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[[Image:GINKGOBAUM-2.jpg|thumb|National tree of the [[People's Republic of China]] (PRC).]] | [[Image:GINKGOBAUM-2.jpg|thumb|National tree of the [[People's Republic of China]] (PRC).]] | ||
'''''Ginkgo biloba''''', commonly known as '''Ginkgo''' or '''Gingko''' ({{IPAc-en|ˈ|ɡ|ɪ|ŋ|k|oʊ|,_|ˈ|ɡ|ɪ|ŋ|k|ɡ|oʊ}} {{respell|GINK|oh|,_-|goh}})<ref name="MWDef">{{cite web |title=Definition of GINKGO |url=https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/ginkgo |website=www.merriam-webster.com |access-date=2 July 2021 |language=en}}</ref><ref name="CambridgeDef">{{cite web |title=ginkgo |url=https://dictionary.cambridge.org/us/dictionary/english/ginkgo |website=dictionary.cambridge.org |access-date=2 July 2021}}</ref> also known as the '''Maidenhair tree''',<ref>{{PLANTS |id=GIBI2 |taxon=Ginkgo biloba |access-date=19 January 2016}}</ref> is a species of tree native to China. It is the last living species in the order [[Ginkgoales]], which first appeared over 290 million years ago. Fossils very similar to the living species, belonging to the genus ''[[Ginkgo]]'', extend back to the [[Middle Jurassic]] approximately 170 million years ago.<ref name="iucn status 19 November 2021" /> The tree was cultivated early in [[History of the world|human history]] and remains commonly planted. | '''''Ginkgo biloba''''', commonly known as '''Ginkgo''' or '''Gingko''' ({{IPAc-en|ˈ|ɡ|ɪ|ŋ|k|oʊ|,_|ˈ|ɡ|ɪ|ŋ|k|ɡ|oʊ}} {{respell|GINK|oh|,_-|goh}})<ref name="MWDef">{{cite web |title=Definition of GINKGO |url=https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/ginkgo |website=www.merriam-webster.com |access-date=2 July 2021 |language=en}}</ref><ref name="CambridgeDef">{{cite web |title=ginkgo |url=https://dictionary.cambridge.org/us/dictionary/english/ginkgo |website=dictionary.cambridge.org |access-date=2 July 2021}}</ref> also known as the '''Maidenhair tree''',<ref>{{PLANTS |id=GIBI2 |taxon=Ginkgo biloba |access-date=19 January 2016}}</ref> is a species of tree native to China. It is the last living species in the order [[Ginkgoales]], which first appeared over 290 million years ago. Fossils very similar to the living species, belonging to the genus ''[[Ginkgo]]'', extend back to the [[Middle Jurassic]] approximately 170 million years ago.<ref name="iucn status 19 November 2021" /> The tree was cultivated early in [[History of the world|human history]] and remains commonly planted. Within the [[People's Republic of China (PRC)]] it is the designate '''National tree of the Han [[People's Republic of China]]'''{{refn|name=Gcounts|group=n|''“The Official designated National tree and Awarded Plant emblem of the [[People's Republic of China (PRC)]]” respectively''}}. | ||
The '''''Ginkgo''''' is classified in its own [[Division (botany)|division]], the Ginkgophyta, comprising the single class Ginkgoopsida, order Ginkgoales, family [[Ginkgoaceae]], genus ''[[Ginkgo]]'' and is the only [[Extant taxon|extant species]] within this group. It is one of the best-known examples of a [[living fossil]], because Ginkgoales other than ''G. biloba'' are not known from the fossil record after the [[Pliocene]].<ref name=ZhouZheng>{{cite journal |last1=Zhou |first1=Zhiyan |last2=Zheng |first2=Shaolin |title=Palaeobiology: The missing link in Ginkgo evolution |journal=Nature |volume=423 |issue=6942 |pages=821–822 |year=2003 |pmid=12815417 |doi=10.1038/423821a|bibcode=2003Natur.423..821Z |s2cid=4342303 }}</ref><ref name="ucmp">{{cite web | The '''''Ginkgo''''' is classified in its own [[Division (botany)|division]], the Ginkgophyta, comprising the single class Ginkgoopsida, order Ginkgoales, family [[Ginkgoaceae]], genus ''[[Ginkgo]]'' and is the only [[Extant taxon|extant species]] within this group. It is one of the best-known examples of a [[living fossil]], because Ginkgoales other than ''G. biloba'' are not known from the fossil record after the [[Pliocene]].<ref name=ZhouZheng>{{cite journal |last1=Zhou |first1=Zhiyan |last2=Zheng |first2=Shaolin |title=Palaeobiology: The missing link in Ginkgo evolution |journal=Nature |volume=423 |issue=6942 |pages=821–822 |year=2003 |pmid=12815417 |doi=10.1038/423821a|bibcode=2003Natur.423..821Z |s2cid=4342303 }}</ref><ref name="ucmp">{{cite web | ||
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[[Category:Plants used in bonsai]] | [[Category:Plants used in bonsai]] | ||
[[Category:Trees of China]] | [[Category:Trees of China]] | ||
[[Category:National symbols of the People's Republic of China (PRC)]] | |||
[[Category:Extant Ypresian first appearances]] | [[Category:Extant Ypresian first appearances]] | ||
[[Category:Edible plants]] | [[Category:Edible plants]] | ||
