Ginkgoales
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Ginkgoales
an order of the GYMNOSPERMS that is now represented by only a single species Ginkgo biloba, the maidenhair tree. Its ancestors flourished during the MESOZOIC PERIOD.Collins Dictionary of Biology, 3rd ed. © W. G. Hale, V. A. Saunders, J. P. Margham 2005