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Ginkgo adiantoides

species of plant

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Record originEnglish Wikipedia
Text licenseCC BY-SA 4.0
Source revisionNov 16, 2025
Entity authorityQ5563146 ↗
Source-derived summary

Ginkgo adiantoides is an extinct ginkgo species in the family Ginkgoaceae from the Late Cretaceous to the Miocene.

Evolutionary history is unresolved. Morphological and molecular data show a wide range of possible relationships with cycads and conifers.

Ginkgo leaves were borne on both long and short shoots on lateral branches of the main stem. They are recognized by their distinctive leaf shape and open dichotomous venation pattern. Ginkogoales are spermatophytes, belong to the lignophyte clade, and are euphyllophytes.

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The public source identifies “Ginkgo adiantoides” as species of plant. This brief keeps that definition visible, then builds a research path around Ginkgo, adiantoides and species.

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This entry incorporates text from “Ginkgo adiantoides” on English Wikipedia. Contributors are listed in the page history. Text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 License. Selected authority identifiers and statements are retrieved from Wikidata under CC0; their references and qualifiers remain part of the verification path.