ginkgo

also called  Maidenhair Tree  (Ginkgo biloba), tree that is the only living representative of the order Ginkgoales. This order included a group of gymnosperms composed of the family Ginkgoaceae, which comprised approximately 15 genera that date from the Permian period of the Paleozoic era, some 286 to 245 million years ago.


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