Ginkgoidae

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."^[1] This subclass contains the single extant genus Ginkgo under order Ginkgoales, family Ginkgoaceae.^[2] Its only extant species is Ginkgo biloba, the Maidenhair Tree.

Ginkgoidae Temporal range: 199.6–0 Ma PreꞒ Ꞓ 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
Baiera † Ginkgo L. 1771 Ginkgoites † Ginkgoïdium † Ginkgopitys † Phoenicpsis † Polyspermophyllum † Trichopitys †

Phylogeny

The following diagram shows a likely phylogenic relationship between subclass Ginkgoidae and the other Equisetopsida subclasses.^[2]

Equisetopsida Marchantiidae Bryidae Anthocerotidae Lycopodiidae Equisetidae Marattiidae Ophioglossidae Polypodiidae Cycadidae Ginkgoidae Gnetidae Pinidae Magnoliidae

bryophytes lycopodiophytes monilophytes gymnosperms angiosperms