Ginkgophyta
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Ginkgo
Ginkgoopsida![Scale 9](https://phylogame.org/wp-content/themes/phylo/img/num/9.png)
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The fan-shaped leaves of this ancient ginkgo tree, now extinct, are similar to modern ginkgo leaves.
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Ginkgo is a genus of highly unusual non-flowering plants. The scientific name is also used as the English name. The order to which it belongs, Ginkgoales, first appeared in the Permian,[4] 250 million years ago, possibly derived from “seed ferns” of the order Peltaspermales. The rate of evolution within the genus has been slow, and […] read more