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|accepted_name=Ginkgo
|accepted_authority=Linnaeus
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|title=Mant. Pl.
|place=2: 313. 1771
|year=1771
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|common_names=Ginkgo
|basionyms=
|synonyms=
|hierarchy=Ginkgoaceae;Ginkgo
|hierarchy_nav=<div class="higher-taxa"><div class="higher-taxon"><small>family</small>[[Ginkgoaceae]]</div><div class="higher-taxon"><small>genus</small>[[Ginkgo]]</div></div>
|etymology=Chinese yin, silver, and hing, apricot, in reference to appearance of the seed
|volume=Volume 2
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--><span class="statement" id="st-d0_s0" data-properties="leaf-blade width"><b>Leaf-</b>blades broader than long.</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s1" data-properties="pollen cone architecture or arrangement;pollen cone shape"><b>Pollen </b>cones lax, elongate.</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s2" data-properties="ovule life cycle"><b>Ovules </b>often abscising before fertilization.</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s3" data-properties="seed quantity"><b>Seeds </b>1–2 per peduncle.</span><!--

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|distribution=Widely cultivated in temperate regions worldwide
|discussion=<p>The genus is known from fossils that date back nearly 200 million years and are nearly identical to present-day trees.</p><!--
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name=Ginkgo
|authority=Linnaeus
|rank=genus
|parent rank=family
|synonyms=
|basionyms=
|family=Ginkgoaceae
|distribution=Widely cultivated in temperate regions worldwide
|reference=None
|publication title=Mant. Pl.
|publication year=1771
|special status=
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|genus=Ginkgo
|leaf-blade width=broader than long
|ovule life cycle=abscising
|pollen cone architecture or arrangement=lax
|pollen cone shape=elongate
|seed quantity=1;2
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