Species Biography Of Ginkgo, Maidenhair Tree
Species Biography of:
Ginkgo biloba
(Ginkgo, Maidenhair Tree,
Common Ginkgo)
Information compiled by: Brandon Mihalich
Classification/taxonomy (ITIS, 2015):
Kingdom: Plante (Plants)
Subkingdom: Viridiplantae
Infrakingdom: Streptophyta (Land Plants)
Superdivision: Embryophyta
Division: Tracheophyta (Vascular Plants)
Subdivision: Spermatophytina (Seed Plants)
Class: Ginkgoopsida (Ginkgo)
Subclass: Ginkgooidae
Order: Ginkgoales
Family: Ginkgoaceae (Ginkgo Family)
Genus: Ginkgo (Ginkgo)
Species: biloba
Nomenclature:
The genus classification, Ginkgo, has a Japanese origin meaning “silver apricot” and the specific epithet, biloba also has a Japanese origin, meaning “two-lobed’. (Triplett and Overstreet, 2004).
Morphology:
The leaf arrangement …show more content…
This tree ranges in height from 50 to 75 feet tall, a spread between 50 and 60 feet, and crown with a round, pyramidal shape of irregular uniformity (Gilman and Watson, 2014). …show more content…
and Watson, D.G. 2014. Ginkgo biloba: Maidenhair Tree. University of Florida
IFAS Extension. Retrieved from https://edis.ifas.ufl.edu/pdffiles/ST/ST27300.pdf.
Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS). 2015. Ginkgo biloba L.
Retrieved from http://www.itis.gov/servlet/SingleRpt/SingleRpt?search_topic=
TSN&search_value=183269.
Moore, L.M. and Wilson, J.D.W. 2006. Ginkgo: Ginkgo species. United States Department of
Agriculture Natural Resources Conservation Service. Retrieved from http://plants.usda.gov/plantguide/pdf/pg_ginkg.pdf.
Sun, W. 1998. Ginkgo biloba. The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Retrieved from http://www.iucnredlist.org/details/summary/32353/0.
Triplett, R. and Overstreet, A. 2004. Gingko. Bellermine University. Retrieved from http://www.bellarmine.edu/faculty/drobinson/Gingko.asp. van Beek. 2000. Ginkgo biloba. Harvard Retrieved from http://isites.harvard.edu/
Ginkgo biloba
(Ginkgo, Maidenhair Tree,
Common Ginkgo)
Information compiled by: Brandon Mihalich
Classification/taxonomy (ITIS, 2015):
Kingdom: Plante (Plants)
Subkingdom: Viridiplantae
Infrakingdom: Streptophyta (Land Plants)
Superdivision: Embryophyta
Division: Tracheophyta (Vascular Plants)
Subdivision: Spermatophytina (Seed Plants)
Class: Ginkgoopsida (Ginkgo)
Subclass: Ginkgooidae
Order: Ginkgoales
Family: Ginkgoaceae (Ginkgo Family)
Genus: Ginkgo (Ginkgo)
Species: biloba
Nomenclature:
The genus classification, Ginkgo, has a Japanese origin meaning “silver apricot” and the specific epithet, biloba also has a Japanese origin, meaning “two-lobed’. (Triplett and Overstreet, 2004).
Morphology:
The leaf arrangement …show more content…
This tree ranges in height from 50 to 75 feet tall, a spread between 50 and 60 feet, and crown with a round, pyramidal shape of irregular uniformity (Gilman and Watson, 2014). …show more content…
and Watson, D.G. 2014. Ginkgo biloba: Maidenhair Tree. University of Florida
IFAS Extension. Retrieved from https://edis.ifas.ufl.edu/pdffiles/ST/ST27300.pdf.
Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS). 2015. Ginkgo biloba L.
Retrieved from http://www.itis.gov/servlet/SingleRpt/SingleRpt?search_topic=
TSN&search_value=183269.
Moore, L.M. and Wilson, J.D.W. 2006. Ginkgo: Ginkgo species. United States Department of
Agriculture Natural Resources Conservation Service. Retrieved from http://plants.usda.gov/plantguide/pdf/pg_ginkg.pdf.
Sun, W. 1998. Ginkgo biloba. The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Retrieved from http://www.iucnredlist.org/details/summary/32353/0.
Triplett, R. and Overstreet, A. 2004. Gingko. Bellermine University. Retrieved from http://www.bellarmine.edu/faculty/drobinson/Gingko.asp. van Beek. 2000. Ginkgo biloba. Harvard Retrieved from http://isites.harvard.edu/