Book contents
- Evolution of the Arborescent Gymnosperms: Pattern, Process and Diversity
- Reviews
- Evolution of the Arborescent Gymnosperms
- Copyright page
- Contents
- Preface and Acknowledgements
- Structure of the Volumes
- Part I Aims, Approaches and Diversity
- Part II Phylogenetic Bases and Revised Taxonomic Structure
- Part III Living Arborescent Gymnosperm Genetic Presentations
- Chapter 1 Ginkgo
- Chapter 2 Picea
- Chapter 3 Cathaya
- Chapter 4 Pinus
- Chapter 5 Larix
- Chapter 6 Pseudotsuga
- Chapter 7 Abies
- Chapter 8 Nothotsuga
- Chapter 9 Tsuga
- Chapter 10 Keteleeria
- Chapter 11 Pseudolarix
- Chapter 12 Cedrus
- Chapter 13 Taxus
- Chapter 14 Pseudotaxus
- Chapter 15 Austrotaxus
- Chapter 16 Cephalotaxus
- Chapter 17 Amentotaxus
- Chapter 18 Torreya
- Chapter 19 Sciadopitys
- Chapter 20 Cupressus
- Chapter 21 Hesperocyparis
- Chapter 22 Chamaecyparis
- Chapter 23 Fokienia
- Chapter 24 Thujopsis
- Chapter 25 Thuja
- Chapter 26 Xanthocyparis
- Chapter 27 Juniperus
- Chapter 28 Platycladus
- Chapter 29 Microbiota
- Chapter 30 Calocedrus
- Chapter 31 Neocallitropsis
- Chapter 32 Callitris
- Chapter 33 Actinostrobus
- Chapter 34 Widdringtonia
- Chapter 35 Tetraclinis
- Chapter 36 Libocedrus
- Chapter 37 Papuacedrus
- Chapter 38 Austrocedrus
- Chapter 39 Pilgerodendron
- Chapter 40 Diselma
- Part IV From Ecosystem Services to Conservation and Sustainability
- Selected Bibliography
- Genus Index
- Plate Section (PDF Only)
- References
Chapter 1 - Ginkgo
Ginkgoales: Ginkgoaceae
from Part III - Living Arborescent Gymnosperm Genetic Presentations
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 11 November 2024
- Evolution of the Arborescent Gymnosperms: Pattern, Process and Diversity
- Reviews
- Evolution of the Arborescent Gymnosperms
- Copyright page
- Contents
- Preface and Acknowledgements
- Structure of the Volumes
- Part I Aims, Approaches and Diversity
- Part II Phylogenetic Bases and Revised Taxonomic Structure
- Part III Living Arborescent Gymnosperm Genetic Presentations
- Chapter 1 Ginkgo
- Chapter 2 Picea
- Chapter 3 Cathaya
- Chapter 4 Pinus
- Chapter 5 Larix
- Chapter 6 Pseudotsuga
- Chapter 7 Abies
- Chapter 8 Nothotsuga
- Chapter 9 Tsuga
- Chapter 10 Keteleeria
- Chapter 11 Pseudolarix
- Chapter 12 Cedrus
- Chapter 13 Taxus
- Chapter 14 Pseudotaxus
- Chapter 15 Austrotaxus
- Chapter 16 Cephalotaxus
- Chapter 17 Amentotaxus
- Chapter 18 Torreya
- Chapter 19 Sciadopitys
- Chapter 20 Cupressus
- Chapter 21 Hesperocyparis
- Chapter 22 Chamaecyparis
- Chapter 23 Fokienia
- Chapter 24 Thujopsis
- Chapter 25 Thuja
- Chapter 26 Xanthocyparis
- Chapter 27 Juniperus
- Chapter 28 Platycladus
- Chapter 29 Microbiota
- Chapter 30 Calocedrus
- Chapter 31 Neocallitropsis
- Chapter 32 Callitris
- Chapter 33 Actinostrobus
- Chapter 34 Widdringtonia
- Chapter 35 Tetraclinis
- Chapter 36 Libocedrus
- Chapter 37 Papuacedrus
- Chapter 38 Austrocedrus
- Chapter 39 Pilgerodendron
- Chapter 40 Diselma
- Part IV From Ecosystem Services to Conservation and Sustainability
- Selected Bibliography
- Genus Index
- Plate Section (PDF Only)
- References
Summary
Tall, medium-sized to eventually often massive, dioecious, deciduous trees, with irregularly arrayed branches and a wide-domed crown, with branches densely clad with characteristic long-stalked, fan-like, winter-deciduous leaves. On female trees, seeds are drupe-like at maturity, within a fleshy outer covering and hanging pendulously in quantity, like yellow-green cherries. All leaves and fruits shed profusely in autumn.
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- Evolution of the Arborescent GymnospermsPattern, Process and Diversity, pp. 15 - 47Publisher: Cambridge University PressPrint publication year: 2024