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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