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Ginkgoaceae
Taxonomy
Ginkgoaceae was named by Engler.
It was assigned to Gymnospermopsida by McIver and Basinger (1993); to Ginkgoopsida by Mabberley (2000); and to Ginkgoales by Knowlton (1919), Knowlton (1926), Jain and Delevoryas (1967), Meyen (1984), Lapasha and Miller (1985), McLoughlin et al. (1995) and Taylor et al. (2008).
It was assigned to Gymnospermopsida by McIver and Basinger (1993); to Ginkgoopsida by Mabberley (2000); and to Ginkgoales by Knowlton (1919), Knowlton (1926), Jain and Delevoryas (1967), Meyen (1984), Lapasha and Miller (1985), McLoughlin et al. (1995) and Taylor et al. (2008).
Synonymy list
| Year | Name and author |
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| 1919 | Ginkgoaceae Knowlton |
| 1926 | Ginkgoaceae Knowlton |
| 1967 | Ginkgoaceae Jain and Delevoryas |
| 1984 | Ginkgoaceae Meyen p. 89 |
| 1985 | Ginkgoaceae Lapasha and Miller |
| 1993 | Ginkgoaceae McIver and Basinger |
| 1995 | Ginkgoaceae McLoughlin et al. |
| 2000 | Ginkgoaceae Mabberley |
| 2008 | Ginkgoaceae Taylor et al. p. 1028 |
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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.
Fm. †Ginkgoaceae Engler
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G. †Baiera Braun 1843
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†Baiera africana Baldoni 1980
†Baiera baishanensis Zhao et al. 2016
†Baiera cuyana Frenguelli 1942
†Baiera digitata Brongniart 1828
†Baiera foliosa Fontaine 1889
†Baiera gracilis Bean 1843
†Baiera grandis Hollick 1906
†Baiera incurvata Heer 1882
†Baiera indica Lele 1962
†Baiera longifolia Pomel 1847
†Baiera mansfeldensis Bauer et al. 2013
†Baiera muensteriana Presl 1838
†Baiera rollerii Frenguelli 1946
G. Ginkgo Linnaeus 1771 [ginkgo]
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†Ginkgo acetaria Ward 1905
†Ginkgo adiantoides Unger 1845
†Ginkgo baynesiana Dawson 1882
†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 wyomingensis Manum 1966
Invalid names: Salisburia Ettinghausen and Gardner 1879 [synonym]
G. †Stachyopitys Schenk 1867
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†Stachyopitys anthoides Frenguelli 1944
†Stachyopitys preslii Schenk 1867
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
No ecological data are available
Age range
Maximum range based only on fossils: base of the Sakmarian to the top of the Early/Lower Pleistocene or 293.52000 to 0.78100 Ma
Minimum age of oldest fossil (stem group age): 290.1 Ma
Minimum age of oldest fossil (stem group age): 290.1 Ma
Collections (634 total)
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| Time interval | Ma | Country or state | Original ID and collection number |
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| Carboniferous - Permian | USA (West Virginia) | Baiera braun (13191) | |
| Autunian | France | Baiera raymondi (25181 25182) | |
| Sakmarian | Morocco | Baiera sp. 1 (30346) | |
| Sakmarian - Artinskian | Congo-Kinshasa | Baiera sp. 1 (30985) | |
| Artinskian | South Korea | Baiera sp. 1 (30267) | |
| Artinskian - Kungurian | India | Baiera sp. (30154) | |
| Kungurian - Wordian | Italy (The Dolomites) | Baiera digitata (25392) Baiera sp. (25393) | |
| Wordian - Capitanian | Russian Federation | Baiera sp. 1 (30861 30873) Baiera sp. 1, Baiera sp. 2 (30867) | |
| Capitanian - Wuchiapingian | Russian Federation | Baiera sp. 1 (30877 30885) | |
| Capitanian - Wuchiapingian | Madagascar | Baiera sp. 1 (30280 30281) | |
| Wuchiapingian | Germany | Baiera digitata, Baiera mansfeldensis, Esterella gracilis (154558 154559 154560 154561 154562 154563) | |
| Lopingian | Tanzania | Baiera sp. 1 (30940) | |
| Changhsingian | China (Heilongjiang) | Baiera sp. 1 (29888) | |
| Induan | Russian Federation | Baiera sp. 1 (30484) | |
| Induan | China (Jilin) | Ginkgo sp. 1 (29615) | |
| Early/Lower Triassic | India | Baiera sp. 1 (30134) | |
| Early/Lower Triassic | Russian Federation | Ginkgo sp. 1 (30490) | |
| Early/Lower Triassic - Anisian | France | Baiera sp. (24675) | |
| Early/Lower Triassic - Middle Triassic | Russian Federation | Ginkgo sp. 1, Baiera sp. 1 (30415) | |
| Triassic | Australia (New South Wales) | Baiera sp. (132305) | |