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Ginkgo huttonii

Ginkgo huttonii
Photo: Ghedoghedo, CC BY-SA 3.0
Family
Ginkgoaceae (Ginkgo family)

About

Ginkgo huttonii is an extinct Ginkgo species in the family Ginkgoaceae from the Jurassic of England. The fossil is also known by the name, Ginkgoites huttonii, the genus, Ginkgoites, referring to a group of extinct members of the Ginkgoaceae. G. huttonii was a broad-leaved, deciduous gymnosperm bearing resemblance to the only living member of the Ginkgoaceae, Ginkgo biloba.

Where it grows

G. huttonii is heavily represented in the Jurassic flora of Yorkshire, England - a flora which has been studied in depth since the 1800s. The order Ginkgoales had a wide distribution throughout the northern hemisphere from the Lower Jurassic through the Cretaceous.

Other Ginkgo plants

Ginkgo adiantoides · Ginkgo apodes · Ginkgo · Ginkgo cranei · Ginkgo digitata · Ginkgo ginkgoidea · Ginkgo yimaensis · Gingko

Text excerpted from the Wikipedia article Ginkgo huttonii by its contributors, under CC BY-SA 4.0; the excerpts are shared under the same licence.

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