Image ID: 41662
Image by: Ware, Richard & Teresa
Image Collection: NCBG Digital Library
PLANT INDEX
ID_PLANT: GIBI2
SCIENTIFIC NAME: Ginkgo biloba
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Last Modified: 2017-01-10
GENUS INDEX
GENUS CODE: GINKG GENUS SCIENTIFIC:Ginkgo GENUS AUTHORITY: L. GENUS COMMON: Ginkgo GENUS SUMMARY: A monotypic genus, a tree, native of China. Ginkgo is famous as a living fossil, known from fossils nearly 200 million years old which are nearly identical to modern plants; it may be extinct as a native plant. GENUS IDENTIFICATION: GENUS REFERENCES: Whetstone in FNA (1993b); Crane (2013); Page in Kramer & Green (1990).
FAMILY INDEX
FAMILY CODE: GINKGO FAMILY SCIENTIFIC:Ginkgoaceae FAMILY AUTHORITY: Engler in Engler & Prantl 1897 FAMILY COMMON: Ginkgo Family FAMILY SUMMARY: A family of a single genus and single species, a tree, native of China. Ginkgo has no close living relatives. FAMILY REFERENCE: Whetstone in FNA (1993b); Page in Kramer & Green (1990).
USDA Symbol: GIBI2
USDA Common Name: Maidenhair Tree
Native Status: L48 (I)
Distribution: USA (DC, KY, MS, NC, NJ, NY, OH, PA, VA)
Duration: Perennial
Growth Habit: Tree
WEAKLEY FLORA
SCIENTIFIC NAME: Ginkgo biloba
COMMON NAME: Ginkgo, Maidenhair Tree
SYNONYMY: [= C, FNA, Il, K, Pa]
PHENOLOGY:
HABITAT: Frequently planted, rarely escaped to suburban woodlands and yards; native to se. China.
COMMENTS: Ginkgo is only weakly naturalized in our area (FNA). See Crane (2013) for a book-length discussion of Ginkgo from all angles.
RANGE MAP: Ginkgo biloba.png
Key to Map SymbolsABOUT FAMILY (Weakley Flora) Ginkgoaceae Engler in Engler & Prantl 1897 (Ginkgo Family) SUMMARY: A family of a single genus and single species, a tree, native of China. Ginkgo has no close living relatives. REFERENCE: Whetstone in FNA (1993b); Page in Kramer & Green (1990).ABOUT GENUS (Weakley Flora) Ginkgo L. (Ginkgo) SUMMARY: A monotypic genus, a tree, native of China. Ginkgo is famous as a living fossil, known from fossils nearly 200 million years old which are nearly identical to modern plants; it may be extinct as a native plant. REFERENCE: Whetstone in FNA (1993b); Crane (2013); Page in Kramer & Green (1990).
HERBARIUM RESOURCES
SERNEC: Find Ginkgo biloba in Southeast Regional Network of Experts and Collections (if available) UNC SERNEC: Find Ginkgo biloba in
University of North Carolina Chapel Hill Herbarium - Southeast Regional Network of Experts and Collections (if available)