Ginkgoinae

Ginkgoinae

The term "Ginkgoinae" does not appear in the itis.gov database, it appears that Ginkgoinae may be a synonym of the accepted name which remains to be listed. The accepted names are found below in the taxonomic hierarchy table.

"Ginkgo. Seed plants with active cambial growth and fan-shaped leaves with open dichotomous venation. The ovules are not enclosed and are fleshy at maturity. Sperm are carried to the vicinity of the ovule in a pollen tube, but are flagellated and motile. They are gymnosperms. There is one species only."
Biology of Plants, Fourth Edition, Worth Publishers Inc., Stanford University, Peter H. Raven and Helena Curtis, ©1971
Taxonomic Hierarchy
Ginkgo biloba
Kingdom Plantae – Vegetal, plants
Subkingdom Viridaeplantae – green plants
Infrakingdom Streptophyta – land plants
Division Tracheophyta – vascular plants, tracheophytes
Subdivision Spermatophytina – spermatophytes, seed plants
Infradivision Gymnospermae – gymnosperms
Class Ginkgoopsida – ginkgo
Order Ginkgoales
Family Ginkgoaceae
Genus Ginkgo L. – ginkgo
Species Ginkgo biloba L. – maidenhair tree, common ginkgo

References

  • Biology of Plants, Fourth Edition, Worth Publishers Inc., Stanford University, Peter H. Raven and Helena Curtis, ©1971
  • Webster's New World Dictionary of the American Language (College Edition) ©1955
  • Firefly Encyclopedia of Trees, Edited by Steve Cafferty M.Sc. ©2005
  • Ginkgo biloba, L., Taxonomic Serial No.: 183269
  • Zoology Quest: Ginkgo biloba
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