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Ginkgoidae

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Subclass of seed-bearing plants

Ginkgoidae
Temporal range: 199.6–0 Ma PreꞒ O S D C P T J K Pg N Jurassic to recent
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Class: Equisetopsida
Subclass: Ginkgoidae
Engl. in H.G.A.Engler & K.A.E.Prantl 1897
Order: Ginkgoales
Gorozh. 1904
Family: Ginkgoaceae
Engl. in H.G.A.Engler & K.A.E.Prantl 1897
Genera

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." This subclass contains the single extant genus Ginkgo under order Ginkgoales, family Ginkgoaceae. Its only extant species is Ginkgo biloba, the Maidenhair Tree.

Phylogeny

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

Equisetopsida

Marchantiidae

Bryidae

Anthocerotidae

Lycopodiidae

Equisetidae

Marattiidae

Ophioglossidae

Polypodiidae

Cycadidae

Ginkgoidae

Gnetidae

Pinidae

Magnoliidae

bryophytes lycopodiophytes monilophytes gymnosperms angiosperms

References

  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. ^ 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.
Taxon identifiers
Ginkgoidae


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