Ginkgo gardneri
| Ginkgo gardneri | |
|---|---|
| |
| Ginkgo gardneri fossil in The Natural History Museum, London. | |
Scientific 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.[1]
References
[edit]- ^ "Ginkgo gardneri, maidenhair tree". Science Source Images. Retrieved 2023-08-23.
 | This article about a prehistoric gymnosperm is a stub. You can help Wikipedia by expanding it. |