.ucmp.berkeley.edu/seedplants/ginkgoales/ginkgofr.html

Illustrated discussion of the fossil record of ginkgos through the Tertiary.

Introduction to the Ginkgoales 
http://www.ucmp.berkeley.edu/seedplants/ginkgoales/ginkgo.html

Brief discussion of living and fossil ginkgos.

Ginkgoites sibirica 
http://www.dges.tohoku.ac.jp/museum/medium/ginkgom.jpg

fossil image

Ginkgo digitata 
http://www.fossilhut.com/Ginkgo%20digi.%202.jpg

Fossil image.

Ginkgoaceae 
http://www.conifers.org/gi/

Taxonomic information and botanical description for Class Ginkgoopsida, Order Ginkgoales, Family Ginkgoaceae, and Genus Ginkgo.

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