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Ginkgo (ginkgo)
Taxonomy
Ginkgo was named by Linnaeus (1771). It is extant.
It was assigned to Ginkgoales by Lakhanpal et al. (1976), Christophel (1976) and Chandra and Tewari (1991); and to Ginkgoaceae by Knowlton (1919), Knowlton (1926), Lapasha and Miller (1985), McIver and Basinger (1993), McLoughlin et al. (1995), Liu et al. (1996) and Mabberley (2000).
It was assigned to Ginkgoales by Lakhanpal et al. (1976), Christophel (1976) and Chandra and Tewari (1991); and to Ginkgoaceae by Knowlton (1919), Knowlton (1926), Lapasha and Miller (1985), McIver and Basinger (1993), McLoughlin et al. (1995), Liu et al. (1996) and Mabberley (2000).
Species
G. acetaria, G. adiantoides, G. baynesiana, G. dawsoni (syn. G. pusilla), G. digitata, G. huttoni, G. laramiensis, G. lepida, G. lobata, G. nana, G. patagonica, G. pluripartita, G. pusilla, G. rajmahalensis, G. sibirica (syn. Baiera brevifolia), G. wyomingensis, Salisburia adiantoides, Salisburia eocenica
Species lacking formal opinion data
Synonyms
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Synonymy list
| Year | Name and author |
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| 1771 | Ginkgo Linnaeus |
| 1879 | Salisburia Ettinghausen and Gardner |
| 1880 | Salisburia Ettinghausen p. 393 |
| 1919 | Ginkgo Knowlton |
| 1926 | Ginkgo Knowlton |
| 1976 | Ginkgo Christophel |
| 1976 | Ginkgo Lakhanpal et al. |
| 1985 | Ginkgo Lapasha and Miller |
| 1991 | Ginkgo Chandra and Tewari |
| 1993 | Ginkgo McIver and Basinger |
| 1995 | Ginkgo McLoughlin et al. |
| 1996 | Ginkgo Liu et al. |
| 2000 | Ginkgo Mabberley |
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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.
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]
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 (393 total)
Oldest occurrences | |||
| Time interval | Ma | Country or state | Original ID and collection number |
|---|---|---|---|
| Induan | China (Jilin) | Ginkgo sp. 1 (29615) | |
| Early/Lower Triassic | Russian Federation | Ginkgo sp. 1 (30490) | |
| Early/Lower Triassic - Middle Triassic | Russian Federation | Ginkgo sp. 1 (30415) | |
| Middle Triassic | Australia (Queensland) | Ginkgo sp. 1 (29421) | |
| Middle Triassic | Australia (New South Wales) | Ginkgo sp. 1 (29423) | |
| Ladinian | China (Liaoning) | Ginkgo sp. 1 (29980) | |
| Carnian - Norian | China (Xinjiang) | Ginkgo sp. 1 (30016) | |
| Carnian - Norian | Russian Federation | Ginkgo sp. 1 (30742) Ginkgo sp. 1, Ginkgo sp. 2 (30511) | |
| Late/Upper Triassic - Early/Lower Jurassic | Kazakhstan | Ginkgo sp. 1, Ginkgo sp. 2, Ginkgo sp. 3 (30242) | |
| Late/Upper Triassic - Early/Lower Jurassic | Australia (Tasmania) | Ginkgo sp. 1 (29415) | |
Youngest occurrences |
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| Time interval | Ma | Country or state | PBDB collection number |
| Middle Eocene | USA (Oregon) | Ginkgo sp. (21220) | |
| Middle Eocene - Late/Upper Eocene | China (Liaoning) | Ginkgo adiantoides (223815) | |
| Rupelian | USA (Idaho) | Ginkgo adiantoides (27569) | |
| Rupelian - Chattian | Germany (Saxony) | Ginkgo adiantoides (24988) | |
| Late/Upper Oligocene - Early/Lower Miocene | USA (Montana) | Ginkgo adiantoides (23330) | |
| Miocene | USA (Montana) | Ginkgo adiantoides (23973) | |
| Miocene | USA (Washington) | Ginkgo adiantoides (224391 224399) | |
| Langhian - Serravallian | Poland (Silesia) | Ginkgo adiantoides (28442) | |
| Serravallian | Germany (Brandenburg) | Ginkgo adiantoides (27514) | |
| Early/Lower Pleistocene | Japan (Tokyo) | Ginkgo biloba (224546) | |