Ginkgophyta [audio pronunciation]

General features of the seed plants

Common name

Ginkgo, Maidenhair tree

Synonyms

None

Sporophytes

Dioecious: tree

Strobili

Simple pollen cone; no seed cone (ovules paired on the end of a slender branch)

Undulipodia (“flagella”)

Whiplash, more than 1000

Representative genera

The single species Ginkgo biloba

Recognized by

Fan-shaped leaves, seeds not in cones, smelly sarcotesta

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