Often included in Coniferales

• Coextensive with the family Ginkgoaceae plants that first appeared in the Permian and now represented by a single surviving species

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Ginkgoales is a plant order containing only one extant species: Ginkgo biloba , the ginkgo tree. It is monotypic (the only taxon) within the class Ginkgoopsida , which itself is monotypic within the division Ginkgophyta . The order includes five families, ...