Ginkgoales

Ginkgoales; Temporal range:
	Leaves and seeds of Ginkgo yimaensis (left) Yimaia recurva (top right) and Karkenia henanensis (bottom right)
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Plantae
Clade:	Tracheophytes
Clade:	Gymnospermae
Division:	Ginkgophyta
Class:	Ginkgoopsida
Order:	Ginkgoales; Gorozhankin, 1904
Families
	Ginkgoaceae; †Karkeniaceae; †Umaltolepidaceae; †Yimaiaceae; †Schmeissneriaceae; †Hamshawviaceae (sometimes placed in its own order); Unnassigned to family †Ginkgoites (leaves); †Sphenobaiera (leaves); †Baiera (leaves); †Glossophyllum (leaves); †Trichopitys (ovulate organ); †Stachyopitys (pollen organ); ;

Ginkgoales are a gymnosperm order containing only one extant species: Ginkgo biloba, the ginkgo tree. The order has a long fossil record extending back to the Early Permian around 300 million years ago from fossils found worldwide.

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