EVOLUTIONARY TRENDS IN GENUS GINKGO
EVOLUTIONARY TRENDS IN GENUS GINKGO
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DOI:
10.1111/j.1502-3931.1968.tb01728.x
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发表时间:
1968-01-01
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影响因子:
1.5
通讯作者:
TRALAU, H
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作者:
TRALAU, H
Three main independent phylogenetic groups withinGinkgoales, consisting of different families, are suggested. It is considered impossible to deduce the genusGinkgofrom any other genus by means of fossil evidence known at present.The oldest finds ofGinkgodate from the Lower Jurassic. During the Cretaceous, increasing polymorphy in foliar remains indicates the rise of new species. During the Lower Cretaceous there also appears a type of leaf known both asG. adiantoidesand asG. paradiantoides.This leaf is from the gross morphological and the anatomical point of view almost identical with the Tertiary and RecentGinkgopopulations, thus making a direct ancestry between the present‐dayGinkgoand those of the Lower Cretaceous likely. By Lower Tertiary times a considerable reduction has taken place leaving only one gross morphological type of leaf, that ofG. adiantoides.This is suggested to be identical withG. biloba.Although there is no positive evidence, it can be assumed that the final reduction of the genus, to its present‐day East Asiatic home, has taken place during the Pleistocene period.