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Extinct species of tree

Ginkgo gardneri
Ginkgo gardneri fossil in The Natural History Museum, London.
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Gymnospermae
Division: Ginkgophyta
Class: Ginkgoopsida
Order: Ginkgoales
Family: Ginkgoaceae
Genus: Ginkgo
Species: G. gardneri
Binomial name
Ginkgo gardneri
Florin (1936)

Ginkgo gardneri is an extinct ginkgo species in the family Ginkgoaceae from the Paleocene of Ardtun Head, Isle of Mull, Scotland, described in 1936 by Rudolf Florin. This species is very closely related to G. biloba, the only living species of the genus Ginkgo.

References

  1. "Ginkgo gardneri, maidenhair tree". Science Source Images. Retrieved 2023-08-23.
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Ginkgo gardneri


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