Class Ginkgoopsida | Division Ginkgophyta Order Ginkgoales Rank Genus | |
Similar Ginkgoales, Nilssonia, Cladophlebis, Neocalamites, Ginkgo adiantoides | ||
Ginkgoites is a genus that refers to extinct plants belonging to Ginkgoaceae. Fossils of these plants have been found around the globe during the Triassic, Jurassic and Cretaceous. The name was created as a form genus in 1919 by Albert Seward who stated: "I ... propose to employ the name Ginkgoites for leaves that it is believed belong either to plants generically identical with Ginkgo or to very closely allied types".
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