Ginkgoidae is a subclass of Equisetopsida in the sense used by Mark W. Chase and James L. Reveal in their 2009 article "A phylogenetic classification of the land plants to accompany APG III."[1] This subclass contains the single extant genus Ginkgo under order Ginkgoales, family Ginkgoaceae.[2] Its only extant species is Ginkgo biloba, the Maidenhair Tree.

Ginkgoidae
Temporal range: 199.6–0 Ma Jurassic to recent
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Class:
Subclass:
Ginkgoidae

Engl. in H.G.A.Engler & K.A.E.Prantl 1897
Order:
Gorozh. 1904
Family:
Engl. in H.G.A.Engler & K.A.E.Prantl 1897
Genera

Phylogeny

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The following diagram shows a likely phylogenic relationship between subclass Ginkgoidae and the other Equisetopsida subclasses.[2]

Equisetopsida

References

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  1. ^ Mark W. Chase; James L. Reveal (2009). "A phylogenetic classification of the land plants to accompany APG III". Botanical Journal of the Linnean Society. 161 (2): 122–127. doi:10.1111/j.1095-8339.2009.01002.x.
  2. ^ a b Maarten J. M. Christenhusz; James L. Reveal; Aljos Farjon; Martin F. Gardner; Robert R. Mill; Mark W. Chase (2011). "A new classification and linear sequence of extant gymnosperms" (PDF). Phytotaxa. 19: 55–70. doi:10.11646/phytotaxa.19.1.3.